DENTAL PROFESSIONALS
TEMPORARY OFFICE POLICIES

Interviewing
Dress for women should be a suit, skirt and blouse or a tailored dress or pants; for men, dress pants with a shirt and tie or sport shirt. Jeans, tennis shoes and other casual attire are not acceptable. Be prompt and never fail an appointment without prior notice (minimum 24 hours).

On-The-Job-Appearance
Neat, clean and good personal grooming of your nails, hair, teeth and body. No nail polish. No gum chewing or smoking in the office. If you do smoke, make sure the smoke odor cannot be detected on your hair or body. Most practices prefer little or no perfume or cologne.

Dress (Women and Men)
Clinical: Long sleeved, knee length, lab gown is required by state law. We suggest you to take you own gown in case the office does not have extras for temporary help, however most offices will supply you with what you need. The clothing you arrive to work in should be comfortable, yet professional looking. Avoid casual, trendy fashions in shocking colors. Please wear clean, comfortable shoes with socks or nylons. No sandals, thongs or dirty worn tennis shoes. Lab gowns must be washed everyday and law requires that they be washes separately form other garments. Ask the office if they have disposable lab gowns. This would be the garment of choice to wear while on temporary assignments.
Business Office: Dress suitable for interviewing (see above).

Arrival
You are paid for all the time you work even if it includes your lunchtime and beyond the end of your scheduled shift. Tardiness is not acceptable. We expect you to arrive early enough to be fully prepared to start working at the beginning of your assigned shift. This would include giving yourself enough time to meet the staff, meet the dentist, be briefed on what their policies are and the procedures that they want you to follow as well as storing your personal items, acquainting yourself with the restroom location, etc. It is imperative that you present yourself as an experienced member of their team once your shift is scheduled to begin.

Job Description
Each office will direct what they want you to do. During slow periods you are expected to engage in any legal tasks you are asked to perform. Tell the employer what you are capable of doing and that you well do things your customary way unless he/she informs you differently and shows you how they want it done. Do not perform any personal work on the employer’s time. Remember, you are judged more strictly than the regular staff. Cell phone use should be restricted to lunch breaks or work breaks.

Safety-On-The-Job
All offices must provide safety glasses, masks and gloves. For employee safety, all offices are required by law to label their chemical products and have a manual available with the manufacturers MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) on file for every product they use, If you have an allergy to gloves you must provide your own.

Instruments
Personal and specialty items that will help you perform your job better may be taken to the job site as long as the client allows it; however, make sure that they have your name on them.

Voluntary On-Call Availability for Temporary Employees
Being “on-call” means that you choose the days you want to work each month and make a commitment to be available.

Cancellation Policy
When you have accepted an assignment, our office confirms with the client that you will arrive in time to prepare for your shift, However, if you find that an emergency situation prevents you from keeping that commitment, we request that you give us a minimum 24-hour notice.

We have a 24-hour voice mail service. Calls made after hours that require changes to the next working day can be sent URGENT. This will activate our pager.

Reasons for Automatic Termination of Temporary Employees

• Dishonesty or Theft
• Working under the influence of alcohol or drugs
• Insubordination or gross misconduct
• Unsatisfactory personal hygiene or continual violation of dress code
• Excessive complaints from clients or patients
• Actions not stated within specific job description
• Continual tardiness or missing assignments
• Continual personality conflicts or complaints form other employees or patient abuse
• Release of confidential information to anyone
• Accepting anything from a patient or family, including gifts, jewelry, valuables, or property or services of any kind.
• Diverting any existing business of ours to a competitor or recruiting employees from other agencies or facilities
• Experience and skill level did not meet our standards
• Negative background check