Requirements:

• Must have dental assistant experience or dental assistant school training
• Must be fluent in English and Spanish
• Maintain a professional and welcoming reception area
• Execute opening and closing procedures
• Verify and update patient information
• Schedule, track, and recall patients
• Able to translate all Dentist instructions to Spanish if required
• Calculate, collect, and post patient payments. Submit billing and insurance approvals.
• New patient intake and related insurance verification
• Safeguard patient privacy and confidentiality
• Assist the doctors and staff with any other tasks
• Checks in patients and notifies providers that patient is present.
• Maintains dental laboratory, process instruments, and monitor lab cases (check-in of lab cases, pouring impressions where indicated, storing cases, sending out lab cases, completing lab log sheets, etc.)
• Follows weekly and monthly maintenance procedures for all sterilization and radiograph developing equipment.
• Follows OSHA standards of infection control under CDC guidelines endorsed by department, organization, and overseen by Infection Control Officer.
• Records patient appointment data daily i.e. no shows, cancellations, emergencies, payment source Medicaid self-pay, etc.
• Place treatment plans, periodontal charts, informed consent forms, referral forms, and contracts for complex treatment into the dental subdivision of the comprehensive medical records.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week

Healthcare setting:

• Dental office

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Work Location: In person