Dental Assistant

Prairie Band LLC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Holidays

PTO

Sick Pay

Job summary

Prairie Band Health Services seeks a Dental Assistant to provide services at Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center, Warm Springs, OR. The role supports providers in the dental clinic, assists patients, and ensures quality dental care with a focus on restorative procedures, radiographs, and ongoing patient service.

The position is full-time, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with paid holidays, PTO, and sick pay.

Qualifications

• Graduate from Dental Assistant school/program.
• CDA Certification or RDA / Registered Dental Assistant preferred.
• possess EFDA certificate to perform expanded functions in Oregon.
• Active AHA BLS or willingness to obtain prior to start.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients and clinic staff in dental department.
• Support dentist and anticipate needs for instruments, materials and services.
• Place and finish routine and complex dental restorations, including matrices, bases and liners.
• Take preliminary impressions and study models; expose and mount radiographs.

Education

Dental Assistant program

CDA Certification / RDA or Registered Dental Assistant

EFDA certificate

BLS certification

Job description

Description

Prairie Band Health Services are looking for Dental Assistants to provide services at the Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center located in Warm Springs, OR 97761.

• Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30p.m
• Paid Holidays * PTO * Sick Pay
• Closed on weekends and all Federal Holidays.
• Experienced dental staff
• Adult and Pediatric
• Local candidates encouraged to apply

Check out our website for more info: https://www.ihs.gov/portland/healthcarefacilities/warmsprings

Job Duties:

The dental assistant will perform dental duties to focus on providing dental support to providers in the dental clinic. Assist patients and clinic staff in the dental department. Supports a culture that fully embraces internal, external and organizational customer service. The dental assistant restores teeth after preparation has been accomplished. This includes selection, contouring and placement of matrices, placement of bases and liners and packing, carving and polishing routine and complex alloy restorations, which include pin retention and cusp build-ups.

• Place and finish routine and complex composite restorations, which include multiple surfaces and angle replacement
• Place and contour temporary restorations
• Fabricate and place temporary crowns and bridges
• Retract gingivae from teeth with retraction cord in preparation for final crown and bridge impressions.
• Provide assistance and fully anticipates the dentist's need for various instruments, materials, and service. Typical duties include:
• Applies endodontic medicaments to teeth as prescribed by the dentist.
• Applies desensitizing and removes sutures and takes preliminary impressions for study models.
• Correctly exposes, processes, and mounts intra and extra-oral radiographs.

Additional Duties:

Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.

Indian Preference Exercised:

Prairie Band, LLC is subject to Title 22: Employment Code of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position is designated as a TIER 2 position. Preference will be given to individuals to the extent required pursuant to Section 22-2-4(B).

Requirements

• Must be a graduate from Dental Assistant school/program
• CDA Certified Dental Assistant RDA, or Registered Dental Assistant preferred
• To perform expanded functions in Oregon under the supervision of a licensed dentist, a dental assistant must possess an Oregon Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) certificate.\Active AHA BLS or willing to obtain prior to start
• Must be willing and able to pass Federal Security Clearance
• Ability to work full time