Description Position Summary: The Dental Assistant works as part of the dental office team performing those clinical and clerical duties necessary to prepare patients for a visit, and to make reappointments when necessary. Duties include telephone answering, preparing charts, and gathering patient information. Essential Duties: • Greets patients • Assists the dentist with quality patient care. • Ensures patient confidentiality and provides patients with needed information. • Performs other necessary duties required by the Dentist to meet the goal of providing primary health care. • Performs other necessary duties as required by Bluestem Health to achieve the goal of providing primary health care services. • Routine Procedures: • Set up: prepare operatory and instruments for routine general dentistry procedures. • Practice: anticipate dentist’s needs during the procedure. • Radiology: • Safety: use safe radiation exposure practices. (Lead apron, personal safety, correct exposure parameters) • Accuracy: expose radiographs of good diagnostic quality at least 90% of the time. • Sterilization: • Laboratory: demonstrate correct procedures for cleaning and sterilizing dental instruments. (Cleaning, preparation, and use of autoclave and dry heat methods). • Testing: demonstrate correct procedure for testing sterilization equipment for adequate sterilization. Able to demonstrate correct documentation procedures. • Operatory, Disinfection, and Maintenance: • Opening Procedure: prepare dental operatory at start of day • Closing Procedure: describe correct dental clinic area closing procedure. • Disinfection: correctly disinfect the operatory between patients. • Scheduling: a. Demonstrate correct routine scheduling procedures and appropriate phone techniques. • Record Maintenance: • Charting: accurately chart patient’s dental condition from doctor’s dictation. • Forms: prepare appropriate forms as indicated by patient treatment, ensure charting is accurate. • Encounters: accurately complete encounter form based on procedures completed. • Paperwork: assist patients with any paperwork, including referrals. • Dental Record: correctly enter and scan medical history, medications, allergies, correspondence, etc. into patient’s electronic dental record. • Supplies: • Inventory: correctly order inventory and distribute supplies and restock operatories. Do so in a timely and accurate fashion. Requirements • Completion of an accredited dental assisting program and/or certification by the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) as a Certified Dental Assistant preferred • Certification for dental radiography preferred. • Certification for coronal polishing preferred. • Basic Life Support Certified • Prior dental office experience preferred. • High energy and a positive attitude • A dedication to quality and accuracy • An ability to work well with co-workers; especially in a small office • An ability to fulfill their job requirements with minimal supervision • Good oral and written communication skills • Ability to work under pressure