Pickard Orthodontics is currently seeking a full-time Orthodontic Assistant for our office in multiple locations! (Locations listed below)

WHO WE ARE: www.pickardortho.com

OUR MISSION: We strive to be the best part of our patient's day; if they don't come in with a smile on their face, we want them to leave with one!

POSITION AVAILABLE: Part-time or full-time! We are immediately hiring for someone who is seeking a *career* in orthodontics. The current opening is for the areas of Sterilization and Records while expanding their abilities to become a well-trained Orthodontic Assistant for a busy orthodontic practice with offices in Moscow, Pullman, and Lewiston.

QUALITIES WE ARE LOOKING FOR: We are looking for someone who shares the passion, vision and values of our practice. A positive, high-energy, dependable, articulate and focused individual who enjoys working within a team and desires a positive work environment. If you identify strongly with Tigger from the hundred acre woods, please apply.

Our perfect candidate is someone who is intelligent, detail-oriented, confident, calm, and precise who uses constructive criticism to their advantage, remains focused under pressure, loves life, loves to laugh, is eager to learn and willing to cross-train for other clinical positions. Overall, someone who is respectful to fellow team members, patients, and doctors and is genuinely nice, kind, and hospitable. If you offer all this and more, then we would love to meet you.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Potential clinical duties include (but not limited to) the following:

- Sterilizing instruments and preparation and sweeping of stations

- Takes records, including intraoral photos, x-rays, and 3D imaging

- Handling a fast-paced patient schedule/column

- Works with instruments, metals, and plastics in a clinic setting to align teeth

- Orthodontic procedures, such as impressions, bonding brackets, changing arch wires, debonds, and works with specialized orthodontic appliances and Invisalign

WHY APPLY?: Full-time position provides an opportunity for excellent monthly income, performance-based raises, medical insurance, generous health savings account, paid time off (starting at 2 weeks each year), 401K and profit share, monthly team bonus incentives, and a flexible schedule working 4 days/week. Part-time offers even more flexibility, working 1-3 full days/week.

PLEASE DON'T APPLY IF: You are resistant to change, you bring personal matters into the workplace, you are consistently late or absent, cannot adapt easily, are cranky, self-centered, moody, or pessimistic, unable to be upbeat, and do not like being around focused, positive, career-driven individuals. If you identify strongly with Eeyore from the hundred acre woods, please don't apply.

HOW TO APPLY: Please submit resume, cover letter, and three professional references IN PERSON. We have locations in Moscow (Tuesdays, Thursdays), Pullman (typically Mondays, Wednesdays), and Lewiston (some Wednesdays and Fridays); it may be helpful to call and verify the office location for that particular day!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: $19.00 - $26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

COVID-19 considerations:

Our office uphold standards of the CDC, as well as state and local mandates. Vaccination record or approved exemption is required to work in the state of Washington, of which the candidate will likely work at least 1 day/week.