Dental Assistant

Hope Medical Clinic•Ypsilanti, MI

16d

About The Position

Hope Clinic is seeking an additional Dental Assistant to join our busy and thriving team! This is a full-time (32 hours per week) position that includes health benefits and a generous paid time off package. Hope Clinic is an inter-denominational Christian social and medical service provider. To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal communication skills in addition to the required technical skills, a high level of detail orientation, and the ability to compassionately engage a diverse patient population. We are seeking a professional with a team-oriented, flexible approach to their work. Most importantly, the successful candidate will embrace and reflect the mission to “Multiply Hope”, empowering others and creating opportunities for help and healing. The duties of a Dental Assistant are among the most comprehensive and varied in the dental office. This position performs many tasks requiring strong interpersonal and technical skills, assisting the dentist in all chairside procedures, taking patient blood pressure, reviewing and updating medical histories and entering in Dentrix, and sterilizing instruments. Position will have responsibility to familiarize and educate volunteers/students with all dental clinic policies.

Requirements

RDA license preferred
CPR certification
Familiarity with Dentrix Ascend
Previous dental assisting experience
Radiography certification

Responsibilities

Performing RDA functions, if a MI RDA.
Taking diagnostically acceptable radiographs.
Assisting with charting, including periodontal charting and recording treatment plans
Taking and pouring impressions and manage lab cases
Providing comfort/support to apprehensive patients
Providing appropriate post-operative instructions
Preparation and breakdown treatment rooms
Stocking treatment rooms and maintain inventory
Sterilize instruments and handpieces following OSHA guidelines and office protocols
Maintaining dental unit water lines documenting testing results
Maintaining autoclaves
Maintaining spore testing of autoclaves documenting results
Maintaining functional dental equipment, informing the Dental Clinic manager when equipment is not functioning properly. Schedule maintenance if requested
Providing assistance to volunteers, students as needed
Following OSHA and CDA guidelines
May assist in training/supervising volunteer