Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant

The dental assistant will serve an integral role in assisting patients of Grace Dental to achieve and maintain optimal oral health. The dental assistant will provide educational and clinical services, as well as perform clerical and maintenance tasks to ensure quality, efficient care.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities :

Patient Interaction :

• Monitoring schedule to maintain efficient patient flow.
• Politely ushering patients from waiting area to treatment area.
• Preparing patients for treatment (chair positioning, napkin placement, providing patient protective eyewear, etc.).
• Providing pre-operative and post-operative instructions.
• Addressing patient's chief complaint and any questions / concerns raised.
• Helping patients feel comfortable before, during, and after dental treatment.
• Guiding parents and patients through the process before treatment.
• Teaching patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health.
• Initiate referrals as needed by dentist and arranges appropriate follow-up.
• Acts as a communication link between dentist and front desk.
• Providing superior customer service to all patients.
• Recognizing and responding to basic medical and dental emergencies.
• Monitoring patients while nitrous oxide is being administered.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality through HIPAA compliance.
• Advocating for Grace Health and its respective mission.
• Participating in local community affairs and events including school screenings, presentations, events, and any opportunity to promote a positive image of Grace Health.

Chairside and Expanded Duties Assisting :

Office Management :

Other Essential Duties And Responsibilities :

General Duties :

Qualification Requirements :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to assist in advancing Grace Health's mission and to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills :

Education And / Or Experience :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment :

Grace Health is a faith-based, federally qualified community health center (FQHC). We provide primary health services to underserved, underinsured, and uninsured individuals in the southeastern Kentucky region. Our mission is "to show the love and share the truth of Jesus Christ to southeastern Kentucky, through access to compassionate, high-quality, primary health care for the whole person". The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Grace Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.