Clinical Dental Assistant: Chairside Care & Radiography

Providence Community Health Centers; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence Community Health Centers seeks a dental assistant to support clinicians with dental and radiography procedures, while maintaining instruments and equipment according to clinic standards. The role includes coordinating day-to-day patient administration and office support activities.

Educational requirements include a dental assisting program or 12-18 months of experience, with basic third-party payer knowledge.

Qualifications

• Completion of a dental assisting program or 12-18 months of dental assisting experience.
• Basic third party payer knowledge gained through education or experience.
• Assists in chair-side dental procedures including operative, preventive, periodontal, endodontic, prosthetic and oral surgical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the performance of dental and radiography procedures.
• Prepare, sterilize, organize and set up dental instruments and equipment.
• Monitor and maintain dental equipment including sterilizers and radiographic developing equipment.

Skills

Chair-side assistance

Payer knowledge

Education

Dental assisting program or 12-18 months experience

Job description

Providence Community Health Centers seeks a dental assistant to support clinicians with dental and radiography procedures, while maintaining instruments and equipment according to clinic standards. The role includes coordinating day-to-day patient administration and office support activities.

Educational requirements include a dental assisting program or 12-18 months of experience, with basic third-party payer knowledge.