Dental Assistant I

Sea Mar Community Health Centers; Lacey (WA); On-site; USD 26,174 - 34,440; Part time

Job summary

Sea Mar Community Health Centers is seeking an On‑Call Dental Assistant I for our Lacey Clinic and surrounding Thurston County sites. You will assist the dental provider with a range of procedures and help manage records, MSDS data sheets, spore tests, and dental supply inventories.

Qualifications include a WA State dental assistant license, BLS certification, excellent customer service, and strong computer and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• WA State license and BLS certification required.
• Strong organizational and computer skills.
• Excellent customer service; able to read and write English.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred; orthodontics experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist dental provider with procedures across WA State practice areas.
• Maintain MSDS records, spore tests, and inventory of dental supplies.
• Train new Dental Assistants and organize schedules for procedure checklists.

Skills

Customer service

English communication

BLS certification

Organizational skills

Computer proficiency

Education

WA State dental assistant license

Job description

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services.

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Dental Assistant I - Posting #27573

Hourly Range: $22.34

Position Summary

On‑Call Dental Assistant position available for our Lacey Dental Clinic and other clinics in Thurston County. Candidate will assist the dental provider in the delivery of dental procedures allowed by the WA State Dental Practice Act, including restorative, prosthodontics, endodontics, orthodontics, and oral surgery. Additional responsibilities include maintaining records for material safety data sheets (MSDS), spore tests, and inventory of dental supplies, as well as assisting in training new Dental Assistants and organizing schedules to generate checklists for maintenance of dental procedures.

Qualifications

• Applicant must have a valid WA State license, basic life support (BLS) certification, organizational skills, dental record experience and computer proficiency.
• Excellent customer service skills required; must be able to communicate, read and write in English and interpret common written material about dentistry.
• Preferred bilingual in English/Spanish.
• Preferred previous orthodontics experience.

Sea Mar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.