Dental Assistant - Mile Square Health Center - South Shore Clinic
Listed on 2026-02-22
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Dental / Dentistry
Dental Assistant, Dentistry / General Dentist
Dental Assistant I - Mile Square Health Center - South Shore Clinic
Dental Assistant I - Mile Square Health Center - South Shore Clinic
Hiring Department
: MSHC - South Shore Clinic
Location
:
Chicago, IL USA
Requisition : 1039330
FTE
: 1
Work Schedule
:
Monday - Friday / 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Shift
:
Days
# of Positions
: 1
Workplace Type
:
On-Site
Posting Close Date
: 02/20/2026
Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $21.15 - 24.79 / Hourly Wage
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a Joint Commission-accredited tertiary care hospital and outpatient clinics, and the Mile Square Health Center network of federally qualified health centers.
It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.
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This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
Under the direction of a Dentist, the Dental Assistant provides assistance to staff dentist in rendering service to adult and pediatric dental patients. Prepare dental units for patient treatment, including sterilization, x-ray and reception functions. Receive and prepare patients for dental treatment, assist the dentist at the chair side. Maintain records of patient appointments, examinations and treatment plans.
Duties & Responsibilities- Arranges equipment, pre-tray setups, dental materials and supplies, and patients’ records.
- Provides assistance during dental procedures by transferring instruments, manipulating dental materials, retracting and evacuating oral cavity, and assisting with sedations.
- Answers patients’ inquiries (on phone or in person); receives and seats patients; and prepares patient for exam/procedure.
- Assists in administering first aid measures to patients.
- Dismisses patients, assisting them from office and procedure room; enters services rendered on patient’s record; cleans operatory; and arranges next appointment.
- Performs simple laboratory procedures (such as pouring impressions, sterilizing instruments, and fabricating acrylic impression trays).
- Assists in the ordering, stocking, inventorying and distribution of supplies.
- Recording treatment information in patient records in the EMR system.
- Communicates directly with patients as guided; communicates in an appropriate and positive manner to guide and re-assure patients, as well as support the patient care mission of the institution.
- Sterilizes and disinfects equipment and materials as based on facility protocol.
- Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Possession of a current/valid American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support CPR Certification.
- Ability to work on the mobile unit when needed.
- Completion of Dental Assistant Certification Program.
- One year (12 months) formal training in dental assisting techniques and procedures.
- One year (12 months) work experience in chair-side dental assisting.
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