Dental Assistant - Health Center

Bring your skills, energy, and passion for patient care to Sycuan Health Center’s dental team. As a Dental Assistant, you’ll be a familiar, friendly face throughout the patient journey by supporting providers chairside, keeping operations running smoothly, and helping every visitor leave with a brighter smile.

Provides dental assistant services according to licensing protocols and under the appropriate supervision and provides receptionist duties

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Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at the sole discretion of Sycuan Management at any time)

• Performs morning opening procedures in preparation for patient care
• Greets patients and maintains a safe clean working environment
• Seats patients and informs the dentist that they are present
• Takes and processes x-rays as directed by the dentist
• Prepares the treatment tray in preparation for dental care
• Assists the dentist within established licensing and supervisory limitations
• Adheres to standards for infection control and personal protection in accordance with SMDC, local, state and federal OSHA regulations
• Disinfects the dental operatory prior to and after patient care
• Maintains the dental unit vacuum unit solids collector (trap) and lines
• Replenishes the dental unit distilled water supply
• Cleans, organizes and stocks inventory in the dental operatory, sterilization area, laboratory and darkroom
• Maintains, sterilizes and disinfects all x-ray machines, processors, sterilizers, operatory equipment, dental hand-pieces, procedure instruments and other equipment utilized during daily operations
• Documents the sterilization inventory board to maintain adequate supply inventory
• Completes laboratory work as needed and manages cases to be sent out and the return date for their delivery
• Performs and documents the inventory of all department equipment
• Performs and documents the testing and maintenance of sterilizers, eyewash stations, emergency resuscitation gear, defibrillator and fire extinguishers
• Answers the telephone and provides information and services according to scripted protocols
• Responds to recorded messages and forwards calls and inquiries as needed
• Calls patients to confirm scheduled visits and to fill available appointments
• Calls laboratories, vendors, contracted entities and medical/dental providers to ensure continuous operations and facilitate patient care
• Coordinates dental appointments according to sequenced treatment plans, required procedure time and conforming to current templates
• Informs dental providers and assistant staff of appointments scheduled on the basis of urgent care or Tribal priority
• Manages hard charts and opens electronic charts as needed and in preparation for scheduled dental visits
• Provides patients with appropriate registration forms, obtains insurance eligibility information and creates new electronic and hard patient charts
• Updates electronic and hard patient charts with current identification, contact and insurance/billing information
• Completes registration of patients into appropriate existing SMDC databases
• Monitors and maintains the integrity of the electronic daily patient schedule
• Delivers the patient hard chart to the treatment room and notifies all department staff of patient arrivals and schedules changes both verbally and electronically
• Provides and obtains electronic and physical patient signatures on treatment plans, consent documents, information release waivers and notification of SMDC practice policies
• Manages chart documents for FAX, scan and copy in accordance with current policy and HIPAA restrictions
• Reports workplace hazards and safety issues promptly according to SMDC and OSHA regulations
• Complies with the posted General Industry Safety Orders Code of…