Dental Assistant - PRN

Wellpath•Grady, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

You Matter. Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved. Join a mission-driven organization with a people-first culture. Excellent career growth opportunities. Join us and find a career that supports: Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Autonomy in a warm team environment. Growth and training. Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time. Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

Requirements

Requires an Associate’s Degree or Certification in Dental Technology from an accredited school.
Must have experience within either a private or public dental practice as a Dental Technician or Registered Dental Assistant.
Must demonstrate consistent sound judgment with dental decisions within the correctional healthcare environment.
Must be able to obtain and maintain CPR certification.
Must attain and maintain all State mandated certifications or trainings.

Responsibilities

Provides chair-side assistance during dental procedures, sterilizes instruments, and mixes restorative materials as needed
Performs intra-oral and extra-oral x-rays, develops and mounts x-ray films
Maintains x-ray, processor, autoclave, and dental unit(s) according to specifications
Manages inventory of supplies and equipment, orders supplies and ensures set up of trays for patients
Completes daily instrument count sheet, performs dental screenings, and maintains cleanliness and sanitation of dental clinic through careful practices.
Responsible for providing documentation of dental services to the dentist or their designee.
Involves maintaining dental charts, keeping records of dental findings, and scheduling patients for dental appointments.
Ensures the accurate documentation of dental services, enabling dentists to monitor the provision of dental services and provide the best possible care to their patients.