Dental Assistant PRN

Wellpath / Correct Care Solutions; Oroville (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Oroville, California is seeking a Dental Assistant to provide essential support in dental procedures. The successful candidate will assist dentists with chair-side duties, manage dental records, and ensure adherence to safety standards. Required qualifications include an Associate's degree in Dental Technology and experience in a dental setting. This role emphasizes compassion and quality patient care while offering ongoing training opportunities for healthcare staff.

Qualifications

• Requires an Associate’s Degree or Certification in Dental Technology from an accredited school.
• Must have experience within either a private or public dental practice as a Dental Technician or Registered Dental Assistant.
• Experience and Understanding of OSHA/CDC Requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provides chair-side assistance during dental procedures.
• Performs intra-oral and extra-oral x-rays.
• Manages inventory of supplies and equipment.

Skills

Chair-side assistance

Intra-oral and extra-oral x-rays

Sterilizing instruments

Soap Documentation

Knowledge of OSHA/CDC Requirements

Education

Associate’s Degree or Certification in Dental Technology

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Dental Assistant is responsible for providing documentation of dental services to the dentist or their designee. This involves maintaining dental charts, keeping records of dental findings, and scheduling patients for dental appointments. By ensuring the accurate documentation of dental services, dental assistants enable dentists to monitor the provision of dental services and provide the best possible care to their patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides chair-side assistance during dental procedures, sterilizes instruments, and mixes restorative materials as needed
• Performs intra-oral and extra-oral x-rays, develops and mounts x-ray films
• Maintains x-ray, processor, autoclave, and dental unit(s) according to specifications
• Manages inventory of supplies and equipment, orders supplies and ensures set up of trays for patients
• Completes daily instrument count sheet, performs dental screenings, and maintains cleanliness and sanitation of dental clinic through careful practices.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Requires an Associate’s Degree or Certification in Dental Technology from an accredited school.

Experience

• Must have experience within either a private or public dental practice as a Dental Technician or Registered Dental Assistant.
• Experience with SOAP Documentation preferred
• Experience and Understanding of OSHA/CDC Requirements.
• Experience with computers and basic programs (ie: MS Office; Word, Excel, Outlook)

Licenses/Certifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain CPR certification.

Additional Details

• Up to 3 days weekly

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.