Archway Dental Partners

Traveling Dental Assistant

Archway Dental Partners  •  $15 - $30/hr  •  Shelton, CT (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

Full-Time | $30–$32/hour | Set Weekly Schedule | 8am–5pm (1-hour break)

Ready for a role that offers stability and variety?

Dental Associates of Connecticut is seeking a Full-Time Traveling Dental Assistant to support our clinical teams across multiple established locations. This is a structured, predictable travel position — you’ll always know your schedule in advance.

What Makes This Role Unique

  • Set weekly schedule — you’ll know your location in advance
  • One location per day (no bouncing between offices mid-day)
  • Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm with 1-hour break
  • Competitive $30–$32/hour
  • 401(k) with match, health insurance, PTO & more
  • Supportive, organized, team-centered environment

Current Weekly Schedule (subject to change)

  • Monday – Avon
  • Tuesday – Prospect (every other week) / West Hartford once monthly
    (Starting April: every other week in New Britain)
  • Wednesday – Prospect
  • Thursday – Shelton
  • Friday – Branford / New Britain (starting April)

You must be comfortable traveling between Avon, Branford, Prospect, Shelton, New Britain, and West Hartford.

What You’ll Do

  • Greet and seat patients
  • Act as a liaison between the patient and doctor
  • Review schedules and anticipate the doctor’s needs
  • Set up trays according to daily charts
  • Assist chairside using four-handed dentistry
  • Take x-rays as needed
  • Enter treatment plans
  • Take alginates, pour and trim models
  • Clean and disinfect operatories after each patient
  • Package and sterilize instruments
  • Keep operatories fully stocked

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Dental assisting experience
  • X-Ray & ICE Certification
  • Superior customer service skills
  • Strong work ethic and teamwork mindset
  • Willingness to learn and grow
  • Reliable transportation and ability to commute to assigned locations
  • Dentrix Ascend experience (a plus)
  • A desire to be part of a family-oriented team focused on delivering the best patient experience possible

If you enjoy variety, independence, and being part of a collaborative, growing organization — this role offers stability without monotony.

Apply today! We’d love to meet you.

Archway Dental Partners

About Archway Dental Partners

Born in Connecticut in 1971, raised locally and growing to serve our patients when and where they need us most, Archway Dental Partners is a supportive community of accomplished clinicians and high-performing practices - with dental excellence and a vibrant culture as our keystone. We stand for the wellbeing, growth and collaboration of our providers.

Archway is a Dental Partnership Organization that supports 26+ practices across Connecticut, growing out of the Dental Associates of Connecticut, established by a General Dentist and Periodontist in 1971, to excel in multi-specialty care. From their first dental office in Newtown, CT, the partnership set the legendary pathway to excellence in care and culture within dentistry.

Now supporting over 70+ providers, Archway is proud to be a modern dental support organization with our providers at the heart of it all. The organization stands for wellbeing, growth and collaboration, with dental distinction and cultural compassion as the keystone. We welcome, support and develop you here at Archway, as the leading lights in dentistry, serving multi-specialty care to patients of all ages.

From our doctors at every level, to our support teams at HQ, dedicated to our People and Culture, we see you for the professional you want to be. That includes doctors and their practices that we’ve admired from afar that now form part of our stronger whole, sitting under Archway, our banner of care that stands for excellence in complete oral health.

And since it’s our singular focus, we’re not afraid to get a little geeky about the artistry in our work. We see dentists as another kind of doctor altogether.

www.archway.dental

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Danbury, Connecticut
Year Founded
1971
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