Dental Back Office - Registered Dental Assistant

Unicare Community Health Center Inc, Recruiter•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

At Unicare, we strive to provide high quality health care to the community we serve. Our goal is to provide easily accessible, comprehensive, and affordable health care to every family member, while reducing visits to emergency rooms and urgent care facilities. Our mission is to be a community health care organization that treats everyone with dignity and, respect and cultural sensitivity to help create an environment in which all can prosper. Job Summary Dental assistants work under the supervision of dentists and are responsible for a wide range of tasks in the dental office, ranging from patient care to administrative duties to laboratory functions. The dental assistant position is flexible and varied in the dental office and requires a diverse set of skills: clinical, clerical, interpersonal, and technological.

Requirements

Adhere to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
Maintain current license, DEA registration and BLS certification.
Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
Report to work on time and as scheduled.
Maintain regulatory requirements, including all state, federal and local regulations.
Represent the organization in a positive and professional manner at all times.
Comply with all organizational policies and standards regarding ethical business practices.
Communicate the mission, ethics and goals of the organization.
Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
Successful completion of a dental assistant program plus one year of experience. Successful completion of a radiation safety course and CPR certification required.
Requires a comprehensive knowledge in dental assisting.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Knowledge of the principles and practice of modern dentistry as related to public health organizations and community health programs.
Excellent people skills, with an ability to partner with a dynamic leadership team.
Possess personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to corporate mission.
Flexible and able to multitask; can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, while also driving toward clarity and solutions; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities.
Must be able to read, write English and Spanish.
Must have the capability to perform basic mathematical skills.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Verbal - Must be understood and be able to articulate in interactions with patients, staff and other medical providers. Must be able to convey spoken instructions accurately and quickly.
Auditory - Must be able to hear in interactions with patients, patients' families, staff and other medical providers. Must be able to hear telephone, equipment, and alarms.
Visual - Must be able to see with clarity at a distance of 20 inches to see patient documents, office documents and computer. Must have the ability to focus, judge distances and good peripheral vision. Must be able to see with clarity at a distance of 20 feet to aid patients to exam room if needed. Must have the ability to focus, judge distances and good peripheral vision.

Responsibilities

Chair-side Assisting: Assists the dentist in providing dental treatment
Prepare and maintain dental instruments, supplies and equipment
Collect and record patient health histories
Take and record patient vital signs
Patient management during dental procedures
Instrument transfer
Dental procedure isolation techniques
Preparation of dental materials, cements, amalgam, composite, impression materials, etc.
Dental charting
Prevention and management of dental medical emergencies
Inventory control and management
Taking dental x-rays
Applying topical fluoride treatments
Placing topical medications
Managing the dental office infection control plan to meet OSHA, CDC and ADA standards
Instrument cleaning, sterilization/disinfection, and re-circulation
Dental treatment room disinfection
Pouring impressions to make stone and plaster models
Model trimming
Fabricating mouth guards, bleaching trays, fluoride trays, and custom impression trays.
Delivering patient personal oral care instructions
Explaining the treatment plan that the dentist has decided upon
Delivering community dental health presentations
Planning and setting-up health fair booths
Scheduling and confirming appointments
Handling patient reception
Managing patient records
Managing business records
Following accounting/bookkeeping procedures
Processing patient insurance
Preparing written business communications
Handling marketing for the dental department
Assisting patients with filling out forms and other services they may needInterpreting for patients, providers, and staff as neededMaintaining full and productive schedules for dental providers
Traveling to other locations as needed
Participating in meetings and training sessionsWorking collaboratively with other departments Use of Electronic Health Records to deliver care.
As directed by the Dental Director, performs other related and/or necessary tasks to achieve organizational and programmatic goals and objectives