Dental Assistant

Center for Disability Services, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 26,174 - 28,929; Full time

Job summary

Center for Disability Services, Inc. is seeking a Dental Assistant for our Albany, NY location. This full-time role supports the Center Health Care with patient intake, operatory preparation, and post-treatment processing.

You will assist dentists and hygienists, manage paperwork, and ensure infection control standards are followed. The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of dental office experience and a preferred certificate in Dental Assisting, along with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 1 year of related experience in a dental office.
• Certificate in Dental Assisting preferred.
• Strong communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare dental clinic and operatory for treatment.
• Escort and assist patient into operatory.
• Review health history and paperwork for provider.
• Assist Dentists and Dental Hygienists during treatment.
• Process paperwork: consult report, route slip, recall card.
• Expose, process, and mount radiographs as directed.
• Follow infection control guidelines and universal precautions.
• Provide oral hygiene instructions to patients.

Skills

Communication

Dental office experience

Certificate in Dental Assisting

Education

Certificate in Dental Assisting

Job description

## Dental AssistantApplylocations: Albany, NYtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR103129### **Where people get better at life!**Join us in our mission to make a difference and shape a more inclusive future.The Center for Disability Services offers hope, innovation and achievement to the people we support.For 75 years, we have been one of upstate New York’s largest providers of programs and services for individuals who have disabilities. Many of the innovative programs and vital services that we offer are not available elsewhere. The successful candidate will be working at the Center Health Care. We are known for our quality of care for individuals with disabilities, which is at the heart of our mission. Now, we are pleased to offer this same personalized, expert care to the entire community, including both primary care as well as a number of specialty services.**Responsibilities**:* Preparation of dental clinic and dental operatory for treatment procedure* Assisting patient into dental operatory - escorting, transferring, applying medical safeguard (restraints) when needed* Review paperwork brought to appointment and ensure health history is present and accessible for provider to review* Assisting Dentists and Dental Hygienists during patient treatment* Processing paperwork –consult report ,route slip, recall card* Expose, process and mount dental radiographs as instructed by Dentist and or per department policy* Following Department Infection Control Guidelines /Universal Precautions – before/during/after patient treatment* Review discharge and oral hygiene instruction* Maintain flow of patients into dental operatories**Requirements**:* Great communication skills* At least 1 year of related experience, specifically in: Dental Office* Specialized training, license, certification, skills: prefer certificate in Dental Assisting*At The Center for Disability Services, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees and the people we support. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any protected class of job applicant or employee in our employment practices.***Compensation Range:**$19.00 - $21.00