Dental Assistant

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals’ North Central Bronx facility seeks a Dental Assistant to support dentists in clinics under direct supervision. The role involves patient preparation, instrument handling, imaging, sterilization, and record-keeping in a busy outpatient setting.

Qualified applicants should have a Dental Assistant Program with internship experience and a HS diploma, with strong infection-control practices and patient communication skills. High standards of care are expected.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have completed an accredited dental assistant program with supervised internship experience (600 hours or 300 hours with specified duties).
• High School diploma or equivalent is required with relevant dental assisting exposure as described.
• Experience in chairside assistance, taking/processing dental imaging, sterilization, and patient management is expected.

Responsibilities

• Prepares patients for examination and treatment.
• Assists dentists by handing instruments and preparing materials.
• Prepares instruments for sterilization and maintains clinic hygiene per infection control procedures.
• Prepares examination room for procedures.
• Takes and uploads dental digital imaging.
• Mixes amalgams, cements, composites and related materials.
• Performs lab procedures for models and prosthetics.
• Maintains patient and instrument records and clinic equipment.
• Schedules appointments and enters data into computerized systems.

Skills

Dental assistance

Infection control

Patient communication

Chairside assistance

Medical terminology

Education

Dental Assistant Program with 600 hours internship

Dental Assistant Program with 300 hours internship

High School diploma + 1 year dental assisting experience

Job description

Marketing StatementNYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB) is a member facility of the New York City Health + Hospitals system, one of eleven acute care facilities within the City of New York. A 215-bed community hospital, NCBH specializes in women’s and children’s services. It also provides Behavioral Health acute and ambulatory care. Its busy outpatient department has led the way in community-based care delivered in a compassionate and culturally-appropriate manner. It’s Labor and Delivery service safely brings more than 800 babies into the world each year. NCBH is committed to providing safe, high-quality medical care for any and all in need.

Marketing StatementNYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB) is a member facility of the New York City Health + Hospitals system, one of eleven acute care facilities within the City of New York. A 215-bed community hospital, NCBH specializes in women’s and children’s services. It also provides Behavioral Health acute and ambulatory care. Its busy outpatient department has led the way in community-based care delivered in a compassionate and culturally-appropriate manner. It’s Labor and Delivery service safely brings more than 800 babies into the world each year. NCBH is committed to providing safe, high-quality medical care for any and all in need.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

Under direct supervision, assists dentists in providing dental services to patients in clinics and health care settings; performs related work.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

• Prepares patients for examination and treatment.
• Assists dentists by handing them required instruments for the treatment of patients.
• Prepares instruments for sterilization, disinfects surface areas, and maintains clinic and clinic equipment in a hygienic condition, in accordance with infection control procedures.
• Prepares examination room for procedures.
• Takes and uploads dental digital imaging.
• Mixes amalgams, cements, composites and related materials.
• Performs laboratory procedures, such as pouring and packaging models from impressions for prosthetics.
• Maintains records of patients, instruments and models.
• Maintains clinic equipment to ensure that it is in working order.
• Reports shortages in supplies and material and necessary equipment repairs.
• Assists dentist in patient management; interacts with patients and the public.
• Schedules patient appointments; enters and retrieves data and information into computerized systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• A four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by successful completion of an accredited or approved Dental Assistant Program, which included or was supplemented by 600 hours of supervised internship experience assisting a dentist at chairside; or
• A four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by successful completion of an accredited or approved Dental Assistant Program, which included or was supplemented by 300 hours of supervised internship experience assisting a dentist at chairside; and 6 (six) months of satisfactory full-time experience as a Dental Assistant performing all of the following duties: taking and uploading dental digital imaging, assisting dentist at chairside, and preparing dental instruments for sterilization; or
• A four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent; and one (1) year of satisfactory full-time experience as a Dental Assistant performing the duties described in “2” above; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and experience which is equivalent to “1”, “2”, or “3” above. Each 100 hours of supervised internship experience assisting a dentist at chairside is equivalent to two (2) months of full-time experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent.

Experience as a receptionist or clerk in a dentist’s office is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.

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