Dental Assistant
Puyallup Tribal Health AuthorityAbout the role
Description
PUYALLUP TRIBAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, located in Tacoma, Washington is seeking a full time Dental Assistant! The Dental Assistant will provide chair side assistance to dental practitioners using four-handed practices. Dental Assistants provide direct patient care and administrative support to the dental department.
“It is the mission of the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority to provide quality healthcare and promote wellness in a culturally appropriate manner.”
We offer an outstanding workplace, competitive market based salary, and benefits packages including:
- Monday – Friday schedule
- Medical/Dental/Vision benefits – monthly premiums paid 100% for employees
- 18+ annual paid holidays
- Generous paid sick and vacation accruals
- 401(k) with annual profit sharing
- Life & AD&D insurance coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- Excellent work/home life balance
DENTAL ASSISTANT ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provide accurate and efficient chair side assistance to dental providers and hygienists using established four-handed practices.
- Effectively demonstrates knowledge of dental restorative, endodontic and oral surgery practices and procedures and application techniques for crowns and bridges.
- Accurately performs child and adult prophys, direct patient preventative procedures, OHI, fluorides, sealant application, and rubber dam placement.
- Able to identify, use and arrange, all dental instruments and prepares procedure tray setups in a timely manner, as needed by dental provider.
- Assist in the completion of patient dental records by accurately processing digital radiographs/x-rays and following established protocols for patient exposure.
- Wear personal protective equipment including sterile garments, glasses, mask, and gloves at all times while performing main job functions and follows all PTHA and accreditation guidelines for safety.
- Wipe clean all instruments of debris/material/cement prior to replacing in cassettes and sending to central sterilization for processing, practicing proper infection control and following established sterilization protocol.
- Performs preventative maintenance on and maintains all equipment per manufacturer guidelines and reports equipment failure to supervisor within 24 hours.
- Assists patients through the dental process with care and understanding at all times.
- Provide age appropriate behavior management as needed, for dental patients, ages 0-18 years of age.
- Effectively communicates home care instructions to patients and/or parents of minor children.
Requirements
Dental Assistant I:
- Graduate from a Dental Assistant Program
- Completion of Dental Assistant externship
- Must obtain Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification within (3) years of hire
- Current BLS certification
- Experience with electronic health record systems
Dental Assistant II:
- Three (3) years of general Dental Assistant job experience
- Must obtain Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification within (1) year of hire
- Experience must also include (1) year experience in pediatric assisting and/or (1) year orthodontic assisting
- Current BLS certification
- Experience with electronic health record systems
Dental Assistant III:
- Five (5) years of Dental Assistant job experience
- Experience must include (2) years of orthodontia, pediatric assisting or expanded functions experience
- Current Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification or ability to obtain within (1) year of hire
- Current BLS certification
- Experience with electronic health record systems
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