What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant position at Universal Community Health Center?
Description
As a Dental Assistant, you play a crucial role in supporting dental procedures and ensuring smooth operations within the dental practice. Your responsibilities include preparing treatment rooms, assisting dentists during patient examinations and procedures, and providing exceptional patient care. You'll also be responsible for sterilizing instruments, maintaining equipment, and ensuring adherence to infection control protocols. Strong communication skills and a passion for patient well-being are essential for success in this role.
General Accountabilities
- Escort patients to exam rooms, interview patients for medical and dental hx, take vitals, possibly take the weight of the patient and document all information in the patient's chart.
- Ensure all related reports, labs and information is filled out and available in patients’ medical records prior to their appointment
- Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; keeping patient information confidential.
- Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations; Assist dental provider or dental hygienist in exam rooms
- Disinfects, cleans treatment rooms following patient examinations; Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
- Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical and dental supplies, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required; Properly disposes of contaminated supplies
- Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.
- Maintain all logs and required checks (i.e.water logs, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, instrument logs etc.)
- Take telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent substitute.
- 2 years; combined education/experience as substitute for minimum experience.
- CPR and first aid certification required; certification as a dental assistant, preferred.
- Experience with EMR, MS Word, Excel, MS outlook.
Salary : $21 - $23