Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) (Ephrata, PA)

You place a restoration, check the margins, the contacts, and the bite, and when the doctor looks, there is nothing to fix. You take pride in that.
Come use your certificate the way it was meant to be used.


THE ROLE


Our EFDAs place and finish restorations independently and give the doctor chair time back. You work in your own operatory, check your own work, and are measured by quality: how rarely a restoration comes back for an adjustment or a redo, not by how fast you go.


WHAT YOUR DAY LOOKS LIKE


After the doctor preps, you take it from there. You place and finish the restoration, then check margins, contacts, and occlusion yourself before the doctor's final look. You place sealants and perform the other expanded functions your Pennsylvania certification allows, working in a second operatory so the doctor can move between chairs.
You take radiographs and digital scans, reinforce the doctor's treatment recommendation at the chair, and follow infection control protocols that meet Pennsylvania Department of Health standards.


WHO THRIVES IN THIS SEAT


EFDAs who thrive here are steady, precise, and independent. They check their own work before anyone else does, they would rather do it right once than fast twice, and they do not need someone to sign off on every step.
What we look for, in order of importance:
Precision. You catch the open contact, the high spot, and the rough margin before the doctor does.
Independence. You work on your own and stand behind your work.
Connection. You can explain to a patient why the doctor recommended their treatment.
Pace. Steady and efficient, so the chair time you save is real.


SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Current Pennsylvania EFDA certification
• Experience placing restorations
• Qualified to take dental radiographs in Pennsylvania
• Dentrix experience a plus

WHY YOU'LL WANT TO WORK HERE


At a lot of offices, an EFDA certificate gets used for sealants and not much else. Here, restorative placement is the job, and the doctors trust you to do it.
You are trained from our written assistant and EFDA manual, with a sign-off for each skill. Our Lititz building also houses Mor Dental Implant Center, where Dr. Moriarty performs full-arch implant reconstruction, so you will see dentistry most general offices refer out.
People grow here. We cross-train across seats so you can move into the next one, and our new Lititz office manager started in our hygiene chair. Mor Smiles and Ephrata Family Dentistry are owned and run by Dr. Sean Moriarty. This is not a corporate chain. Decisions get made here, by the owner, not by a regional manager you will never meet.
Full-time means four days, 40 hours, and a three-day weekend every weekend. You get a full benefit package and a harmonious work family that steps in for each other when the day gets heavy.


THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT FIT IF

• You need the doctor to check every step before you move on
• A redo or an adjustment does not bother you
• You prefer chairside assisting to working on your own

PAY, SCHEDULE AND BENEFITS

• Pay: $28 to $32 per hour
• Location:Ephrata, PA (Ephrata Family Dentistry)
• Schedule: Four-day workweek, 40 hours per week, three-day weekend every weekend
• Patient hours, Ephrata Family Dentistry: Monday and Wednesday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm

Benefits: 401(k), Vision, Dental, Two weeks PTO, One week sick time, Continuing education


HOW TO APPLY


Apply through this listing with your resume. If your background fits, we will contact you to set up an interview.
SCREENING QUESTIONS (not part of posting body)
Set these up in the Indeed application screener. The bracketed note on each tells you how to set the filter.
1. Do you hold a current Pennsylvania EFDA certification?
Format: Yes / No
[Eliminate: No]
2. How many years have you placed restorations as an EFDA?
Format: Number
[Do not filter. Use to rank candidates]
3. You finish a composite and the patient says the bite feels a little high, but the doctor is waiting in the next room. What do you do?
Format: Multiple choice
A) Tell the patient it will wear down
B) Dismiss the patient and mention it to the doctor
C) Check the bite with articulating paper, adjust, and confirm with the patient before the doctor's check
D) Ask the doctor to come adjust it
[Right fit: C. Eliminate: A, B]