Part-Time Dental Assistant

Are you excited about a new and exciting opportunity Do you have a passion for working with families and individuals in need of healthcare housing and community support services Are you interested in working for a missiondriven and innovative organization Well look no further! At Community of Hope we envision Washington DC where everyone is healthy housed and hopeful. If you are ready to make a positive difference in the community this position is for you!

Our mission: To improve health end homelessness and partner with communities to make Washington DC more equitable.

Our Approach and Values:

We celebrate peoples strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on peoples lives.

We embrace diversity welcome all voices and treat everyone with respect and compassion.

We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.

We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.

Position Summary: The Parttime Dental Assistant is accountable directly to the Director of Oral Health. This is a parttime position located at our Conway Health and Resource Center located in SW Washington D.C..

The pay rate for this position ranges between $24.51 $26.92 per hour and the offer amount is determined by the candidates education qualifications and experience. Indeed provides their own estimated salary calculator and is not affiliated with COHs range.

Highlighted Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides quality four handed chair side dental assistance during restorative endodontic periodontic prosthodontic and oral surgery procedures.
• Reviews daily and records medical history vital signs and patient consent in the dental electronic medical record.
• Serves daily as a patient advocate by ensuring that patients feel comfortable before during and after dental treatment.
• Takes dental xrays daily and completes dental charting according to instruction given by the dentist.
• Promotes and maintains OSHA infection control standards daily.
• Performs daily dental chart review to ensure an accurate and timely workflow process.
• Ensures that the dentist has complete dental setups (armamentarium) prior to the initiation of dental treatment.
• Provides appropriate oral health education including nutritional counseling toothbrushing and flossing techniques to patients during visits. Provides patients with instruction for oral care following surgery or other dental treatment.
• Performs office management tasks including front desk coverage scheduling appointments and answering phones on an as needed basis.
• Performs other duties as requested by supervisor.*

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have a current unencumbered D.C. Dental Assisting License Level II;
• Dental Assistant Diploma/Certification from an accredited program;
• BLS Certification Required
• Xray Certification Required;
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Commitment to work with underserved populations;
• Ability to work in nonprofit environment;
• Ability to work weekends or evenings as needed required;
• Ability to travel to other COH sites as needed
• Participation in appropriate continuing dental education courses.
• All Health Staff must receive the required vaccinations. This includes annual flu and covid vaccines. Medical or religious exemptions may be requested.

At COH we prioritize the following wellbeing and worklife balancecentered benefits:

• Remote work opportunities are available for many but not all of our roles promoting a culture of worklife balance
• 8hour workdays which include a paid lunch
• 11.5 paid company holidays 1 personal floating holiday paid vacation and sick leave based on the average number of hours per week and work schedule
• Vacation and sick leave accrual based on biweekly work schedule
• Annual performancebased raises up to 5% of your annual pay
• Loan repayment for clinicians licensing reimbursement and continuing education unit funds for licensed staff
• Many opportunities for internal promotions and transfers across the agency as we continue to grow; we average 30 promotions each year
• Ongoing internal leadership training for supervisors
• Ongoing wellbeing activities culture compact activities and training and traumainformed care initiatives and training
• Life insurance shortterm disability and longterm disability insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• And much more!

About Us:

Community of Hope is a missiondriven innovative and rapidly growing nonprofit. For 45 years we have provided healthcare housing and community support services to make Washington DC more equitable. As a Federally Qualified Health Center we provide medical dental emotional wellness and care coordination services for the whole family at three locations in DC. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health with midwifery practice and the only freestanding birth center in DC. In 2024 Community of Hope provided about 50000 medical visits 6300 dental visits and 17000 behavioral health visits for about 16000 patients. Community of Hope is also one of the largest providers of homelessness prevention and housing services for 1600 households1384 families and 220 individualsexperiencing homelessness in DC. Community support through Family Success Center our WIC nutrition centers and perinatal care coordination for pregnant people experiencing homelessness reach hundreds more families. We believe that everyone in DC can be healthy housed and hopeful.

We were selected as one of The Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces in 2024 and 6 other times since 2014 based on feedback from our staff.

To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: Phone:. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.