Overview
Dental Assistant/Receptionist Jobs in South San Francisco, CA at Tanega Dental
We are a privately owned, fee-for-service general dental office that has been serving our community for over 30 years. We focus on quality care, strong patient relationships, and a positive, team-oriented work environment where both patients and staff feel valued.
We are seeking a dental assistant/ front desk floater, who is dependable, is a people-person, passionate, organized, and outgoing to join our team. This position is for 28-32 hours per week, with compensation based on experience.. Our typical schedule includes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and 1-2 Saturdays a month.
This role supports both back and front office as needed. Ensuring a smooth, efficient, and high quality experience for our patients.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Serves as a liaison between the patients and the dental clinical team by scheduling doctor and hygienists to production
- Maintains patient records: update medical history forms, Treatment Consent forms, HIPAA, COVID-19 pre-screens and appointment screens
- Verifies insurance eligibility and benefits to ensure proper financial arrangements are created when presenting treatment plans to patients including insurance portion and patient responsibility
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Knowledge of dental terminology used in dental billing, current office practices and procedures, and basic math
- Ability to elicit and evaluate information, sometimes of a highly personal and sensitive nature, from a broad spectrum of individuals and agencies
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to read, interpret, and apply regulations, policies, and procedures
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and with extensive detail, and to prepare written correspondence using correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Ability to coordinate functions and work cooperatively with others
- Ability to use and access database computer applications including but not limited to: Microsoft office, Dentrix Software preferred, Third-party communication systems: Weave & Opencare
- Ability to organize work and set priorities to meet deadlines
- Knowledge of or ability to learn procedure and disease codes used in dental billing
- Radiation X-Ray Certificate is a plus
Education and Experience:
- 1+ years of dental front office and/or dental assisting experience
- Wage compensation DOE
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
Experience:
- Dental receptionist: 1 year (Preferred)
- Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $20.00 – $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
Experience:
- Dental receptionist: 1 year (Preferred)
- Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Title: Dental Assistant/Receptionist
Company: Tanega Dental
Location: South San Francisco, CA
