Dental Assistant

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**Practicing at GraceMed**

If you are a healthcare professional, we appreciate your interest in

practicing in a community health setting at **GraceMed**. This is a

clinical environment where you can be a part of a diverse team of

professionals who come together to address the whole health of the

patient. Youll make a difference you can see every day as you care for

patients who are often high-risk because of their underserved status.

Youll be fully supported by a staff and organization set up to let you

focus on delivering care. And youll be part of a team that has

distinguished itself for its quality of care and outcomes.

• Reports To:** Dental Manager\
• Supervises Others:** No
  
  

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• Essential Role:** Provides dental assistance to complement the
  
  

dentists role of delivering primary dental care services at GraceMed

Health Clinic, Inc.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares the patient for treatment, accesses dental records and
  
  

provides instruments and materials needed during treatment

procedures.

• Obtains and/or reviews patient and family history in dental record.
• Chaperones and assists dentists during exams and procedures.
• Returns or receives patient phone calls during office hours;
  
  

performs triage of patients by phone or in office, assesses dental

needs of patient and coordinates appropriate care or interventions

and refers to licensed staff or providers as indicated.

• Maintains and stocks exam rooms.
• Cleans and sterilizes equipment and instruments.
• Provides post-treatment and oral health care instruction as
  
  

requested.

• Takes impressions for study models/crowns/bridges/dentures/partial
  
  

dentures, and when necessary, pours up models.

• Take digital x-rays as directed by the dentist.
• Maintains clinical equipment and supplies.
• Performs direct patient care within the limits of his/her training
  
  

and capabilities when the dentist is unavailable.

• Always maintain patient confidentiality.
• Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to
  
  

his/her job functions.

• Performs other appropriate duties as requested by supervisors.
  
  

Working Conditions

Dental office environment. Multi-task oriented position including direct

patient care may require sitting or standing for long periods. Bending,

stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs) may be required. Must interact with

dentists, dental hygienists, patients and other office personnel. Must

possess socio-economic and cultural sensitivity. May involve contact

with angry, upset or ill persons. Will involve potential exposure to

blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances. Must have visual

acuity and manual dexterity to assist with procedures, perform and

interpret lab results, and interface with computer. Must have auditory

acuity to handle phone calls and extensive patient interaction.

• This job description has been examined for compliance with the
  
  

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act

(FLSA) (May 1995).*\

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• The above statement statements are intended to describe the general
  
  

nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be

construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and

skills required of personnel so classified.*

• GraceMed Health Clinic** is an equal opportunity organization and
  
  

shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed),

gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability,

marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or for any other

discriminatory reason prohibited by applicable law.*