Dental Assistant

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Main Campus in New York, seeks a Dental Assistant to provide comprehensive dental support to attendings and residents. You will prepare exam rooms, assist across specialties, and ensure infection control and patient comfort in a busy clinic.

Requirements include a High School Diploma or equivalent and a Dental Assistant Certificate; Spanish language skills are a plus. The role supports a 4–5 day schedule with varied hours and an hourly rate of $28.6133–$31.4873.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Dental Assistant Certificate from an approved program required.
• Spanish language ability preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare exam rooms and patients for dental examinations.
• Assist with and provide direct patient care across dental specialties.
• Maintain infection control and sterilize instruments and equipment.
• Maintain clinic cleanliness and prevent expiry of supplies.
• Take and develop radiographs when digital systems are down.
• Assist with patient information collection for dental records.
• Follow HIPAA, OSHA and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Clear communication

Relationship building

Following rules and procedures

Precise and meticulous work

Patient preparation and exam setup

Infection control practices

Patient comfort and care

Team coordination with attendings/resd

Bilingual Spanish (preferred)

Education

Dental Assistant Certificate

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center | Main Campus
New York, USA

Description

Position Summary: To provide comprehensive dental assistance to dental attendings and residents.

Job Duties:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to exchange information with others in a clear and concise manner, and present ideas, facts, and technical information.
• Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
• Ability to receive guidance and supervision; to follow work rules, safety practices, risk management, and work procedures, meet deadlines, punctuality, and attendance standards, etc.
• Ability to adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerance, orstandards; to be precise, thorough, exacting, or meticulous with work.
• Preparing exam rooms and patients for dental examination and treatment.
• Assisting with and helping to provide direct patient care in all dental specialties, including general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, endodontics, prosthodontics, orthodontics, periodontics and dental anesthesiology.
• Serving as an infection control officer, following infection control protocol, preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment.
• Maintaining clinic and clinic equipment in a hygienic condition.
• Making sure that no medical/dental supplies are expired.
• Taking and developing dental radiographs when digital system is down
• Mixing amalgams, cements, and other dental materials.
• Taking impressions of patients’ teeth for study casts ( models for teeth)
• Stocking dental areas as needed.
• Assisting attendings and dental residents with obtaining patient information for the dental record.
• Assisting Administrative Assistant in maintaining standards, conditions and procedures in clinic in accordance with regulatory standard requirements.
• Following Department of Dental Medicine and Hospital Rules and Regulations
• Following HIPPA Compliance, OSHA Regulations, Infection Control Regulations and Sterilization Regulations.
• Helping patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment
• Attending department meetings and all required training

Position Requirments:

This position requires a minimum formal education of High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of less than 6 mos. job-related experience.

Desired (not required) criteria include: Fluent in Spanish preferred, One year of full- time paid experience as a dental assistant or satisfactory equivalent that includes a strong background in the dental field desired.

Comments Dental Assistant Certificate from a school for dental assistants approved by the New York State Education Department or by the National Association for Trade and Technical Schools with at least 900 instructional hours REQUIRED

M- THURS- 10AM-6PM

Saturdays - 8:30 am- 4:30 pm

Hourly Rate - $28.6133 - 31.4873

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