Dental Assistant

Please apply at the following link: https://rhd.balancetrak.com/FAMPRDENASH02202102 

Job Description:

The Dental Assistant supports dental care delivery by preparing treatment rooms, patients, instruments, and materials to provide quality care. In addition, Dental Assistants perform a variety of patient care, office, and laboratory duties, and provide chair-side assistance to dentists during exams. 

Team members are expected uphold the health center mission by assuring that patients receive health care that is competent, caring, and meets with a high degree of satisfaction. In addition, staff must support FPCN's commitment to the creation of a trauma-informed system of care that continually recognizes and responds to the impact of traumatic stress on all those who have contact with the organization, including children, adults, families, caregivers, and staff.

Required Education: 

High school diploma Must have graduated from an accredited Dental Assistant program

Required Experience:

Three years of experience as a Dental Assistant is preferred, but we are open to recent graduates, as well

Required Qualifications:

Certified Dental Assistant preferred with X-ray certification Must have current CPR certification and Hep B Vaccination Be fully trained and competent in digital x-ray and electronic health record software programs (Centricity and/or Visdental) Must comply with all OSHA and CDC requirements A team player with excellent attitude and extremely patient friendly

Responsibilities/Duties:

Prepares and maintains dental instruments, supplies (materials, cement, amalgam, composite, impression), and equipment

Assemble instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area, positioning instruments for dentist’s access, suctioning, and passing instruments

Collects and records patient health information thoroughly in the electronic health record (Centricity and Visdental) regarding all treatment plans and procedures completed

Manage patients and educate on all procedures during dental procedure/treatment

Perform medical history update, blood pressure reading and x-rays as determined by the dentist

Maintains dental supplies inventory; confirms clinic schedule in conjunction with front desk.

Print x-rays as needed as well as periodontal and full mouth charting from electronic health record for Endo, Crowns, Removable Prosthetics and scaling/root planning’s for insurance preauthorization and billing for treatment completed.

Complete lab work on time (models, trays, occlusal rims), as well as coordinating outgoing and incoming lab cases, assuring that lab slips and return dates are correct, and calling labs for pickups

Flush water lines daily and perform DUWL disinfection procedures weekly

Rotation on the following duties: 

• Autoclave maintenance 
• Perform and document spore test for autoclaves
• Static sterilizer maintenance 
• Distilled Water maintenance 
• Lab upkeep 
• Main Trap in Compressor Room-monthly 
• Replace plaster Trap -when full 
• Check Oxygen tanks weekly 

Why Work For Us?:

• Nurse-managed, person-centered, holistic, and trauma informed care facility
• Multi-disciplinary departments co-located for integration
• Competitive salary and generous benefits and PTO, with great location in Philadelphia

Program Summary:

Family Practice and Counseling Network, a program of Resources for Human Development, is a network of federally qualified community health centers (FQHCs) providing primary care, dental and behavioral health services, and various other comprehensive services that uses a nurse-managed, integrated model. Our services are co-located at the centers and are designed to treat the whole patient. Our model relies heavily on a psychosocial, interdisciplinary approach to care that “wraps its arms” around patients.

The Network consists of four health centers in Philadelphia – Abbottsford-Falls Family Practice & Counseling in the Northwest, the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University in the North, the Health Annex in the Southwest, and Annex West Philly housed in Action Wellness (formerly Action AIDS); and a convenient care clinic in Philadelphia – Fast Family Care. Today the Network serves more than 23,000 patients annually and is an NCQA certified Patient-Centered Medical Home.

Join our network of health centers that stands behind the belief that all people are entitled to accessible, comprehensive, quality and affordable health care, and that healthcare is a human right! Join our interdisciplinary team of qualified and dedicated professionals where we nurture talent with values-driven and Trauma Informed Care principles and provide  opportunities for growth and support