Dental Assistant

El Centro Family Health•Espanola, NM

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Federally Qualified Health Center, 501c3, our mission is to provide affordable, accessible, quality health care to the people of Northern New Mexico. El Centro Family Health is seeking a full-time Dental Assistant dedicated to serving the needs of our community. The ideal candidate should possess strong interpersonal communication skills, the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community, attention to detail, and be willing to travel to outlying clinics as needed. This role provides a range of clinical, administrative, and staff support to full-range dental services operations, assisting in the performance of dental procedures and coordinating day-to-day patient administration, records management, and office support activities.

Requirements

High school or equivalent.
Certified Dental Assistant / Non- Certified Dental Assistant
Must apply and complete radiology requirements within six months from date of hire
Must complete Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)/ Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire.
TST Test
HepB vaccine or declination

Nice To Haves

Certified Dental Assistant

Responsibilities

Prepares, sterilizes, organizes, and sets up dental equipment ensuring that all dental instruments are cleaned, dated, and processed according to established clinic guidelines, standards, and disposes of needles, blades, and biohazard waste properly.
Develop and process dental radiographs in accordance with provider orders; assists in the monitoring and maintenance radiation safety procedures and protocols.
Follows and maintains all relevant Federal, State, and institutional regulations, guidelines, policies, and standards for the provision of dental clinical services.
Performs laboratory procedures to include taking impressions and pouring models.
Maintains dental laboratory cases, creates, and maintains dental records in accordance with established protocol and procedures.
Prepares patients for treatment and examination. Answer routine questions related in impending procedures or preventive dentistry techniques.
Assist the Dentist and Dental Hygienist, with patient and clinic related duties.
Performs miscellaneous job- related duties as assigned.
Provides chair side assistance to the Dentist and/or Dental Hygienist in the performance of dental procedures, to include operative, preventive, periodontal, endodontic, prosthetic, and or/oral surgical procedures.