Dental Assistant (req 101101)

About the role

Be a part of the mission at Whitney Young Health (WYH) to provide high quality healthcare that is affordable and accessible to our diverse community. This is a full-time position, 40 hours a week.

Responsibilities

• Assists Staff Dentists with the treatment of Whitney Young Health (WYH) Dental patients.
• Receives, seats, and prepares patients for dental treatment.
• Reviews the dental record to ensure it is in order and the appropriate radiographs are available.
• Ensures appropriate instruments and materials are ready for use by the dentist.
• Prepares dental restorative and impression materials and anesthetic syringes.
• Takes accurate blood pressure readings.
• Accurately records (dental charting) existing conditions and treatment to be done as per dentist direction.
• Properly screens urgent care and emergency walk-in patients and takes necessary dental radiographs.
• Utilizes acceptable technical skills in assisting the dentist during all phases of treatment.
• Consistently prepares patients for dismissal, confirms future appointments, and reinforces post-treatment instructions.
• Prepares the operatory between patients using proper disinfection and infection control procedures in a timely manner.
• Creates dental claims on eCW as instructed by the provider.
• Keeps the lab, dark room, and sterilization area clean and orderly using infection control procedures.
• Maintains Infection Control logs.
• Appropriately maintains necessary supplies in the treatment area.
• Uses various dental and office equipment and follows preventive maintenance procedures.
• Properly exposes, processes, and mounts dental radiographs.
• Disinfects and prepares soiled instruments for sterilization.
• Performs weekly maintenance and spore testing on the autoclaves as assigned.
• Operates the autoclave and sterilizes instruments.
• Files and retrieves dental records.
• Pours study models.
• Performs backup reception duties as needed.
• Seeks direction and guidance from the dentist in performing duties regarding patient care.
• Demonstrates excellence in both internal and external customer service.
• Understands and effectively communicates HIPAA compliance, corporate compliance, and client confidentiality.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (e.g., DHHS HRSA and NYSDOH) and all accreditation standards (e.g., Joint Commission and NCQA-PCMH).
• Adheres to the National Patient Safety Goals as defined by the Joint Commission and Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Promotional opportunities based on years of experience (i.e., Dental Assistant 0 = no experience; Dental Assistant 1 = 1 year of assisting experience; Dental Assistant 2 = 2+ years of assisting experience).

Qualifications

Preferred: Certified by an accredited Dental Assistant Program plus one year of experience as a Dental Assistant.

Benefits

• Robust benefits package including generous time off.
• Affordable health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401k with safe harbor employer match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Term life insurance.
• Commuter benefits.

Pay

$21.12 - $25.75 hourly