Bilingual Registered Dental Assistant - Front/Back Office

Salud Para La Gente, Inc.; Watsonville (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Ins.

PTO: 19 days per year

Paid Holidays: 13.5 per year

401(k) with employer contribution

403(b), FSA for dependent care

Voluntary Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Salud Para La Gente (SALUD) seeks a dynamic, organized Registered Dental Assistant to assist the Dentist in delivering dental services to patients, both front and back office. Duties include chair-side assistance, taking x-rays, sterilization, scheduling, and related tasks across multiple sites.

The ideal candidate holds an RDA license, X-ray license, coronal polish certification, CPR, and is fluent in Spanish/English. A valid driver's license is required to travel between sites.

Qualifications

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Current Registered Dental Assistant State License (RDA).
• X Ray License.
• Coronal Polish Certification.
• Knowledge and experience working with dental patients and dental equipment.
• Knowledge of both front and back office dental procedures.
• Fluent bilingual Spanish/English.
• Current CPR certification.
• Valid Drivers' License and current vehicle insurance; must be able to travel between sites.

Responsibilities

• Chair side assistant to dentist and dental hygienist for chair side procedures, monitoring and reinforcing patient comfort under supervision of dentist and/or dental director.
• Takes blood pressure reading, prepares and develop patient x-rays, labeling of x-rays.
• Sterilization of all instruments and chair side supplies; maintenance of sterilization and cleaning equipment.
• Maintain the evacuation system, laboratory equipment, air compressor, and supplies.
• Inventory control assistant, receiving and monitoring shipment supplies, restocking of dental materials and ordering.
• Chart documentation as instructed by provider, assists in management of patient scheduling, patient charts, and recall system.
• Pouring and care of laboratory impressions.
• Completion of Lab RX as instructed by provider
• Maintenance of dental hand pieces, equipment and units.
• Daily set up and shut down of dental delivery system.
• Take impressions for diagnostic and opposing models.
• Apply non-aerosol and non-caustic topical agents.
• Remove post extraction and periodontal dressings.
• Placement and removal of elastic orthodontic separators
• Hold anterior matrices, remove sutures.
• Apply topical fluorine after scaling and polish.
• Place and remove rubber dams, place wedge and remove matrices.
• Assists in front office as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish/English

Education

RDA License

X-ray License

Coronal Polish Certification

CPR Certification

Driver's License

Job description

Salud Para La Gente (SALUD) seeks a dynamic, organized Registered Dental Assistant to assist the Dentist in delivering dental services to patients, both front and back office. Duties include chair-side assistance, taking x-rays, sterilization, scheduling, and related tasks across multiple sites.

The ideal candidate holds an RDA license, X-ray license, coronal polish certification, CPR, and is fluent in Spanish/English. A valid driver's license is required to travel between sites.