Dental Assistant

Salud Para La Gente (SALUD) provides high quality comprehensive and costeffective healthcare to underserved lowincome communities in the Monterey Bay area including Santa Cruz County and North Monterey County. We began in Watsonville 1978 as a storefront free clinic and with the ever growing need for health services in 1992 became a federally qualified community health center (FQHC). Today we are a primary health care network with 12 clinic sites over 400 employees and continue provide high quality services to patients of all ages.

SALUD offers a competitive salary and a collaborative culture that values excellence achievement innovation and compassion.

We are seeking a dynamic organized and detailoriented Dental Assistant to assist the Dentist in the provision of dental services to the patients both front and back office.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Chair side assistant to dentist and dental hygienist for chair side procedures under supervision of dentist and/or dental director.
• Prepare and develop patient xrays; labeling of xrays.
• Sterilization of all instruments and chair side supplies; maintenance of sterilization and cleaning equipment.
• Maintain the evacuation system laboratory equipment air compressor evacuation system and supplies.
• Inventory control assistant; monitor supplies and ordering.
• Monitoring of patient charts under supervision of dentist.
• Assists in management of patient scheduling patient charts and recall system.
• Assists in front office as needed.
• Perform other front and/or back office duties as deemed necessary.

The ideal candidate will embrace our mission to provide high quality health care to patients of all ages. Possess excellent communication and problem solving skills. This position requires the ability to follow instructions of the Dental Director and/or dentist assess patients complaints to determine whether to schedule to refer to specialist or to treat as walkin communicate effectively and respectfully with all patients work as chair side Dental Assistant as well as front office for dental clinic work Saturdays and/or extended shift when required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED
• Must possess Dental Assistant certificate from an accredited DA program and xray License
• Knowledge and experience working with dental patients and dental equipment.
• Knowledge of both front and back office dental procedures.
• Fluent bilingual Spanish/English
• Current CPR certification
• Valid CA Drivers License and current vehicle insurance; must be able to travel between sites.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bicultural candidates preferred

SALARY & BENEFITS

Salary: $20.33 to $25.49/hr

Benefits: available to all regular Salud employees working 24 hours per week. Parttime employees may receive some benefits on a prorated basis.

• Medical Dental Vision and Life Insurance Plans
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 19 days per year
• Paid Holidays: 12 per year
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer contribution
• 403 (B) FSA for dependent care
• Voluntary LongTerm Disability

Additional Information:

• Employees on temporary assignments are eligible for holiday pay and California sick pay both prorated based on hours worked.
• Oncall employees are eligible for California sick pay prorated based on hours worked.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Standing walking sitting typing reaching bending moving and/or lifting up to 25 pounds.

Salud is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex disability age sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or genetic information. Salud is committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment its services programs and activities. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Salud Human Resources Departmentand