What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant position at Pureview Health Center?
Vacancy Posting
PureView Health Center has multiple career opportunities for Dental Assistants. These opportunities, located in Helena, Montana, are within the Dental department and report to the Dental Director.
Make an Impact on Our Community
PureView is dedicated to providing the communities we serve with quality, patient-centered, accessible healthcare with comfort. We strive in each encounter to be the leading provider of the highest quality healthcare for our community regardless of a person’s circumstance.
At PureView, we value treating our patients, their families and our colleagues with compassion, kindness, and respect. We customize our care according to the patient needs and values. And we believe in employing talented, skilled, caring and responsible people. To us, treating each patient with dignity and as an individual is essential.
The Opportunity
Responsibilities of this career opportunity includes performing chair side assistance and support to dentists, as well as general office clerical and administrative support tasks. This position assists in: maintaining inventory; dental instruments; equipment; supplies; and coordinating patient flow, including patient appointments. The Dental Assistant maintains patient charts including patient information, current health history and dental charting. This position performs cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of equipment and instruments to prescribed standards. A critical responsibility includes preparing operatories, equipment and armamentarium for dental procedures, as well as cleaning and disinfection of operatories to prescribed standards. The Dental Assistant takes and records patient vital signs and exposes dental radiographs.
The Right Person in the Right Position
The right person for this career opportunity has the following required knowledge, skills, and experience typically required of this opportunity which are acquired through a combination of education and experience.
This career opportunity requires:
- Graduation from high school or equivalent
- Must be able to obtain dental radiography certification within three (3) months of employment.
- Experience and/or certification in dental assisting preferred.
Alternative qualifications may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Salary : $18 - $21
