New Horizon Family Health Services is hiring: Dental Assistant in Greenville

Overview

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The Dental Assistant is responsible for providing assistance to the Staff Dentist in accordance with policies and standard operating procedures set by the Corporation. The Dental Assistant performs duties under the direct supervision of the Staff Dentist in accordance with the corporation’s established dental health care clinical measures, to ensure maximum oral health.

Responsibilities

• Seats patients in accordance with NHFDC established office protocols.
• Prepares dental operatories in accordance with NHFDC established protocols.
• Cleans and maintains dental operatories and support/processing areas according to NHFDC infection control protocols.
• Sterilizes instruments and equipment according to NHFDC protocols.
• Assists in basic supportive chair-side procedures.
• Charts existing restorations, clinically missing teeth, and appliances within the oral cavity.
• Applies topical drugs as prescribed by the dentist.
• Places and removes matrix.
• Checks and records vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, respiration, etc.).

Performs expanded dental assistant duties including the following:

• Polishes restorations and supra-gingival tooth structure.
• Applies pit and fissure sealant.
• Monitors nitrous oxide anesthesia upon completion of a Board approved course and certification by the Board.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent, and
• Graduate of an accredited chairside dental assisting program, or
• Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) Certified and
• Certification in Radiology, and
• Certification in General Chair-side Assisting, and
• Certification in Infection Control, and
• CPR/BLS Certified
• Certification in Nitrous Oxide preferred but not required

Experience

• A minimum of two (2) years preferred, but not required

Benefits

New Horizon Family Health Services offers a robust and comprehensive benefit package to full time employees. These choices/options include:

• Vacation plus holidays and sick leave

Optional Benefits which include:

• Medical (PEBA State Health Plan), Dental and Vision benefits
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability
• Optional contribution to a 403(b) Retirement Plan, with up to 4% employer match after the first year of employment
• Continuing education courses through SC AHEC

Location and Mission

Location: Greenville, South Carolina.

Mission: Our mission is to provide quality, affordable, compassionate patient-centered health care to improve the health of the communities we serve. Our vision is that our community will be one of the healthiest in the Nation. Superior patient care is the hallmark of NHFHS.

ICARE Values: Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Enrichment. We guide our employees toward achieving the mission of our company and our vision for our community.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer.

Job Details

• Employment type: Full-time

Salary: $37,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year

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