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Deputy Practice Manager Dental Assistant 80 - 100%
- Publication date:23 October 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Sarnen
About the job
General Information
For our dental clinic in Sarnen, we are immediately looking for a:
Deputy Practice Manager Dental Assistant 80 - 100%
Lindenhof 6 · 6060 Sarnen Permanent employment contract
TASKS
"Contributes to patient care through a positive and supportive attitude and assists the doctor in providing high-quality services. Leads the entire team of dental assistants and works with the clinic manager"
1. Management of the dental assistants team (DA)
· Supervision of the various tasks of dental assistants, reception staff, and administrative assistants
· Setting development goals
· Evaluation of the work of their team
· Conflict management in cooperation with the clinic manager (CDC)
· Organization of regular communication meetings
· Determination of training needs and proposal of internal or external solutions for the team
· Representation of the DA in interprofessional colloquia
· Ensuring and monitoring the health and safety area in cooperation with the CDC
2. Support of the HR team
· Communication and explanation of HR policies to their team
· Passing on various information to their team at the request of the HR department
· Creation and updating of job descriptions for their employees
· Validation and tracking of changes in working hours and contracts in cooperation with the CDC, filling out the usual forms
· Providing first-level information for their team regarding personnel regulations and labor law
· Approval of their team’s vacation days in cooperation with the CDC
· Participation in hiring/firing of their team
· Ensuring the integration of new team members
3. Support of the director or clinic manager
· Participation in cross-industry colloquia as a representative of their team
· Contribution to improving processes in the clinic
· Performing various other tasks upon request
4. Responsibilities at the treatment chair
· Preparation of a patient’s treatment
· Ensuring the operation of the practice and guaranteeing its supply
· Reception of the patient and care at the treatment chair
· Ensuring the operational support of the doctor
- Preparation and dosing of products
- Taking and developing X-rays
- Entering the treatments performed in Zawin
- Creating a cost estimate
- Filling out the treatment form
- Scanning the traceability codes
- Filling out the laboratory sheet, managing prosthetic work
- Creating and printing prescription forms
- Ensuring hygiene in the practice and with instruments
5. Reception – Administration
· Mastery of various telephone functions - appointment management - knowledge in handling payments and deposit slips - management of the cash register and card payments - knowledge in managing patient accounts in Zawin
PROFILE
Education
Federal diploma as a dental assistant
- Initial professional experience is an advantage
- You are conscientious and have the ability to organize and plan your work according to priorities and conditions
- You are a team player and flexible to serve patients in the best possible way
OUR OFFER
We are convinced that the well-being of our employees is a primary and decisive factor for our success. Therefore, we offer our employees:
- a modern working environment with well-equipped treatment rooms with the latest technologies,
- attractive employment conditions in a dynamic and cheerful team,
- personal and regular support as well as
- a constructive exchange between all different professional groups in our clinics.
In addition, we offer internal and external training that enables our employees to strengthen and expand their professional and methodological skills.
Your application will be processed by:
Judith Rohrbasser
Talent Acquisition Partner
j.rohrbasser@adent.ch