What are the responsibilities and job description for the Float Registered Dental Assistant position at One Community Health?
Float Registered Dental Assistant
This float position provides assistance across all One Community Health dental sites, including Midtown, Carmichael, Arden, and the mobile dental van, ensuring continuity of care and operational efficiency. Demonstrates flexibility in supporting dentists and hygienists across varying workflows, patient populations, and clinical environments.
Essential Functions
- Float between designated sites and provide coverage for vacancies, leave of absence, staffing shortages, and operational needs across dental locations.
- Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability when assigned to different providers, locations, patient populations, and workflows.
- Performs functions in accordance with the applicable California Dental Auxiliaries Table of Permitted Duties.
- Assists the Dentist(s) in providing dental services to patients
- Supports hygienists with operatory setup, patient flow, and room turnover.
- Processes and sterilizes hygiene instruments and maintains readiness of hygiene operatories.
- Assists with periodontal charting and documentation.
- Ensure all dental consent forms, health history forms and other necessary forms are completed and signed.
- Prepare tray set up, dental instruments and operatory for patient visit.
- Supports efficient patient flow and provider productivity by preparing treatment rooms, anticipating provider needs, and assisting and timely room turnover.
- Help patients feel comfortable before, during and after treatment.
- Provides exceptional customer service and promotes a positive patient experience through professional communication and patient-centered care.
- Collect, record, and update patient’s health history.
- Documents all patient care activities accurately and timely in the Electronic Dental Record (EDR).
- Reviews and updates patient demographics, medical history, consent forms, and treatment documentation according to organizational standards.
- Prepare and take quality digital X-rays and intra-oral pictures of patients as prescribed by the dentist.
- Reports radiology safety concerns, equipment malfunctions, and potential radiation overexposure incidents in accordance with organizational policy.
- Assist chairside during treatment procedures and anticipates and/or modifies the sequence of the instrumentation as needed.
- Take impressions for study models, prepares dental materials, cements, composites, impression material, etc.
- Pours Impressions for models, model trimming, fabricates mouth guards and temporary crowns.
- Instruct patients on customized and appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health.
- Provide post-op instructions following dental treatment procedures as needed.
- Schedule follow-up appointments according to provider recommendations and established scheduling guidelines.
- Assist with patient outreach, recall activities, treatment plan follow-up, and care gap closure efforts as assigned.
- Perform disinfection, wrapping, sterilization and re-circulation of instrument cassettes.
- Perform dental treatment room disinfection and places appropriate barriers.
- Help maintain the dental office infection control to meet or exceed OSHA, CDC and ADA guidelines and standards.
Dental Van
- Drive, park, set up and return the dental van to storage.
- Maintain Dental Van equipment and logs.
- Transport hygiene instruments between Dental Van and the Arden Dental location.
Additional Duties
- Place sealants on permanent and primary teeth as needed.
- Ensure that dental supplies are available and stocked appropriately.
- Informs Lead RDA when supplies are low by adding item(s) to order list.
- Serve as a backup for completing registration for scheduling purposes, including verification and updating of patient and demographic information.
- Serve as a backup for confirmation and follow-up dental telephone calls.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements
- All licenses and certifications are to be kept current and in good standing with the CA Dental Board
- RDA License
- CA Board approved X-ray Certification on Radiation Safety
- CA Board approved Coronal Polishing Certificate
- Pit and Fissure Sealant Application Certificate
- CA Board approved courses necessary for license renewal—CA Dental Practice Act and CA Dental Infection Control
- Valid BLS or CPR Certification
- Valid CA Driver License
Preferred
- 3 years of experience.
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Proficiency in additional languages to enhance communication with diverse patient populations.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across a broad spectrum of backgrounds and perspectives. Candidates who demonstrate inclusive thinking and interpersonal awareness help strengthen our commitment to equitable and compassionate care for all.
- Demonstrated person-centered approach and familiarity with trauma-informed systems and restorative practices
Reasonable Accommodations
One Community Health endorses and supports the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are applicants or employees who need accommodations. If you require an accommodation due to a disability to complete this application or you are experiencing difficulty submitting your application, please contact us at ochhumanresources@onecommunityhealth.com.
Our Benefits
For more information on the comprehensive benefits we provide, please visit: https://onecommunityhealth.com/careers/recruitment/
Additional Information:
We only employ US citizens and non-US citizens authorized to work in the United States in compliance with federal law.