Office Manager-Santa Maria

The Geographic Areas

We are looking for talented individuals to become Office Managers in large dental offices in or around Santa Maria, California.

 

The Positions—Office Managers for Large Dental Offices

Western Dental Services, Inc. is looking for bright, motivated, professionals with at least a four-year college degree to take on exciting, challenging, and rewarding Office Manager positions in and around the areas described below.

 

The responsibilities will include managing and supervising the operation of large and busy high quality dental offices that (a) have 15-20 employees, (b) use state of the art information systems, (c) have substantial patient flow, and (d) rely on teams of experienced, sophisticated regional and corporate management professionals to achieve excellence in dental operations and quality of care.

 

The Career Opportunities—Rewarding, Stimulating, and Room for Growth

The candidates selected for these important positions will enjoy rewarding, challenging, and good paying careers with room for growth in the future.  And, just as important, the winning candidates will benefit from a unique opportunity to learn from and work with an amazing team of talented and enthusiastic experts in corporate and dental operations and management, including DDS’s, CPA’s, MBA’s, technology experts, and other highly skilled professionals who together comprise the Western Dental management team.  The professional development and growth opportunities from this position are fantastic.

 

About Western Dental

Western Dental, a highly successful, growing company, is the largest provider of dental services in California and one of the nation’s leading dental health maintenance organizations.  Presently, Western and its affiliates own and operate over 220 dental and orthodontic offices throughout California and Arizona, have over two million patient visits per year, and employ over 4,000 people.

 

Credentials Required (Four-Year College Degree Mandatory); Experience

The candidate must have at least a college degree from a four-year college.  Experience is preferred—especially in dental office management or operations—but is not required.

 

Position Responsibilities

Each Office Manager position offered is full time, and will require (a) management, training, and oversight of dental office employees in a Western office, (b) strong organizational and leadership skills, (c) collaboration with experienced professionals in Western’s corporate and operations management, (d) good communication skills, (d) versatility in working with analytical and financial data, including budgets, financial statements, and creative information systems tools and reports, (e) good judgment and a strong grasp of people so as to work well with Western’s employees, patients, and management, and (f) lots of enthusiasm for seeing Western’s business improve constantly.

 

Upon completion of a training program for this position, each successful candidate will be assigned as an Office Manager in an important Western Dental office.

 

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation will be based on qualifications and experience, but will be at least as follows:

 

(a)  Salary will be phased and grow as follows:

 

(i)  First Six Months: Base salary will begin at the rate of $50,000 per year and continue for six months,

(ii) Next Twelve Months: Commencing in the seventh month of employment, salary and bonuses will increase to an aggregate of at least $60,000 per year and continue for twelve months,

(iii) Thereafter: salary and bonus increases will be awarded based on periodic reviews of performance and excellence, and

(iv) Additional opportunities will also exist to transfer to larger and larger Western Dental offices, and be eligible for greater compensation, based on availability and performance.

 

(b) Benefits will include the following:

 

(i)  Career advancement opportunities

(ii) Health Insurance coverage

(iii) Life Insurance coverage

(iv) Dental plan coverage

(v) 401(K) Plan eligibility

(vi) Paid vacation

(vii)  Paid sick days