2 Jan 2025

Dental Assistant at Savannah Healthcare

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Job Description

At Savannah Healthcare we provide advanced, multidisciplinary care across specialties, delivering one standard of excellence for all. Our goal is to better serve our patients in a timely and convenient fashion. As a multidisciplinary service provider, our clinic contains a number of on-site services that would not be available at a typical provider.

Dental Assistant

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

To assist the dentist with all clinical aspects within the surgery.  He/she works closely with a qualified dentist or oral surgeon; ensuring dental sessions and appointments run as smoothly as possible.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Managing and coordinating patients appointments
  • Greet and care for all patients in a polite and courteous manner at all times
  • Provide customer care services to dental clients in co-operation with receptionist
  • Preparing equipment and ensuring dental rooms are clean, sterile and stocked with required supplies and materials before  and during any treatment or surgery/procedures
  • Ensure adequate stocks of expendable drugs, materials and instruments are available
  • Facilitate calculation of treatment costs and explaining them to patient
  • Liaise with receptionists on scheduling, delaying or postponing  appointments
  • Assist patient into surgery, settle them on the chair, assure them and prepare them for treatment
  • Produce instruments and materials as necessary during treatment
  • Provide chair-side assistance during all dental procedures such as examinations, fillings, extractions, cleanings
  • Ensure all lab work is checked and available prior to patients arrival
  • Ensure all clinical waste is disposed of in the appropriate manner
  • Escort the patient from the surgery and when necessary to the reception and waiting area
  • Ensure all equipment are maintained as per manufacturer’s instructions and are cleaned appropriately
  • To enter treatment details onto computer systems and other patient records
  • Make telephone calls to remind clients on appointments and attend to telephone calls in a
  • Preparing duty rosters, schedules and making effective work arrangement in the section
  • Maintains strict confidentiality, and treats staff, physicians, visitors and patients with dignity and respect
  • Preparing operational reports to the management for various activities and operations undertaken
  • Performing any other related duties within the clinic as may be assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION:

  • Diploma in Dental Technology
  • At least two years’ experience preferably in a busy dental practice.
  • Self-motivated with ability to work without supervision.
  • Excellent customer service and people management skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.


Method of Application

Interested and qualified persons are requested to submit their applications indicating their current salary and expected salary, with detailed curriculum vitae, copy of national ID, copies of academic and professional certificates and testimonials to 

[email protected] 

quoting the position you are applying for as the subject e.g. ‘Dental Assistant’ not later than 15th January 2025;





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