Dental Assistant, Non Certified

One Brooklyn Health • New York, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This role serves as a chairside assistant to a Dentist or Hygienist. The primary duties involve setting up and disinfecting operative areas, managing instrument sterilization, and ensuring patient records are readily available for treatment. The position requires meticulous attention to detail in patient preparation, instrument processing, and maintaining a clean and organized work environment.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Graduate of an approved/accredited Dental Assistant program.
• Familiar with the dental care needs and the procedures necessary for treating all pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Basic ability to fully utilize BHMC’s electronic record systems, equipment and other healthcare and billing systems relevant to this position.
• Certificate from a Dental Assistant’s program.
• Position requires prolonged periods of standing, reaching, walking throughout the working day.
• Position will be required to stoop, bend, lift, and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Dental Assistant and inventory control experience preferred.
• CRCST Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set up for the patient to include logging in patient name, pull charts and make notes under direction of attending doctor.
• Seat patient and drape patient, fix headrest, prepare tray and instruments. Check chart, ensure information is current and complete.
• Dismiss patient to include providing appointment card for next visit, collect charts for billing, and ensure completeness of chart. Please X-Rays back into mounting sleeve, write in the BAs and WCs for the day.
• Clean instruments by washing all instruments after freeing them of debris and blood. Replace washed instruments into set-up tray or container and returns them for sterilization.
• Maintain equipment (at least once each week) removing debris and clean screen in suction hoses. Replace screws as required. Lavages suction hoses by running small amounts of bleach through them. Cleans and keeps dental laboratory orderly on an assigned rotational basis.
• Maintain inventory, keep area neat and organized.
• Sterilize area, bag and autoclave instruments.
• Develop radiographs, mounts and dates, identifies them, and places them in patient charts.
• Cleans and helps maintain darkroom and developing machine on an assigned basis.
• Performs other tasks as required.

Benefits

• The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and can be modified in the future. When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., site, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED