Harmony Healthcare Long Island is hiring: DENTAL ASSISTANT in Village of Freepor

Overview

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Base pay range

$21.00/hr - $23.00/hr

This range is provided by Harmony Healthcare Long Island. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

The Harmony Healthcare Long Island offers a stable employment opportunity with a growing company, and competitive base compensation along with health and dental insurance, paid time off, 401-K with company match, paid holidays, employee discounts and much more.

JOB TITLE: Dental Assistant/ Clerk

REPORTS TO: Dental Operations Manager

The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of this position.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the preparation of patients prior to seeing dentists
• Assists the practitioners with patient care in the conduct of examinations and materials preparation
• Acts as a translator for patients as needed
• Greet and register patients using eClinical Works
• Assist new patients with registration process
• Check necessary documents for identification and insurance eligibility
• Orient patient and distribute patient bill of rights and other forms and waivers
• Act as information clerks to make proper referrals as needed
• Act as a chair-side assistant to the dentist utilizing accepted four-handed dental techniques
• Provides patient counseling regarding procedures
• Assist in the maintenance of inventories and stocking of supplies in examination rooms, nursing and lab areas
• Maintains logs of required data as needed
• Acts a patient’s advocate and liaison for preservation of patient’s rights
• Participates in off-site screening projects as needed
• Participates in departmental QA and other patient related committees as needed
• Participates in outreach and community screenings as needed
• Participates in case management and patient surveys in maintaining quality assurance
• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Dental Assistant Certification required
• Basic CPR (BCLS) Certification
• Two years experience working in the health care field
• Capacity for covering Dental Assistants at all sites as needed

This is Monday through Friday. Shifts are from 8 AM to 4 PM, with one evening shift from 12 PM to 8 PM and one rotating Saturday each month

Salary: Commensurate with experience

This is a non-exempt position.

The Harmony Healthcare Long Island provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, marital status, sexual preference and orientation, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap/disability in each aspect of the human resources function. Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The Harmony Healthcare Long Island shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care

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