Dental Assistant Job at Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS

Overview

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This posting describes the full-time Dental Assistant role, including responsibilities, qualifications, and benefits.

Base pay range

$18.00/hr - $24.00/hr

Location

Minnie Jones Health Center (MJHC), 257 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801

Responsibilities

• Prepare the operatories for delivery of dental treatment.
• Assist the dentist with all dental procedures, including but not limited to taking alginate impressions, suctioning patients during procedures, handing instruments and supplies to the dentist, constructing and cementing temporary crowns, packing gingival retraction cord, and other related tasks.
• Take dental and medical history and perform accurate dental charting.
• Take and develop dental radiographs of diagnostic quality.
• Pour and trim clinically acceptable models.
• Disinfect and sterilize all instruments, equipment, and surfaces between patients.
• Open and maintain patient files in good order.
• Take and triage patient telephone calls.
• Perform preventive maintenance procedures on equipment and instrumentation.
• Maintain the dental supplies inventory.
• Maintain a clean, orderly, and aseptic clinical environment.
• Maintain log of ordered dental prosthetics.
• Participate in quality management activities.
• Occasionally, the supervisor may assign other appropriate duties and responsibilities.
• Provide patients with instruction for oral care following dental treatments.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Six months of Dental Assisting experience
• X-ray certification, required
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programs to produce correspondence, documents, presentations, records, and spreadsheets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Expert knowledge of medical office operations, preferred
• Familiarity with the role of FQHCs in the community, preferred

Work/Life Benefits

• Competitive health plans for employees and dependents including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Telehealth
• Two (2) Floating Holidays
• Ten (10) Paid Holidays
• Accrued PTO (total of 156 hours in the first year = 3.9 weeks)
• No weekends or holiday work required
• Employee Assistance Network

Financial Well-being Benefits

• 403b Retirement Savings with Match
• Employer Paid Short/Long Term Disability Insurance and Life Insurance
• HRSA and Public Non-Profit Student Loan Forgiveness

Career Growth Benefits

• Monthly Staff Meetings and Training
• Relias Learning Management System
• Continued Medical Education (CME) & Continuing Education (CEU)
• Epic Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Western North Carolina Community Health Services is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, services, programs or activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.