Clinical Dental Assistant

Providence Community Health; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence Community Health is seeking a dental assistant to provide comprehensive chair-side support during dental procedures and assist in daily clinic operations. This role includes preparing and sterilizing instruments, maintaining supplies, and coordinating patient administration.

The ideal candidate will have formal dental assisting education or relevant experience, computer literacy, and basic knowledge of third-party payer processes.

Qualifications

• Completion of a dental assisting program or 12–18 months of dental assisting experience and/or training or an equivalent combination of both.
• Computer literacy.
• Basic third party payer knowledge, gained through education or experience

Responsibilities

• Provide chair-side assistance to dentist and/or dental hygienist in operative, preventive, periodontal, endodontic, prosthetic, and oral surgical procedures.
• Prepare, sterilize, organize and set up dental instruments and equipment; ensure instruments are cleaned, dated, and processed per clinic guidelines.
• Monitor and maintain dental equipment such as compressors, evacuator systems, radiographic developing equipment, sterilizers, and light-curing units.

Skills

Computer literacy

Payer knowledge

Education

Dental assisting program

12–18 months dental assisting experience/training

Job description

Providence Community Health

Under general supervision, provides a range of clinical, administrative and staff support. Assists in the performance of dental and radiography procedures, prepares and maintains dental equipment and supplies in accordance with established PCHC protocols and policies. Assists in the coordination of day-to-day patient administration, records management, and office support activities.

Education:

• Completion of a dental assisting program or 12 – 18 months of dental assisting experience and/or training or an equivalent combination of both.
• Computer literacy.

Basic third party payer knowledge, gained through education or experience

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assess dental condition and needs of patient; uses patient screening procedures, to Provide chair-side assistance to dentist and/or dental hygienist in the performance of dental procedures, to include operative, preventive, periodontal, endodontic, prosthetic, and oral surgical procedures.
• Prepare, sterilize, organize and set up dental instruments and equipment, ensures that all dental instruments are cleaned, dated, and processed according to established clinic guidelines and standards.
• Monitors and maintains dental equipment, such as compressors, evacuator systems, radiographic developing equipment, sterilizers, and light-curing units, in accordance with manufacturers guidelines.

PCHC is EOE/M/F/D/V/SO

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 8am-5pm & Tuesday 10am-7pm

40 Hours

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.