Dental Assistant

Promise Healthcare; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 35,360 - 41,080; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

FSA

Vacation

Sick Leave

Job summary

Promise Healthcare in Champaign, Illinois is seeking a Dental Assistant to support dentists and hygienists in chair-side procedures for general and pediatric dentistry.

Role includes preparing instruments, sterilizing equipment, patient scheduling, and maintaining records. The position requires nitrous certification within 6–9 months and offers medical, dental, vision, 401k, and paid time off benefits.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, communications, and organizational skills.
• Must have working knowledge of FQHC dental clinic operations, patient care protocols, billing and insurance.
• Must acquire nitrous certification within 6–9 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Assists dentist and hygienists in chair-side procedures in general and pediatric dental practice.
• Prepares and sets up instruments, materials, and equipment for each procedure.
• Sterilizes instruments and maintains equipment and work areas.
• Schedules patients and records information as backup to the dental patient services representative.
• Demonstrates leadership and strives to improve patient and staff experience; develops motivational interviewing skills.
• Assists in processing encounters.
• Identifies related medical or social problems.
• Maintains inventory and documents inventory.
• Trains new Dental Assistants.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Administrative management experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

High School Diploma or higher

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

At Promise Healthcare, our mission is to improve the health and well-being of the diverse communities we serve by providing high-quality, equitable healthcare to people of all ages. Our vision is to be a catalyst for positive change, shaping a future where healthcare is not a privilege but a fundamental right for every person and no one is left behind.

Be a part of a team that values excellence, equity, and community. If you're ready to lead with passion and precision, apply now to become our Dental Assistant and help us make a lasting impact on the future of healthcare.

This position upholds Promise Healthcare's mission to provide the highest level of quality care by performing reception, chair‑side assisting, inventory, and record duties. Under the general direction and supervision of the Dentist, the assistant prepares patients for dental examination, assists in patient care within the appropriate scope of practice, and serves an ethnically diverse patient population.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists the dentist and hygienists in chair‑side procedures routinely performed in a general and pediatric dental practice.
• Responsible for the preparation and setting up of instruments, materials, and equipment necessary for each procedure.
• Responsible for the sterilization of instruments and the cleaning and routine maintenance of equipment and work areas.
• Sometimes schedules patients and accurately records information in patient records, acting as backup support to the dental patient services representative.
• Exhibits positive leadership skills, actively striving to improve the patient and staff experience, and demonstrates strong communication skills, including willingness to grow in motivational interviewing.
• Assists in processing encounters.
• Identifies related medical and or social problems.
• Assists in maintaining inventory of supplies and materials as well as thorough documentation of inventory.
• Assists with the training of new Dental Assistants.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Excellent interpersonal and administrative management experience.
• Must have working knowledge of the operations and administration of an FQHC dental clinic, including patient care protocols, quality control regulations, policies, procedures, billing and insurance, inventory control, etc.
• Excellent interpersonal, communications, and organizational skills to relate effectively with the dental department and other health center staff.
• Must acquire nitrous certification within the first 6‑9 months of employment.

Education / Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma, Associate, or Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Previous dental experience desired, but not required.

Amazing Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with employer match
• FSA
• Vacation
• Sick Leave

Proposed salary range: $35,360 to $41,080

About Promise: Based in Champaign, Illinois, Promise Healthcare is a Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to improving the health of the community through treatment, prevention, and education. We serve all patients regardless of their ability to pay and provide robust patient support and enabling services. Promise has deep roots in Champaign's underserved communities and serves a diverse population. Approximately 30% of our patients are Spanish speaking. Champaign‑Urbana is a growing, diverse community of 195,000 residents and home to the Big‑Ten University of Illinois. It lies between Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis, and is just 2.3 hours from Chicago O'Hare International Airport with daily train transportation.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Completed background check and drug screen required prior to start date.