Job ID: 26052714
Hugs Health Services
Job title: dental assistant
Employer details: Hugs Health Services
- Location: Vancouver, BCV6J 4S5
- Work location: On site
- Salary: 22.00 hourly / 20 to 40 hours bi-weekly
- Terms of employment: Casual employment, Part time
- Morning, Day, Evening, Weekend, Shift, On call, Flexible hours, To be determined
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies: 5 vacancies
- Source: Job Bank #3529621
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Green job Help – Green job – Help
The employer stated that this position is a green job, because it involves tasks and responsibilities contributing to positive environmental outcomes and helping Canada achieve its net-zero target.
Work setting
- Commercial dental laboratory
- Dental practice
- Specialty dental practice
- Independently owned business
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Order dental and office supplies
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Maintain and order supplies
- Mould wax over dentures set-up
- Perform reception and clerical duties
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
- Finish metal framework of dentures
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Perform intra-oral duties
- Take and develop X-rays
- Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
- Record dental procedures performed on patients
- Polish and buff dentures
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Membership in the Canadian Dental Assistants Association
- Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
- Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board
Experience and specialization
Technical expertise (dental)
- Plastering
- Packing
- Waxing-up
- Casting
- Polishing
- Assembly
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
Equipment, eystems and controls experience
- Medical and biomedical equipment and systems
Specialization or experience
- Green economy sector
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Area of specialization
- Full dentures
- Partial dentures
- Orthodontic appliances
- Crowns and bridges
- Ceramic or porcelain application
- Gold dies and goldwork
- Chrome castings
Additional information
Security and safety
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Immunization records
- Driver’s validity licence check
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Team player
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Reliability
Who can apply for this job?
You can apply if you are:
- a Canadian citizen
- a permanent resident of Canada
- a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit
Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
By Direct Apply Help – Applying by Direct Apply
Additional ways to apply
By email
What you must include in your application:
- Cover letter
- Answers to the following screening questions:
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you live near the job location?
What might be required by the employer later in the hiring process:
- References attesting experience
- Letter of recommendation
- Proof of the requested certifications
- Copy of portfolio or relevant work examples
- Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
Advertised until
2026-07-14
To apply for this job email your details to jobs.hugshealth@gmail.com
