Dental Assistant Supervisor
Hilltown Community Health Center•Worthington, MA
•Onsite
About The Position
This role involves assisting the dentist with clinical work, supervising dental assistants across all sites, and acting as a liaison between patients, materials management, and quality control. The position requires a blend of clinical and administrative responsibilities, with a focus on operational oversight, staff management, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
Requirements
- Must be a licensed dental assistant in MA
- Minimum of (2) years experience as a dental assistant
- Radiology certification or course according to MA requirements
- Must meet the Dental Assistant Competency Checklist with a minimum score of 3.5
Nice To Haves
- 2+ years of supervisory experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Clinical assisting
- Taking diagnostic radiographs
- Escorting patients to and from the waiting area
- Verifying patient's medications, allergies, and health history and notifying the dentist of any significant findings
- Ensuring patients complete preprocedural mouth rinse when indicated
- Verifying lab cases, implant components, and required instruments are available prior to treatment
- Packing, receiving, and managing lab cases
- Preparing operatories for daily patient care and the following day's schedule
- Performing operatory cleaning and turnover between patients
- Performing dental unit waterline flushing and maintenance as required
- Biweekly/ monthly visits to all sites to oversee operations
- Supervising proper cleaning, sterilization, storage, and maintenance of dental instruments
- Overseeing maintenance and monitoring of sterilizers, and other clinical equipment and maintaining proper records
- Coordinating equipment maintenance and vendor service requests
- Ensuring compliance with OSHA, CDC, state regulations, and infection control standards
- Ordering, inventorying, and maintaining dental supplies for all three sites, sharing when necessary to avoid overstocking
- Developing and managing monthly and daily dental assistant schedules for all three sites plus SBHC, coordinating with staffing vacation, holiday, sick leave
- Supervising dental assistant workflow and daily clinical operations
- Recruiting, interviewing, and assisting with hiring dental assistants
- Maintaining an on the job training (OJT) program for dental assistants
- Training, orienting, and evaluating newly hired dental assistants
- Developing, conducting and maintaining competency checklists, training materials, and standard operating procedures
- Reviewing and approving dental assistant timesheets
- Conducting annual performance evaluations for dental assistants
- Addressing employee performance issues and disciplinary actions in collaboration with the Practice Manager and Human Resources
- Identifying staff training needs
- Participating in quality improvement, infection control, and regulatory compliance activities
- Performing other duties as assigned by the Dental Director
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
