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About the Role

Part-Time Dental Assistant opportunity in New London, working Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. This role supports dentists in delivering primary dental care, prepares equipment and the workplace, and contributes to a supportive atmosphere for patients. The position utilizes chairside, four-handed dentistry techniques.

Responsibilities

• Prepares office and treatment areas each day.
• Performs pre/post treatment set-up/clean-up procedures for each patient in accordance with all Agency protocols.
• Prepares patients for dental procedures.
• Assists dentist at chairside, using 4-handed techniques.
• Exhibits appropriate knowledge of instruments and techniques utilized for all procedures.
• Performs independent patient services, as directed, including patient triage, radiographs, impressions, suture removal, temporary fillings, recement crowns, and laboratory work.
• Maintains dental facility, treatment areas, equipment, and instruments in proper working order.
• Maintains adequate inventory of dental supplies.
• Strictly follows safety and infection control standards at all times, including appropriate use of PPE.
• Takes quality radiographs, as prescribed. Processes, mounts, and labels properly.
• Complies with radiation safety standards for staff and patients.
• Provides excellent customer service at all times with a focus on quality of care and teamwork that focuses on the needs of the department and/or the business of the Agency.
• Complies with Agency mandated in-service training workshops (EOC, Working Safely, Abuse, etc.).
• Maintains confidentiality of patient and business information.
• Enters client data.
• Accesses medical system information.
• Handles confidential patient correspondence.

Requirements

• High School Diploma (or equivalent).
• Graduate of accredited Dental Assisting School or two years dental experience in general dentistry.
• Certified in Dental Radiology and Infection Control by Dental Assisting National Board (DANB).
• Commitment to preventive dental care.
• Knowledge/interest in providing care to diverse patient population.
• Written and oral bilingual fluency in language spoken by our patient population (for example, English/Spanish or English/Polish) strongly preferred.

Skills

• Chairside, four-handed dentistry techniques
• Patient triage
• Radiographs
• Impressions
• Suture removal
• Temporary fillings
• Recement crowns
• Laboratory work
• Instrument knowledge
• Technique knowledge
• Safety standards
• Infection control
• PPE usage
• Radiation safety
• Customer service
• Teamwork
• Client data entry
• Medical system information access
• Confidentiality

Location

• New London, Connecticut

Work Type

• Part time

Education Level

• High School Diploma (or equivalent)
• Graduate of accredited Dental Assisting School

About the Company

• Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is a leading provider of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services.
• It is recognized for its creative and dynamic approach, practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies.
• CHC is a federally qualified health center and a patient-centered medical home.
• The organization delivers over 500,000 patient visits annually across Connecticut.
• It employs hundreds of medical, dental, and behavioral health providers.
• The Weitzman Institute focuses on research and practice transformation to improve health outcomes for special and vulnerable populations.
• CHC has developed subsidiaries including the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium, the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement, and CeCN.