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Job description
Dental AssistantA career at Community Health Centers offers a unique opportunity to join a team that makes a real impact in our community every day, by improving individuals' health while enhancing their quality of life.Top Reasons to Work at Community Health Centers: No weekends for the majority of our centers, 10 paid holidays and early Fridays; a great benefits package that includes healthcare coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, retirement plan, and more; competitive compensation with advancement opportunities and tuition/training reimbursement; awarded "Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation" for five consecutive years; awarded "Top 100 Workplaces for Growing Families" by Orlando Sentinel; modernized and attractive health centers that patients love.Job Summary: Responsible for dental assisting duties listed in Florida Statutes 466 and Administrative Rules 64B-5, screening and preparing patients for treatment; assisting dentist in treating patients; educating patients; processing instruments; taking and developing radiographs.Primary Responsibilities: Patient care: verify patient by use of Double Identifier's; obtain patient history; document patient's chief complaint; obtain patient's blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and/or glucose level, if necessary; enter on patient's chart; place, expose, and develop necessary diagnostic x-rays; assemble appropriate instrument tray; perform dental procedure or assist dentist in performing procedure, as appropriate; conduct patient education.Perform Expanded Functions approved by Florida Board of Dentistry (FAC 64B5-16.005): taking impressions for study casts; topical application of fluoride (including foam & varnish); placing and removing rubber dams; placing and removing periodontal dressings; polishing clinical crowns for removal of stains; polishing amalgam restorations; placing and removing matrices; placing intra-coronal provisional (temporary) restorations; placing bases and liners; suture removal; application of pit & fissure sealants; preliminary charting; packing and removing retraction cord; fabricating provisional crowns; cementing provisional crowns with temporary cement.Non-Patient Duties: maintain log manual; maintain inventory; order and organize supplies; change filters, change solutions or chemicals, clean and maintain equipment; perform operatory disinfections; clean, bag and sterilize instruments; remove expired items from the clinical areas; may be required to travel to other CHC locations; perform other duties as assigned or necessary.Qualifications: Education: high school diploma or equivalent required; dental assistant diploma or certificate of completion from an accredited school or training program including dental radiology required; successful completion of Expanded Functions Dental Assistant Certificate (EFDA) within 9 months from date of hire.Experience: 2 years' experience in a dental setting preferred; must have the ability to effectively use computer software and an electronic health record system.Certification/Licensure: current/valid Expanded Functions Dental Assistant Certificate (EFDA) within 12 months from date of hire required; current/valid BLS certification within 30 days from date of hire.Special skills: ability to stay positive in stressful situations; ability to deal professionally with unhappy, fearful patients.Other requirements: able to work flexible hours and sites as needed; must have a valid Florida Driver's license.
Worksite address
winter garden, FL, 34787, US
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