Dental Assistant

About the role

Nuvia Dental Implant Center is rapidly expanding and looking for enthusiastic Dental Assistants to join our growing team. We are a leader in dental implant services, known for our exceptional patient care and innovative solutions. With over 45 locations across the country, Nuvia has been featured on major news outlets such as Yahoo Finance, ABC, and CBS. Our 50,000+ 5-star Google reviews make it an ideal career for any hardworking dental assistant professional who enjoys helping patients through a life-changing procedure.

The dental assistant (surgical assistant) at Nuvia plays a crucial role in assisting our surgeons and restorative dentists so they can focus on giving our patients premium service that is safe and memorable. Our dental assistants have a full scope of responsibility from assisting in setup, surgery, taking impressions and pouring molds, X-rays to placing orders and working with our patients.

Responsibilities

• Live company core values
• Taking impressions and pouring up molds
• Taking patient photos
• X-rays and Cone Beams
• Setting up appointments in scheduling platform
• Setting up and taking down operation rooms, ensuring that no one needs to leave the surgery room
• Placing orders for basic and implant supplies
• Adjusting and relining prosthesis
• Assisting the doctor during a variety of surgical implant procedures
• Delivering pre and post op instructions
• Sterilization and daily cleaning
• Managing patient expectations and delivering the best patient care in the industry

Qualifications

• Registered Dental Assistant with all the proper certifications
• BLS certification approved by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross
• Self-starter who works well as part of a team
• Patient-centric with good communication skills
• Outgoing and empathetic
• Flexible and a quick learner
• Great organizational skills and high level of office aptitude

A Day in the Life

Surgery prep and start: Prepare the instruments and patients for surgery and meet the surgeon and CRNA to review surgery expectations with the patient. Assist the CRNA with the intubation process and assist with surgery.

Morning huddle: Review the day's schedule and partner with your team to discuss specific patient needs.

Meet lab deadlines: Work efficiently and strategically to meet tight deadlines, ensuring patients receive their prosthetics within 24 hours.

Overcoming obstacles: Use your experience to problem solve daily, to include equipment challenges, patient delays, and any patient concerns, to keep processes running smoothly and give our patients a top-tier experience.

Perform circular tasks: Keep Nuvia looking and operating its best by performing tasks such as ordering supplies, sterilization, ensuring compliance, and handling lab requests or questions.

End of day: Once you finish making smiles for the day, complete all surgery reports. Prepare for the upcoming patients by reviewing patient charts, lab cases, and implants to create the action plan for the following day.

Pay

• $30–$56 per hour (with bonus potential)
• $30–$40 per hour base
• Up to $2,000 monthly bonuses averaging out to roughly $12 per hour
• Up to $2,000 quarterly bonuses averaging out to roughly $4 per hour
• Retention bonuses up to $2,500 per year

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• 401k with company match
• Paid training
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Bereavement leave
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Nuvia-provided scrubs (company branded)

Additional Perks

• Closed airway surgeries: Nearly all operations you assist with are closed airway, making your job easier and safer for patients
• Robust dental leadership structure: Support from an onsite dental assistant lead, regional dental assistant leads, and a dental assistant operations manager—all of whom started as dental assistants with Nuvia