Dental Assistant at Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA

Dental Assistant job at Cambridge Health Alliance. Cambridge, MA.

Requisition Number: 9396

Location:CHA Windsor Street Care Center

Work Days:Monday-Saturday Various Clinical hours

Category:Clinical Support

Department:CHA Dental Services

Job Type: Full time

Work Shift: Various Shifts

Hours/Week: 40.00

Union Name: CH Laborers 380

CHA Dental Services at our Windsor Street Care Center is a teaching site for the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and other local schools. People come here to learn about research and techniques in oral health. Our residents frequently provide dental services and education to children and adults through community events and programs. Our office in Cambridge provides a wide range of services for all ages.

You can find everything from routine cleanings to dentures. We also offer evening hours and have a children-only clinic one weekend a month.

The Dental Assistant performs duties such as: seating patients, triaging for emergency patients, updating medical history as requested by provider, assisting the dentist chair side in performing treatment (oral surgery, endodontic, restorations, dentures), prepare materials, equipment, and the operatory for treatment and have them ready for the dentist’s use, take x-rays and assist the dentist in laboratory work. Sterilization and other duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or GED
• Licensure/
  
  Certifications:
  
  State of Massachusetts Registered Dental Assistant, current AHA or ARC BLS, Radiology Certification
• Work Experience:
  
  Entry Level, with above Registration and Certification

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity.

We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.