Dental assistant

• Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Dental practice

Tasks

• Prepare patients for dental examinations
• Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
• Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
• Ensure proper functioning of equipment
• Greet customers
• Operate computerized scanning machines
• Provide technical assistance to surgeons by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
• Print in 3D
• Assist physicians in the assessment of patients

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Large workload

Screening questions

• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

• Day

Health benefits

• Dental plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site recreation and activities
• Other benefits
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Support for Indigenous people

• Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: French
• Hours: 35 hours per week