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North Island Dental is hiring
Certified Dental Assistant with LMIA

$36.61/hour

  • On site

  • British Columbia

Job details:

LMIA Status:
Pending LMIA

North Island Dental has applied for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and will be ready to extend an offer to a foreign worker once the application is approved.

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • Dental assisting/assistant

Experience

  • 5 years or more

On site

  • Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

  • Commercial dental laboratory
  • Dental practice
  • Independently owned business

Tasks

  • Prepare patients for dental examinations
  • Prepare plaster models and moulds
  • Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions
  • Train other dental laboratory assistants
  • Order dental and office supplies
  • Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
  • Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
  • Maintain and order supplies
  • Perform reception and clerical duties
  • Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
  • Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
  • Supervise students in training
  • Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Perform intra-oral duties
  • Take and develop X-rays
  • Record dental procedures performed on patients
  • Invoice patients for dental services
  • Polish and buff dentures
  • Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
  • Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
  • Prepare a treatment plan for each patient
  • Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
  • Record vital signs
  • Administer first aid in emergency situations
  • Computer-aided design (CAD)
  • Operate digital cameras

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Membership in the Canadian Dental Assistants Association
  • Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
  • Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board

Technical expertise (dental)

  • Waxing-up
  • Polishing
  • Assembly

Computer and technology knowledge

  • 3D graphic software
  • Scanning system

Technical terminology

  • Dental

Equipment, eystems and controls experience

  • Medical and biomedical equipment and systems

Area of specialization

  • Full dentures
  • Partial dentures
  • Orthodontic appliances
  • Crowns and bridges

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Reliability

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Travel insurance
  • Variable or compressed work week

Certified Dental Assistant

Courtenay - British Columbia
Workplace

On site

Location

Courtenay, British Columbia

Job type

Permanent full time employment

Vacancies

1

Pay

$36.61/hour | 40 hours per week

Published on

16 Mar 2026

Applications ends

25 May 2026

4 days left
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