Dental Assistant

2 weeks ago


Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States La Familia Medical Center Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Dental Assistant I to join our team at La Familia Medical Center. As a key member of our dental team, you will provide clinical support to our dentists and dental hygienists, ensuring patient safety and comfort.

Key Responsibilities
  • Prepare patients for dental procedures, including conducting preliminary assessments and triage, obtaining dental health history, and recording vital signs.
  • Assist dentists with usual and customary procedures, including four-handed dentistry, and provide instruments and materials as needed.
  • Expose, process, and mount X-rays, both digitally and manually.
  • Take and make dental impressions under the direction of a dentist.
  • Prepare cases for lab, including filling out lab slips and coordinating with lab for pick-up and delivery.
  • Prepare instruments for sterilization and storage, and clean and prepare equipment and examination rooms for patients.
  • Assist with patient education efforts, making available and distributing patient information and literature related to dental health promotion and disease prevention.
  • Maintain patient files in a timely and accurate manner, updating information on medication refills, laboratory reports, patient dental visits, and other required data.
  • Assist with conducting patient case management tasks and patient discharge plans, including patient referrals, prescription refills, and scheduling specialty appointments.
  • Train and/or oversee student dental assistants.
Requirements
  • High School graduate or GED certificate and graduation from an ADA-recognized certificate program.
  • Three months of related experience or any equivalent combination of experience, training, and/or education approved by Human Resources.
  • State of New Mexico certification in Dental Assistant radiology (6 months to obtain once employed).
  • CPR certification.
  • Working knowledge of four-handed dentistry and instrument preparation, sterilization, and storage techniques.
  • Ability to read and interpret medical documents and records, write at a moderate level of competence, and communicate effectively.

La Familia Medical Center offers a comparable benefits package.


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