Dental Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Cambridge Dental Group is a growing, multi specialty private practice in Tom’s River looking for a Dental Assistant. You'll learn how a high-end dental office runs from the inside out — and for the right person, this role is a real entry point into a career in dentistry, with room to grow.
This role will give you the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of a modern dental practice and grow from there.

What you get:

• Competitive hourly pay. 
• Subsidized health insurance.
• Paid holidays and vacation time ( at least 3 weeks a year).
• Monday through Thursday, 8:30-6:30, Friday 8:30-1:30— your evenings and weekends are yours.
• A modern, well-equipped office with a team that actually likes working together.
• Hands-on training and a genuine path forward in dentistry.

What you'll be doing:

• You'll keep the office moving. 
• Staff and patient safety is our utmost concern. 
• ou'll keep every treatment room stocked, disinfected, and ready for the next patient.
• You'll help get patients seated and ready for treatment.
• Cleaning, packaging, and sterilizing dental instruments.
• Breaking down and setting up treatment rooms between patients.
• Stocking operatories with supplies and materials.
• Managing sterilization inventory and flagging supply needs.
• sharps disposal.
• Assist general dentist and specialists in all aspects of dentistry.
• Take periapical, panoramic or CBCT x-rays as needed.
• scan for crowns and/or Invisalign ( we will train).

It's a defined role with clear responsibilities — and when you do it well, the whole office runs better.

What we're looking for:

• Reliable and punctual — if you're not here, the entire team feels it.
• Detail-oriented — assisting and sterilization means doing it right every time, not just getting through a list.
• Someone who wants to understand why things are done a certain way, not just follow steps.

Required:

• NJ dental X-ray license.

About us:

Cambridge Dental Group is a high-end family practice that provides every phase of dental care in one place. The team is tight-knit, supportive, and drama-free. We invest in good equipment, good people, and doing good work.

Questions? Reach out — we're happy to talk.

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for assisting the general dentist and/or specialists, when necessary.
• Provide clinical support by assisting the general dentists/specialists in various dental procedures.
• Taking radiographs.
• scanning for Invisalign and possibly crowns (We can train).
• Ensuring optimal patient comfort.
• Demonstrating practice management skills by organizing lab cases, monitoring completion dates, and ensuring each assigned operatory is set up and ready prior to seeing each patient.
• inventory control, assisting with ordering supplies.
• Helping out at the front desk and with other assistants as is necessary.

We practice infection control and OSHA standards in the operatory prior to, during, and after procedures. This includes ensuring assigned areas are cleaned and disinfected between each patient's visits to the dentist. We are fully prepared for all new COVID regulations and recommendations.

A friendly, caring environment that values professionalism and top-notch service to patients. In this new Covid environment, safety for staff and patients is critical.