Hygiene Assistant

Location: 1230 US-127 #2, Frankfort, KY 40601

Job Type: Full-time

Our growing team of professionals at Mortenson Family Dental is always searching for honest, caring, and hardworking individuals! Our four core values - caring for everyone, sharing abundantly, expressing gratitude, and building relationships - guide us in creating a workplace that is integral to the communities we serve.

Benefits of being a part of the Mortenson Team

• Benefits available after 60 days of employment
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with company contribution
• Life Insurance
• Flexible spending (health and dependent care) account
• Paid Time Off & 6 paid holidays off
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• 401K
• Daily Pay
• Professional development assistance
• FREE continuing education opportunities
• Employee assistance program

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Decontaminate and sterilize instruments, medical supplies, and equipment.
• Assemble, wrap, and sterilize trays of instruments.
• Follow sterilization precautions while decontaminating.
• Monitor biological and chemical wash solutions to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Perform environmental maintenance duties and maintain logs in a thorough manner.
• Assist in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing and equipment storage areas.
• Verify that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair, or replacement, and removes defective equipment when needed.
• Check and replace sharps containers, biohazard trash bins, and chairside traps.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Perform weekly spore testing and maintain a log of the results.
• Perform weekly and monthly maintenance of Autoclave and Statim.
• Assist clinical staff in optimizing patient flow, including restocking items, seating patients, floating, supporting other dental team members with patient care.
• Assist with maintaining established company policies and procedures, objectives, and quality safety, and environmental and infection control standards. 
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• High School Diploma
• Hep B Vaccination 
• Tetanus Vaccination

DESIRABLES

• CPR Certification
• Sterilization / Dental Assistant Experience