Job Description

This position assures high-quality customer/patient service, quality dental care and administrative support. Responsible to provide chair-side support to the dentists, hygienists and therapists providing primary care dental services to patients.

**This position is eligible for a signing bonus**

Job Duties

• Prepare clients and treatment operatory for dental service.
• Review client’s medical history.
• Assist with charting.
• Assist dentist chair-side with all dental procedures.
• Assist with informed consent.
• Set up trays for dental treatment.
• Perform expanded duties as required; child prophies, placing sealants, take radiographs as prescribed, place and remove rubber damns, etc.
• Follow procedures to maintain infection control.
• Stock and clean dental operatory.
• Wrap and sterilize dental instruments.
• Assist in maintaining dental equipment.
• Inventory and store dental equipment and instruments/order supplies as needed.
• Maintain registration by keeping up to date with necessary continuing education requirements.
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly maintenance chores.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and committees.
• Aid in training and supervision of dental assisting students and new assistants.
• Cross train with receptionist position to answer phones, check in patients, assist with patient registration paperwork, confirm appointments, scan documents into the patient chart, upload radiographs into the patient chart, all while maintaining patient privacy.
• Assist with other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Confidence, professional judgment, and grace under pressure.
• Works well both independently and as part of a team.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Flexibility--nimble in response to an evolving workload.
• Ability to exhibit good rapport with clients of varying ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic status.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Commitment to the SCHS mission and staff values.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Diploma or degree in Dental Assisting.
• Registered as a dental assistant in Minnesota.
• Current licensure in Minnesota in good standing.
• CPR Certification.
• Experience in dental scheduling using the Dentrix electronic dental records system.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

This position operates in a professional medical clinic environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment.

This role requires the ability to remain stationary for extended periods while performing essential tasks and move throughout the clinic, including transitioning between areas. It involves occasional bending, reaching, and lifting items up to 20 lbs. The position also requires the operation of office equipment and dental instruments, effective communication skills, and assisting patients of various sizes onto or off exam tables. The job may require occasional stair or ladder use, and the individual may be exposed to X-ray radiation, nitrous oxide, and other substances common in a dental office. The ability to discern test results, physical changes in patients, and certain odors is also necessary.

Reasonable accommodations can be made for qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the role.

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