Dental Assistant

People's Center-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Minneapolis, MN
11-50 employees
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Join our organization whose mission is improving lives, transforming communities, and achieving health equity for everyone. People's Center Clinics & Services (PCCS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center located in the heart of Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are physicians, dentists, nurses, social workers, care coordinators, and other healthcare and administrative staff, and serve nearly 10,000 patients every year through medical, dental, and behavioral services. People's Center Clinics & Services is a nationally recognized community health center delivering high-quality, affordable, and culturally relevant healthcare since 1970. We offer a full range of integrated primary care, behavioral health, and oral health services. You can schedule an appointment that suits your schedule or walk-in to our clinics and be seen the same day when needed. All people are welcome here without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, financial status or ability to pay.

  • Improve patient outcomes, and deliver quality care within practice areas as assigned.
  • Ensure timely and accurate collection of patient data, and makes observations on assigned patients to provide supportive data in the patient assessment.
  • Ensure all patient charts and related documentation are maintained current and relevant at all time.
  • Ensure all lab practices are conducted consistent within current, relevant standards, as well as state and local laws and regulations.
  • Demonstrate competency in practice and knowledge of current standards of practice.
  • Provides care in a manner that respects the patient's rights and choices in a multi-cultural setting.
  • Develops and maintains favorable internal relationships with co-workers and external relationships with vendors.
  • Ensure all actions, job performance, personal conduct and communications model the highest standards of positive professionalism.
  • Serves as dentists, dental hygienists and dental therapist's chair-side assistant.
  • Ability to make future patient appointments or referrals.
  • Prepares operatory for patient treatment as the dentist's or dental therapist's directions.
  • Abide by policy and procedure of the PCCS in-conjunction with OSHA regulations.
  • Digital Radiography in accordance with state regulations and law as well as Dental Clinic protocol.
  • Performs independent procedures as delegated and directed by the dentist.
  • Maintains dental equipment in accordance with manufacturer's directions and Dental Clinic policy.
  • Maintains adequate operatory supplies and compiles a list of individual item shortages for inventory control and ordering purposes.
  • Maintains a list of all Dental Department patients, monitors patient flow, and assists the dentists, dental therapists, and dental hygienists.
  • Receives and places necessary telephone calls consistent with professional matters, clinic business and patient care.
  • Assists with various clinical and administrative functions of the clinic as appropriate and time permits.
  • Insures the sterility of all reusable dental instruments and equipment in accordance with clinic protocol.
  • Insures the proper disposal of all contaminated or potentially contaminated materials in accordance with Clinic policy.
  • High school diploma or GED certificate.
  • Completion of accredited course in dental assisting.
  • One to two years' experience in a clinic/medical setting.
  • Certified Dental Assistant.
  • Current CPR certification.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of dental assisting techniques and procedures for general dentistry.
  • Knowledge of modern dental materials, their storage, handling and applications.
  • Effective oral and written communication skills in English.
  • Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends.
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to utilize computers for data entry and information retrieval.
  • The ability to work with persons from a wide diversity of social, ethnic and economic backgrounds.
  • Demonstrate a high level of skill at building relationships and customer service.
  • Basic knowledge of dental emergencies.
  • Know how to take patient's vital signs.
  • Health, Dental, and vision insurance.
  • Retirement plan with company contribution.
  • 4 weeks of paid time off.
  • 10 annual holidays.
  • Company paid life insurance benefit.
  • Company-paid Short -Term and Long-Term Disability benefits.
  • National Health Service Corps loan forgiveness approved site.
  • Company paid continuing education dollars and days.
  • License and certification expense reimbursement.
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