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About the Role

The Dental Assistant contributes to Morris Heights Health Center’s continued success by passionately promoting the center’s culture, mission, vision and values. This role is responsible for optimizing patient flow by completing documentation, preliminary medical/dental history, taking vital signs, and taking radiographs. The Dental Assistant ensures patient safety by disinfecting rooms and processing instruments according to protocol, and maximizes efficiency through various chairside assistance tasks.

Responsibilities

Prepares patient for treatment by seating patient, obtaining records and applying protective garb
Helps patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment
Sets up chairside instruments, materials and medicaments
Takes dental radiographs in accordance with Radiology Policy
Disinfects all treatment rooms and processes all instruments in accordance with established Infection Control Protocol
Documents in logbooks as needed
Performs routine maintenance of equipment
Performs water line testing and maintains logbook
Performs solely mechanical work on inert matter, e.g. trimming or pouring impressions taken by the dentist
Prepares lab scripts for cases, documents outgoing and incoming cases in logbook, and stores all cases in designated area
Assists in four-handed dentistry
Assists the dentist during procedures including passing instruments, getting supplies and using the suction tube
Enters patient information (chief complaints, charting, LNA, medication list, etc.)
Takes preliminary medical/dental history including measuring and recording vital signs, temperature, pain, and blood pressure
Participates in departmental and center-wide meetings as needed
Follows all safety/infection control guidelines of MHHC, OSHA, NYS, NYC, the Joint Commission, or other regulatory bodies
Performs other department-related tasks as needed
Flexibility of work schedule and sites, includes early, late and Saturday hours
Rotation to all dental facilities for coverage as needed
Rotation of all assignment and tasks as directed
Support Providers in patient care to cover when patient care extends past regular shift
Must attend daily briefing
Must check emails daily
Participates in multi-disciplinary initiatives

Requirements

High school graduate or GED
Graduation from dental assisting school or equivalent training
Certificate of completion of an accredited dental assistant training program
An experienced dental assistant lacking a certificate of completion from an accredited training program may be hired with the requirement to enroll and graduate with a certificate within one year of hire
Current BLS (CPR) certification from an accredited organization such as the AHA
One year experience as a dental assistant with experience taking radiographs on patients of all ages is preferred or the equivalent combination of experience and education
Good interpersonal skills
Ability to work with patients, dentists and other dental staff under a variety of conditions
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
Ability to write simple correspondence
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions and decimals
Basic computer skills, including use of a keyboard and mouse
Ability to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
Occasionally required to stand, walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and taste or smell
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Skills

Customer service
Professionalism
Infection Control Protocol
ALARA guidelines
Four-handed dentistry
Radiology Policy
Computer skills

Location

Bronx, NY 10453

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

One year experience as a dental assistant

Education Level

High school graduate or GED
Graduation from dental assisting school or equivalent training
Certificate of completion of an accredited dental assistant training program

Salary/Compensations

$23.87 - $26.84 Hourly

About the Company

Morris Heights Health Center’s mission, vision and values