What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant position at Florida Community Health Centers, Inc.?
About FCHC:
Since 1976, Florida Community Health Centers, Inc. (FCHC) has been a health care leader in Florida. We provide comprehensive primary and specialty health care and patient support services through a network of Centers surrounding Lake Okeechobee and across Florida’s Treasure Coast. Our mission is to ensure that everyone in our communities has access to culturally competent, high-quality health care that they can afford. FCHC has locations in Clewiston, Moore Haven, Okeechobee, Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Indiantown, Pahokee and West Palm Beach. FCHC’s Corporate Office is centrally located in West Palm Beach, Florida. FCHC has multiple staff members who speak Spanish and Creole, and translation is available for other languages as needed. FCHC has created a “one-stop shop” for patients–providing Pediatric and Adult Primary Care, Dental, OB/GYN and Women’s Health, Infectious Disease, Behavioral Health, Pharmacy, chronic disease education and care management, referral assistance, benefit enrollment assistance and coordination, and telehealth services. Our patients benefit from a “medical home” model, where they may access our extensive array of health care clinicians and services in an atmosphere where they are treated with respect, care, and concern.
Mission
The Mission of Florida Community Health Centers, Inc. (FCHC) is to provide accessible, cost-effective, high-quality, comprehensive health care to all persons in our communities.
Vision
Florida Community Health Centers, Inc. (FCHC) will maintain strong leadership in, and advocate for, the provision of health care services.
FCHC will foster and promote collaborative relationships and will develop partnerships with local, state, and federal public health service agencies and the community in general, to enhance the quality of delivery systems for comprehensive health care. FCHC will be an employer of choice and will demonstrate excellence with a highly trained staff and governing board.
Values
FCHC values Integrity, Compassion, Commitment to serving others (external and internal to the organization), Innovation, Effectiveness (cost and outcome), Efficiency, being Mission-driven, Commitment to serving others internal to organization and Commitment to Excellence.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Lubricate high speed/slow speed hand pieces as indicated.
- Set up trays and prepare necessary instruments and supplies in operatory.
- Seat and prepare patient. Inform the dentist the patient is ready
- Take and develop any necessary radiographs in accordance to Florida Statutes 21G‐9.011.
- Assist the dentist in the procedure.
- Direct patient to Patient Accounting staff at end of visit and make next visit appointment if necessary.
- Give any necessary post op instructions and materials.
- Teach patient about oral hygiene and plaque control.
- Charting restorations and dental disease as dictated by the dentist or as a preliminary charting.
- Clean, disinfect, and sterilize operators and instruments between patients.
- Keep operators and office adequately stocked and have instruments placed in their proper places.
- Take and record patient’s blood pressure and weight.
- Run evacuation system cleaner through suction hoses.
- Clean solids trap in each unit (rooms, pumps), weekly.
- Monitor autoclave effectiveness using Attest biological test, weekly.
- Check inventory for any needed dental supplies and write it in the appropriate order form to be sent to administrative office, as needed.
- Clean and change solutions (ultrasonic) and record in logs.
- Send recall or follow‐up cards according to records, weekly.
- Clean Sterilizer with Chamber Brite, speed clean and keep appropriate log, monthly.
- Clean Autoclave channel/replace door gasket if needed, quarterly
- Change water filter screen, quarterly
- Maintain Scan X‐ Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly.
- Remove sutures.
- Applying sealants.
- Placing or removing matrices.
- Apply topical fluoride, cavity lines, varnishes and/or bases
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
Minimum Requirements (experience, training, and education): To effectively fulfill this position, candidate must meet the following requirements:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent.
- At least 18 years of age.
- Completed Certified Dental Assistant formal training as a Dental Assistant, i.e., successful completion of accredited expanded duties course or successful completion of a dental assisting program accredited by the American Dental Association.
- Maintain current Dental Assistant Certification.
- Maintain current CPR certification
- Valid Florida Driver's License
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by supervisor.
- This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person