Dental Assistant

Wellpath; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 48,000 - 71,000; Part time

Job summary

Wellpath is seeking a compassionate Dental Assistant to join their team in Ann Arbor, MI, focusing on providing quality care to underserved patients. You will play a key role in supporting dentists by assisting during procedures and maintaining records, all in a mission-driven environment that prioritizes wellbeing.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k

Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Wellness program with fitness memberships

Qualifications

• Must have experience as a Dental Technician or Registered Dental Assistant.
• Demonstrate sound judgment with dental decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provides chair-side assistance during dental procedures.
• Maintains x-ray and dental units.
• Schedules patients for dental appointments.

Skills

Sound judgment

Communication

Education

Associate’s Degree or Certification in Dental Technology

Job description

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• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities
  
  

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities
  
  

Join Us And Find a Career That Supports

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training
  
  

Perks And Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans
• Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.
  
  

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Dental A ssistant i s responsible for providing documentation of dental services to the dentist or their designee. This involves maintaining dental charts, keeping records of dental findings, and scheduling patients for dental appointments. By ensuring the accurate documentation of dental services, dental assistants enable dentists to monitor the provision of dental services and provide the best possible care to their patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides chair-side assistance during dental procedures, sterilizes instruments, and mixes restorative materials as needed
• Performs intra-oral and extra-oral x-rays, develops and mounts x-ray films
• Maintains x-ray, processor, autoclave, and dental unit(s) according to specifications
• Manages inventory of supplies and equipment, orders supplies and ensures set up of trays for patients
• Completes daily instrument count sheet, performs dental screenings, and maintains cleanliness and sanitation of dental clinic through careful practices.
  
  

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Requires an Associate’s Degree or Certification in Dental Technology from an accredited school.
  
  

Experience

• Must have experience within either a private or public dental practice as a Dental Technician or Registered Dental Assistant.
• Must demonstrate consistent sound judgment with dental decisions within the correctional healthcare environment.
  
  

Licenses/Certifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain CPR certification.
  
  

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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