North Island Dental is hiring
Certified Dental Assistant with LMIA

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