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Summary of the position:
The Dental Assistant provides assistance to dentists/hygienists in the general treatment of patients in both routine and emergency procedures in areas of diagnostic, preventive, restorative, periodontal, endodontic, pedodontic, orthodontic, oral surgery, and prosthodontic dental care. This position is full-time and located in Elko, NV. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package with paid time off and paid holidays. Also offers a career progression plan and the opportunity to be a part of our great team!
Requirements of the position:
About our company:
Established in 1977, Nevada Health Centers is the largest provider of primary care for the uninsured, underinsured, and geographically isolated, with 17 health centers, three mobile health programs, and seven Women, Infants, and Children offices. Our mission: To provide access to quality healthcare services throughout Nevada. Our vision: To create an integrated, provider-led healthcare system that supports the delivery of safe, effective, quality-based primary care to all Nevadans.
Nevada Health Centers will provide equal opportunity employment to all employees and applicants for employment. No person shall be discriminated against in employment because of race, color, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or intellectual disability marital status, parental status, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
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Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$35k-43k (estimate)
04/11/2024
04/09/2025
nevadahealthcenters.org
LAS VEGAS, NV
200 - 500
1977
DULCE HERNANDEZ
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
Nevada Health Centers, Inc. (NVHC) is a federally funded, community health center that has been providing health services throughout the state of Nevada for over 30 years. Everyone is welcome at our health facilities and we offer a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients' that is based on family income. NVHC currently operates 18 outpatient clinics and a total of 28 medical and dental services throughout the state. Our health centers are strategically located in many rural and frontier regions and in the urban areas of Las Vegas; (18) outpatient clinics, in the following locations: Amargosa V ...
alley, Austin, Carlin, Crescent Valley, Carson City, Elko, Eureka, Jackpot, Virginia City, West Wendover and in the Las Vegas and Henderson area, the Cambridge Family Health Center, C.P. Squires School Based Health Center, Henderson Medical Center, North Las Vegas Family Health Center, Eastern Family Medical and Dental Center, Martin Luther King Health Center, and the Las Vegas Outreach Clinic, 7 WIC (Women, Infant and Children) Centers throughout Clark County, and health-screening services via our Nevada Health Centers Mammovan, which consist of mammograms, breast exams and our Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, that offers dental exams, cleanings, fillings, restorative services, fluoride treatments, extractions, x-rays and oral health education for children in northeastern Nevada. We also operate a centralized pharmacy that provides 9 of our frontier clinics and our Health Care for the Homeless clinic in Las Vegas with dispensaries. We serve people who experience social, cultural or economic barriers to health care in a comprehensive, high quality setting. This is an excellent opportunity to join a vibrant group of professionals and to collaborate with our 70 plus clinicians encompassing pediatrics, family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, dentistry and behavioral health to provide enhanced continuity of care for patients.
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