Dental Assistant (Wellness Centers)

UNIVERSITY MUSLIM MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC•Los Angeles, CA

16h•$24 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Dental Assistant (DA) is responsible for assisting the Dental Providers to deliver high-quality patient care by performing a variety of clinical, laboratory, and office duties. The DA assists the Dental Providers handle patients, organizes instruments and materials for dental procedures, performs clinic infection control and sterilization duties, takes radiographic and intraoral images, and performs tasks permitted by the Dental Board of California.

Requirements

A High School Diploma or equivalent.
Must have a current BLS CPR Certification.
Must have a Radiation Safety Certification or completion of an approved radiation safety course
Must be familiar with dental terminology, materials, and instruments.
Must possess the skills necessary to perform duties as per State of California licensing guidelines.
Successful completion and acceptable results of post offer physical examination, drug screening, and criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in Spanish is recommended.

Responsibilities

Follow the required protective protocols to ensure personal, patient, and coworker health and safety.
Familiarity with dental terminology, instruments, materials and supplies utilized during dental procedures.
Prepare dental operatories by setting up materials and supplies for the dental procedure.
Document exam findings and patient information in the electronic health record.
Take radiographic and intra-/extra-oral images with diagnostic quality and store accurately in the electronic software.
Perform four-handed chairside dental assisting in all phases of dentistry.
Provide dental education to patients under the supervision of the dentist.
Perform DA duties indicated and permitted by the Dental Board of California.
Implement infection control by cleaning, disinfecting dental operatories after each procedure along with sterilization duties.
Pour models and conduct other lab duties.
Inventory and reorder supplies to ensure the adequate availability of supplies.
Maintain and test all instruments and equipment.
Perform front desk duties such as patient scheduling and referral process.
Assist with dental billing, insurance, and payment system.
Willing to work on nights and weekends when assigned.
Competent in utilizing portable equipment to provide dental care.
Comfortable to work in various community settings including but not limited to school-based sites, mobile vans, Child Development sites, health fairs.
Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Professionally greet and register incoming clients, patients and visitors in a prompt and pleasant manner.
Present, review, update, process patient registration forms according to guidelines.
Complete funding program assessment and assign patients to the correct program. Refers patients to Enrollment Coordinator as appropriate.
Verify patient payer insurance eligibility, and any co-pays or share of cost.
Collect patient co-pays or share of cost according to policy.
Act as patient relations representative by answering patient inquiries either in person or over the phone within the limits of his/her knowledge and clinics medical practice policies.
Answering incoming calls and routes them to the appropriate departments, generates Telephone Encounters (TE) to clinician’s or other staff as needed and per patients request.
Creates New patient records in EMR (eClinical Works) according to guidelines.
Review all medical and dental record charts for the following day and ensure all documents are properly filed and present in the patients record.
Add and Remove Alerts in patients record as needed.
Sends letters to patients as directed by clinician.
Facilitate completion of program applications/forms (CHDP, Family Pact, EWC/CDP, Medical, HMO, MHLA, Self Pay).
Maintain a supply of complete packets for every funding program.
Schedule patient appointment, cancel, reschedule.
Maintain established office policies and procedures.
Maintain an organized and clean work environment at all times
Consistent on time arrival and ready to begin work at the start of the day. Does not abuse or take advantage of sick time.
Opens and closes clinic as directed by supervisor.