Dental Assistant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Greets and escorts patient to assigned dental chair.
• Maintain accurate patient records and update charts, complete required paperwork.
• Aid the dentist during procedures (e.g., fillings, crowns, extractions).
• Apply sealants and complete child prophies.
• Takes and processes x-rays as needed.
• Educate patients on oral hygiene and post-procedure care.
• Ensure dental exam areas are clean, stocked, and ready for patients.
• Clean, prepare, and sterilize instruments.
• Monitor supplies for reordering.
• Observe and follow required safety protocols, including handling and disposal of sharps, use of personal protective equipment, exposure to blood-borne pathogens, and general safety of employees and patients.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A valid Registered Dental Assistant license in the state of Washington and proof of training is required at the time of hire.
• Experience in dental assisting preferred.

Physical Demands

• Stand 1/3rd to 2/3rd of the day.
• Sit and be mobile 1/3rd to 2/3rd of the time.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel over 2/3rd of the time.
• Reach with hands and arms 1/3rd to 2/3rd of the time.
• Climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch less than 1/3rd of the time.
• Communicate by talking/hearing over 2/3rd of the day.
• Smell between 1/3rd and 2/3rd of the day.
• Lift or exert force up to 10 lbs. about 50% of the time.
• Lift or exert force up to 25 lbs. less than 1/3rd of the time.
• Rarely lift more than 26 lbs.