Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant

Job Description

Northeastern Rural Health Clinics is actively looking for a Part-Time Dental Assistant. Dental Assistant experience necessary. Certification is preferred but not required.

The dental assistant is a gateway position into a career in the dental profession. NRHC will train the right person for this opportunity. While assisting the dentist with dental procedures the dental assistant interacts with the general public patients and co-workers in a manner that supports the quality and patient service commitments of NRHC. To apply please go to our website at and fill out a complete application along with your resume.

Responsibilities:

• Handle multiple tasks prioritize job duties and work in a fast paced work environment.
• Maintain a clean sterile and cheerful environment where your patients feel comfortable; prepare patients for treatment and assist the doctors - thereby enabling them to provide efficient quality dental treatment.
• Preparing exam rooms sterilizing instruments and ensuring necessary equipment is ready for dentists.
• Assisting dentists during procedures by handing them instruments and anticipating needs
• Taking and processing X-rays of patients.
• Processing lab work for the dentist.
• Greeting patients as they arrive and scheduling appointments.
• Taking billing and insurance details from patients.
• Advising patients on recommended oral hygiene.
• Updating and maintaining dental records.
• Handling general administrative and other duties to maintain the dental clinic.

Additional Requirements

• Basic computer skills
• Experience with electronic medical records
• Communicate in English written and orally
• Can lift up to 25 pounds
• Can sit stand and walk for long periods of time (more than 3 hours)
• Can work cooperatively with others

HIPAA Exposure to PHI statement:

Employee provides services associated to the Northeastern Rural Health Clinics its participating physicians and clinicians which is a covered entity under the HIPAA the scope of performing functions including but not limited to management administrative financial legal and operational support services I may have access to Protected Health Information (PHI) which is information whether oral written electronic visual pictorial physical or any other form that relates to an individuals past present or future physical or mental health status condition treatment service products purchased or provision of health care and which reveals the identity of the individual whose health care is the subject of the information or where there is reasonable basis to believe such information could be utilized to reveal the identity of that individual.