DENTAL ASSISTANT (BILINGUAL)

Christ Community Health Services; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Christ Community Health Services is seeking a bilingual Dental Assistant to provide critical chair-side assistance to dentists while also managing clerical duties. This role involves a variety of tasks from scheduling appointments to assisting during patient procedures. Ideal candidates will have completed a Registered Dental Assistant Program and possess essential certifications, making them integral to supporting the clinic's workflow.

Qualifications

• Certified to practice as an expanded function Dental Assistant.
• One to two years experience in dental assisting.
• CPR Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provides chair-side assistance to a licensed dentist.
• Schedules recalls and appointments.
• Orders supplies and maintains inventory.

Skills

Chair-side assistance

Clerical duties

Infection control procedures

Oral care procedures

Education

High school diploma plus Registered Dental Assistant Program

Tools

Dental x-ray machine

Dental instruments

Computers

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Position Summary

The Dental Assistant provides chair-side assistance to a licensed dentist and also performs other clerical duties to support the Clinic.

Position Summary

The Dental Assistant provides chair-side assistance to a licensed dentist and also performs other clerical duties to support the Clinic.

Key Responsibilities

• Retracts patient's cheek, tongue and other tissue; removes water syringes.
• Takes, exposes, and develops x-rays of the mouth, gums, jaws, and/or teeth.
• Applies topical medications; places rubber dams in patient's mouth; removes excess cement from and adjacent to crowns, bridges, and orthodontic bands; places matrix bands; removes and replaces ligature wires; removes sutures.
• Performs dietary and salivary analysis and infection control procedures.
• Demonstrates oral care procedures and techniques; charts patient's mouth.
• Flushes evacuation system with chemical cleaners.
• Completes reports and maintains records
• Schedules recalls and appointments.
• Orders supplies and equipment and keeps accurate inventory; orders repairs on dental equipment; researches prices and equipment specifications.
• May perform other duties as required.
  
  

Expanded Functions

• Practices coronal polishing; mechanically polishes restorations.
• Places and removes temporary restorations.
• Monitors patient while nitrous oxide is being administered.
• Applies pit and fissure sealants.
  
  

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Position Requirements

Education: High school diploma plus Registered Dental Assistant Program along with Expanded Functions education

Experience: One to two years experience performing fundamental and expanded duties of a certified dental assistant as outlined by the Tennessee State Board of Dentistry; experience completing dental radiographs and alginate impressions; and experience performing clerical duties associated with a dental office.

Licenses or Certifications: Certified to practice as an expanded function Dental Assistant as stipulated by the Laws and Administrative Rules of the Tennessee State Board of Dentistry. CPR Certification is required.

Mental Requirements

Level 1 - Requires some concentration and normal attention. Generally, once the job is learned, the tasks can be performed more or less automatically.

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Level 2 - Requires high periods of concentration intermittently and normal attention. Generally, even once the job is learned, tasks will require normal attention to deal with recurring variables.

Level 3 - Requires a high level of concentration and high level of attention intermittently. Generally, the approach to tasks may be consistent, but the number of steps required and/or the number of variables involved creates the possibility of errors unless the incumbent pays close attention.

Physical Requirements

Activity

Approximate % of Time

Comments

Sitting

30%

May sit while assisting dentist, working the front desk, or working on computer

Standing

30%

Assisting the dentist, sterilizing instruments, taking x-rays, pulling files

Walking

40%

Greeting patients, taking x-rays, getting supplies

100%

Approximate percentage of time spent lifting, pulling and/or pushing: 15%

Maximum number of pounds required (with or without assistance): 30 lbs.

Types of objects the incumbent is required to lift/pull/push. Patients in wheelchairs, boxes of supplies, moving the patient chair

Machines and Equipment Used

Machines, Equipment, Tools

Approximate % of Time

Degree of Hand:Eye Coordination Required

• Dental Chairs
  
  

50%

High

• Dental x-ray machine
  
  

50%

High

• Computers
  
  

50%

High

• Dental instruments
  
  

50%

High

• Autoclave
  
  

50%

High

• Processor
  
  

50%

High

Approximate percentage of time incumbent spends in "on-the-job" travel, excluding commuting to regular work location: 25% travel between various work sites

Working Conditions

Exposure to fumes from chemicals (developer fixer); intense light under the dental light; exposure to varying weather conditions when traveling between worksites; exposure to contagious and infectious disease; possible burns from the autoclave.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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