EFDA (Pediatrics)

About the Role

Improve the overall health of the communities we serve by assisting providers in providing dental care to patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Greets and escorts patient to assigned dental chair.
• Reviews and updates patient charts.
• Assists dental provider with required procedures, exams, and patient education per scope of practice according to Washington State Department of Health.
• Obtains vitals including blood pressure and blood glucose measurements on indicated patients per CHAS Health protocol.
• Takes x-rays, as needed.
• Ensures dental exam areas are clean, stocked, and ready for patients.
• Cleans, prepares, and sterilizes instruments.
• Answers phones and schedules patients, as needed.
• Observes and follows 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.
• Performs chairside assisting in all areas of general dentistry, including restorative, crown and bridge, oral surgery, endodontics, and pediatric dentistry.
• Places amalgam and composite resin restorations.
• Takes impressions for crowns/bridges, space maintainers, night guards, whitening trays, and study models.
• Performs other duties assigned, including supporting the CHAS Health Mission and Core Values.

Qualifications

Education/Experience: Completion of accredited dental assisting and expanded function training program(s) required. Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification preferred. DANB Certified Dental Assistant (CDA)/General Chairside (GC) pathway II or Pathway III may be accepted in lieu of completion of an accredited dental assisting program. Experience in dental assisting preferred.

Licensure: Washington clinics: Valid Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary licensure in state of Washington required at time of hire.

Skills

• Excellent customer service, oral and written communications skills required.
• Compassion for patients required.
• Must be able to work well in team environment.
• Ability to multi-task in fast-paced work environment, with ability to anticipate future needs.
• Computer skills required.
• Knowledge in surgical and restorative dental assisting required.
• BLS (CPR/AED) required.
• Valid driver's license and insurance required.
• Commitment to supporting a safe and respectful environment is required.

Pay and Benefits

Compensation Range: $27.79 - $40.81

Benefits include:

• Annual milestone bonus: $500 for every year worked, up to $5,000.
• Robust health coverage with employer-offered medical, dental, vision, long-term care, and life insurance.
• 401(k) with up to 6% employer match.
• More than six (6) weeks of paid time off (PTO) annually for full-time employees.
• Tuition assistance and student loan repayment.
• Up to $7,500 for childcare annually through reimbursement.
• CME and license fee reimbursement.

Physical Demands

• Required to stand one-third to two-thirds of the day.
• Sitting and being mobile are required one-third to two-thirds of the time.
• Required to use hands to finger, handle or feel over two-thirds of the time, as well as reach with hands and arms.
• Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling or crouching occurs less than one-third of the time.
• Communicating by talking / hearing occurs over two-thirds of the day.
• Smelling occurs between one-third and two-thirds of the day.
• Amount of time spent lifting or exerting force is about 50% for up to 10 pounds and less than one-third of the time up to 25 pounds.
• Rarely is there a need to lift more than 26 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Core Values

• Social Responsibility
• Patient-Centered
• Entrepreneurship
• Respect for Human Dignity
• Commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement
• Fun