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Job Details

Registered Dental Assistant

Employer

Peter Pond Dental Clinic

Date Posted

May 04, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Fort McMurray, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 32 to 35 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 26, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Peter Pond Dental Clinic

Languages

English

Education

  • College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Dental practice
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Prepare patients for dental examinations
  • Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions
  • Order dental and office supplies
  • Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
  • Perform reception and clerical duties
  • Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
  • Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
  • Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Perform intra-oral duties
  • Take and develop X-rays
  • Record dental procedures performed on patients
  • Invoice patients for dental services
  • Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Registration with provincial or territorial authorities

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Judgement
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Reliability

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Registered Dental Assistant is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Dental Assistants
METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to record dental procedures performed, order dental and office supplies, prepare dental instruments and filling materials, and to invoice patients; and in taking preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

SOCIAL

Interest in assisting dentists in patient care and treatment; and in educating patients concerning oral hygiene

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating equipment to sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment; in taking and developing X-rays, polishing teeth and clinical crowns and applying fluoride and sealant, and to fabricating temporary crowns and restorations

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Abilities

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General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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