Dental Assistant- Part Time Bilingual

Overview

Arlington Free Clinic is seeking a compassionate, detail-oriented, and dependable Bilingual Dental Assistant to join our dental team. The ideal candidate will be fluent in both English and Spanish and committed to providing exceptional patient care in a welcoming and professional environment. This positionwill provide patient care via direct, chairside support for the clinic dentists.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare treatment rooms, instruments, and materials for patient care.
• Provide chairside assistance to dentists including using four-handed dentistry.

· Prepares patients for treatment (x-rays, health screening, sharing information, and applying topical anesthetics).

• Obtain and update patient medical histories and records.
• Communicate effectively with patients to ensure understanding of treatment plans and instructions.
• Prepares dental materials for impressions, takes, and pours impressions.
• Coordinate dental laboratory cases and orders, including preparing and sending lab prescriptions/orders and materials to outside dental laboratories (e.g., Dandy), tracking case status and expected return dates, receiving and verifying returned cases, and ensuring cases are available for scheduled patient appointments.
• Maintains accurate and timely patient data to include visit scheduling and tracking, recording data into patient electronic medical records (EagleSoft, and on limited basis Epic), filing charts, running and preparing basic reports.

Qualifications and Skills

· High school diploma or GED

· Certification as a Dental Assistant Virginia

· Eighteen months of responsible dental assistance and related technical support experience

· Fluency in English and Spanish (spoken and written)

· Knowledge of dental terminology and procedures

· Strong interpersonal and communication skills

· Ability to be diplomatic, self-motivated and flexible

· Ability to manage multiple tasks and work in a team environment

· Ability to work effectively with diverse patient populations

· Ability to demonstrate warmth and compassion for others including when they are experiencing stress or frustration

· Strong computer proficiency, ideally with experience with electronic dental records systems

· Experience working in a community health center or non-profit healthcare setting preferred

· Radiology certification preferred

Pay: $25.00 - $28.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bereavement leave
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Free parking
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid jury duty
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Prescription drug insurance
• Professional development assistance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $28