Nation’s Dental Looking for Dental Administrator at Calgary, AB Full Time

Job Description: Nation’s Dental

Job Title: Dental Office Administrator

The Opportunity:

Nation’s Dental is a novel social entrepreneurial model of oral healthcare delivery for priority populations in Calgary. We are currently hiring a dental office administrator to join our innovative and dynamic portable dental hygiene team. The successful candidate will have a passion for being of service, and building strong culturally safe, patient-centered relationships that contribute to the oral health of their community. As a dental administrator with our team, you will have the opportunity to work with other like-minded teammates in a new learning health system organization.

Why Should You Join Our Mission?

Competitive compensation and benefits: Our compensation package aligns with industry standards.

Leaders of innovation: Our organization is on the leading edge of innovation in oral healthcare delivery and utilizes robust evaluation of oral health outcomes to ensure the highest standards of care.

Health, Safety, and Compliance: Our organization incorporates a strong health and safety culture, with health and safety embedded in every aspect of our workplace.

Career Development: a career with us enables you to practice outside the box of traditional private practice and public health settings. Co-creativity is encouraged as we incorporate a learning health system in our organizational strategy. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple diverse stakeholders.

What’s Required:

Leadership, Independence and Teamwork: This role requires an independent thinker with leadership skills, who is extremely self-motivated and self-directed. This individual should value and flourish within a small team environment.

Culturally competent skills: The successful candidate should exhibit flexibility, and be comfortable working with diverse, priority populations in a variety of settings. Experience with children and youth is an asset.

Own Transportation: This position is for a portable dental hygiene clinic. A valid Alberta driver’s license and personal vehicle is required as the worksite will vary daily.

Physical fitness: Please note, as a portable dental hygiene clinic, ability to lift equipment up to 50lbs is required.

Asset (not required): Cultural Safety Training, additional languages, and Curve Dental software experience

Description

Are you looking for a new challenge? This may be the new adventure for you! We are currently hiring an exceptional dental administrator to join our new, innovative portable dental hygiene team. The successful candidate will have a passion for being of service, and building strong culturally safe, patient-centered relationships that contribute to increasing the oral health of their community. As a dental administrator with our team, you will have the opportunity to work with other like-minded teammates in a new learning health system organization.

Dental hygiene services will be provided onsite in a variety of settings, which may include in schools K-12, seniors, shelters, immigration agencies, and more.

Position Hours/Days:

Full-time position, M-F 8:00am-4:30pm, some evenings and weekends may be required

Job Overview:

Working with a team of dental hygienists to deliver portable dental hygiene services to priority populations in Calgary. These locations include partnerships with local schools, seniors’ homes, and organizations serving newcomers and those experiencing homelessness.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Perform administrative tasks to enable delivery of dental hygiene services to patients
• Administrative tasks including scheduling, invoices, billing, insurance claim submissions, etc
• Greet patients upon arrival and update their personal and medical information
• Answer phone calls professionally
• Communicating with patients and parents/guardians/caregivers regarding services needed and rendered
• Stewardship of Nation’s Dental partners, organizations, and patient relationships
• Manage the day-to-day clinic schedule of the dental hygiene practice
• Treatment coordination using Curve software, phone, email, and text messages
• Respond efficiently to patient needs and inquires, and work towards improving the overall patient experience
• Ensure each patient understands their treatment options, insurance coverage and benefits plans
• Equipment reprocessing, when needed.
• Transporting and setting up portable dental hygiene clinics with the dental hygiene team
• Other day to day duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• A valid Alberta driver’s license
• Minimum 2 years experience in dental office administration
• Proficiency in written and spoken English, other languages an asset
• Proficient computer skills particularly Microsoft outlook, One Drive, Word, and Excel
• Certification in Dental Assisting an asset
• Experience with Curve Software an asset (training provided)
• Experience working with priority populations and/or public health an asset

Wages and Benefits:

• Competitive hourly rate
• Benefits provided by Canada Life
• Vacation pay
• Sick days
• Continuing education opportunities

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $24.00-$29.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
As a portable dental hygiene clinic, all recommended COVID and Infection Prevention and Control measures are strictly adhered to.

Work Location: On the road