Efda Dental Assistant
(Female, Age 26) from Winter Garden, FL
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At a Glance
Current Job
Basic data on your current job
| Job Title | Efda Dental Assistant |
|---|---|
| Salary | $20,000 |
| Other Compensation | None Set |
| Hours/Week | |
| Company Size | (not answered) |
| Location | Winter Garden, FL |
| Years Experience | 5 years |
Career Ratings
Opinions on your CAREER overall (i.e. not just your current job)
| Years in Career | 0 |
|---|---|
| Education | (not answered) |
| Income Rating | 0 / 10 |
| Interest Rating | 0 / 10 |
| Work-Life Rating | 0 / 10 |
| Fulfilment Rating | 0 / 10 |
Current job Q&A
Describe the type of organization you work for.
Its a pretty large corporation that has switch hands to father and son to business partners. It is spread mostly over Central Florida providing Dental services to most with wide variety of insurances or no insurance.
Describe your job role and responsibilities.
Assist the Dr., Provide patient with a comfortable experience, set up and break down operatories and sterilize instruments, make models, bleasching trays, same day custom temporaries for crowns, assist with child prophys and sealants
Please list an additional benefits (beyond compensation) that you receive.
1 week PTO, no insurance but a Medical Reimbursement up to 120 every 3 months
Do you feel you are under/over or well/fairly compensated at your current position?
under
Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Please explain.
Yes, I like to see people smile when we can help them.
Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it.
Office building. Its just okay noisy but ok.
Please rate each of the following aspects of your current job on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest/best):
Income: 5
Benefits: 3
Hours: 4
Co-Workers: 2
Supervisors: 1
Job Title: 8
Level of Responsibility: 6
The Actual Work: 7
A day in the life of…
Please describe a typical workday for you in your current job:
| 5am to 6am | |
| 6am to 7am | |
| 7am to 8am | Beginning of morning. Turn on lights and computers. Log into chart for the day and set up rooms accordingly. Bring back patient and call in the Dentist. |
| 8am to 9am | Set up additional rooms for patients and get a patient back.Get back to patients and find other assistants to see what and where we each need to go. |
| 9am to 10am | If more patient charts break down previous rooms and set up for next patients. Let Dentist know their ready and get instruments cleaned and in autoclave. |
| 10am to 11am | Get set to get a next round of patients back. Set up rooms, instrument packs, etc. and ask Dentist what patient in what order to see them and catch up. |
| 11am to 12pm | We dont take lunch breaks as we tend to tag team. Once one asistant eats other assistant overs and after we switch. Then we take bnext patient back. Patients come first. |
| 12pm to 1pm | Clean up rooms reset and continue to check the schedule and take charts back and set to the type of procedure. |
| 1pm to 2pm | Last patients of the day to get ready for and start to clean up the lab and the rooms that are vacant. Take patients that show to the room set up and assist with the dentist. Break down the room after the completion. |
| 2pm to 3pm | End of day procedures include but not limited to: take out trash, clean down chairs and set up areas, wipe all surface and suction hoses, take instruments out of autoclave and keep in bins in lab. |
| 3pm to 4pm | |
| 4pm to 5pm | |
| 5pm to 6pm | |
| 6pm to 7pm | |
| 7pm to 8pm | |
| 8pm to 9pm | |
| 9pm to 10pm | |
| 10pm to 11pm | |
| 11pm to 12am |
Table of Contents
Long-term career plans
Is your current employment part of your overall career plan? Why or why not?
No. I am unhappy with the enviroment at the office and going to try other things.
What are your current career goals?
To go back to school and BE a Dental Hygienist. My future looks brighter if I was to go and continue my education.
Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
🙂 Just smile and like to make people smile
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