What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant position at Family Health Centers?
Are you interested in a new career as a Dental Assistant? Dentistry continues to be ranked as one of the top 10 professions in the nation No experience is necessary, we will train you. You can earn a competitive salary, work four days per week, and learn various skills in a dental office environment.
Our family-friendly dental clinic is seeking a compassionate Dental Assistant who will treat our patients with the highest quality of care.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Communicates patient health information to dental providers and team members.
- Answers patient phone calls, documents and communicates questions in Electronic Dental Records (EDR) and Electronic Medical Records (EHR) to the provider as necessary
- Relays appropriate information to the patient from provider documents in EDR.
- Coordinates and processes refill requests with the provider.
2) Direct Patient Care
a) Obtains and records vital signs and updates patient health history.
b) Responsible for patient education in Oral Health Instructions (OHI)
c) Performs diagnostic testing limited to tooth vitality.
d) Administers medications including sedative drugs, and topical anesthetics.
e) Administers inhalation of minimal sedation (nitrous oxide) analgesia, including starting and stopping the flow as directed by the supervising dentist.
f) Responsible for placing, exposing and processing intraoral Panoramic and Cephalometric radiographs.
g) Prepares patient for treatment and gives preoperative and postoperative instructions.
h) Responsible for fabricating and delivering temporary crowns, bleaching, fluoride tray cements and removes temporary crowns and bridges.
i) Responsible for packing and medicating extraction areas. Places periodontal packs and removes packs or sutures.
j) Processes impressions, bit registrations or digital scans of teeth and jaw for diagnostic and opposing models.
k) Performs direct restorative treatment by placing acid etch, bonding agents, wedge, matrix and cavity base materials.
l) Triages patients and performs oral inspection of patient and charts existing restorations.
m) Pre-fits fixed and removable orthodontic appliances, occlusal guards, bleaching trays and fluoride trays.
n) Removes fixed orthodontic appliances, orthodontic cements, and the orthodontic bonded resin material
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Possesses a basic level of written and verbal communications skills, computational and computer skills and mathematical knowledge typically acquired through completion of a high school program or GED.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Employee must be registered as a Dental Assistant with the state of Washington and hold a current basic life support certification.