Dental Assistant II/III

1 day ago

Tacoma, United States Puyallup Tribal Health Authority Full time

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Position Close Date: 12/19/24

PUYALLUP TRIBAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, located in Tacoma, Washington is seeking a full-time Dental Assistant to join its dental team.

"It is the mission of the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority to provide quality healthcare and promote wellness in a culturally appropriate manner."

We offer an outstanding workplace, competitive market based salary, and benefits packages including:

  • Monday - Friday schedule
  • Medical/Dental/Vision benefits - monthly premiums paid 100% for employees
  • 18+ annual paid holidays
  • Generous paid sick and vacation accruals
  • 401(k) with annual profit sharing
  • Life & AD&D insurance coverage
  • PTHA is an approved loan repayment site for various programs
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Excellent work/home life balance
GENERAL FUNCTION: Provide chair side assistance to dental practitioners using four-handed practices. Provide direct patient care and administrative support to the dental department as necessary.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
  • Provide accurate and efficient chair side assistance to dental providers and hygienists using established four-handed practices.
  • Effectively demonstrates knowledge of dental restorative, endodontic and oral surgery practices and procedures and application techniques for crowns and bridges.
  • Accurately performs child and adult prophys, direct patient preventative procedures, OHI, fluorides, sealant application, and rubber dam placement.
  • Able to identify, use and arrange, all dental instruments and prepares procedure tray setups in a timely manner, as needed by dental provider.
  • Assist in the completion of patient dental records by accurately processing digital radiographs/x-rays and following established protocols for patient exposure.
  • Wear personal protective equipment including sterile garments, glasses, mask, and gloves at all times while performing main job functions and follows all PTHA and accreditation guidelines for safety.
  • Wipe clean all instruments of debris/material/cement prior to replacing in cassettes and sending to central sterilization for processing, practicing proper infection control and following established sterilization protocol.
  • Performs preventative maintenance on and maintains all equipment per manufacturer guidelines and reports equipment failure to supervisor within 24 hours.
  • Assists patients through the dental process with care and understanding at all times.
  • Provide age appropriate behavior management as needed, for dental patients, ages 0-18 years of age.
  • Effectively communicates home care instructions to patients and/or parents of minor children.
  • Perform triage duties for emergency care situations.
  • Perform orthodontic and/or pediatric assistant work as needed.
Requirements

DENTAL ASSISTANT II
  • Three (3) years of general dental assistant job experience
  • One (1) year experience in pediatric assisting or orthodontic assisting
  • Must obtain Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification within one (1) year of hire
DENTAL ASSISTANT III
  • Five (5) years of dental assistant job experience
  • Two (2) years of orthodontia, pediatric assisting or expanded functions
  • Current Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification or ability to obtain within one (1) year of hire


Salary Description

$25.00 - $35.00 per hour

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