Dental Assistant II

Washington DC On-Site $24.51 - $26.92 per hour Full-Time Washington Post Top Workplace (8x Winner)

Community of Hope is seeking an organized caring and motivated Dental Assistant to work closely with our dentists and hygienists to provide high quality four-handed chairside dental care and promote a positive patient experience. This position is based out of our Conway Health and Resource Center in SW Washington DC.

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.

What Youll Do:

• 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 and develops dental x-rays 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 set-ups (armamentarium) prior to the initiation of dental treatment.
• Provides appropriate oral health education including nutritional counseling tooth-brushing and flossing techniques to patients during visits.
• Performs daily sterilization of dental instruments and equipment. Maintains weekly sterilization logs per the standards and protocols.
• Performs monthly maintenance to ensure proper functioning of digital x-ray equipment and traditional x-ray processors.

Must-Haves:

• Must have a current unencumbered D.C. Dental Assisting License Level II.
• Dental Assistant Diploma/Certification from an accredited program.
• BLS Certification Required.
• Ability to work weekends or evenings as needed required.
• Ability to travel to other COH sites as needed required.
• Participation in appropriate continuing dental education courses.
• Proof of vaccinations is required. COH will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for anyone who cannot be vaccinated for a religious or medical reason subject to applicable law.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Ability to speak Spanish Amharic or other languages.
• eClinical Works and Open Dental knowledge.
• Commitment to work with underserved populations.
• Strong customer service skills.

Why Youll Love Working Here!

At COH we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits:

• 8 x Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces winner.
• 8-hour workdays with paid lunch.
• 3 weeks vacation (additional week after two years) 2 weeks sick leave 11.5 paid holidays and one personal floating holiday on an annual basis.
• Annual performance-based raises up to 5% of your annual pay.
• Tuition reimbursement & loan repayment (NHSC & DCHPLRP) Licensing reimbursement & CEU funding.
• Medical dental vision life & disability insurance 403(b) retirement.
• Leadership development internal promotions and career growth opportunities.
• A culture grounded in equity compassion and well-being.

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven innovative rapidly growing nonprofit and Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years we have provided health and housing services perinatal care coordination and community support services to make Washington DC more equitable. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. We are honored to be one of DCs largest providers of housing and homelessness prevention services for families and individuals throughout DC. Through our Family Success Center our WIC nutrition centers and our various partnerships we have reached hundreds and believe that everyone in DC deserves to be healthy housed and hopeful. With the help of our amazing staff we have successfully provided:

• 50000 medical visits
• 6300 dental visits
• 17000 emotional wellness visits
• 1384 families and 220 individuals with housing/homelessness prevention services

Ready to bring hope and health to our DC community Apply today! 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.