Overview

One-of-a-kind experience….. Rewarding Career

No Evenings...No Weekends...Summer's Off!

Kentucky Big Smiles, a school-based mobile dental company, is seeking a Expanded Duties Dental Assistant in the Florence, KY area and neighboring counties to help provide dental services to the children within our Kentucky schools.

The practices we service primarily focus on children who suffer from poor hygiene and who may also not have easy access to dental care. We truly believe in the importance of this mission and would welcome you as part of the team…and the children in our Kentucky schools will too!

If you are interested in our mission and want to learn more about this opportunity, please email your resume & contact information to Jacob directly at jdroste@mobiledentists.com

This position requires travel to neighboring counties. Must have reliable transportation and willing to commute to schools

Expanded Duties Dental Assistant (EDDA) Qualifications: 

• Working experience as a Expanded Duties Dental Assistant (EDDA)
• CPR/BLS Card
• Digital X-ray Imaging experience
• Valid driver license, reliable transportation and a willingness to travel locally is a must
• Works well with children
• Works well in fast-paced environment; organized and detail-oriented; able to multi-task
• Able to lift and carry equipment for set-up and take down. Up to 50 lbs.
• X-Ray Certified
• Sealant Certified
• Coronal Polishing Certified

Expanded Duties Dental Assistant (EDDA) Responsibilities:

• Dental Assisting Services during mobile dental clinics
• Digital X-ray Imaging
• Patient Records Charting
• Equipment Set-up, Breakdown, and Sterilization Assistance
• Travel Daily to and from school sites

Big Smiles Offers:

• No Evenings, No Weekends and Summers off!
• Working a school day schedule (around 5 – 7 hours); on average between 8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
• Travel Pay
• Excellent benefit packages 
• Full and part time positions
• Competitive compensation
• State-of-the-art portable dental equipment
• Latest technology & digital radiography

General Working Conditions:This position entails situations of prolonged sitting and standing, as well as working in tight spaces. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must have the ability to lift 50 pounds and assist with unloading, set up, break down, and reloading equipment from mobile van into school and back to mobile van. This position requires the dexterity and motor skills to handle dental instruments, x-ray equipment, sterilizers, air compressors and other equipment as needed to perform job tasks. The employee must follow safety guidelines to protect themselves and patients from infectious diseases and associated risks with the x-ray machine. The work locations will require travel (up to 2 hours on occasions). The work environment is fast paced, requiring adaptability to interact with children and adults.

Who We Are

Big Smiles is the nation's leading in-school dental program founded almost two decades ago by two moms, who happen to also be dentists. The founders saw a tremendous need among underserved school aged children who did not have easy access to dental care and who often suffered from poor oral hygiene, tooth decay, pain and associated medical problems. Knowing that many parents could not take their children to the dentist due to issues including time off from work and transportation challenges, they sought to bring the care to the need. Today, through its dental partners, Big Smiles provides preventative and restorative care to approximately 500,000 children per year.

Tooth decay is the most common, and preventable disease among children, more common than asthma. In fact, each year, over 51 million school hours are lost due to oral health related issues.

Big Smiles affiliates with state licensed dentists, hygienists and assistants who use state-of-the-art portable equipment to provide all services onsite, directly in the school or in a self-contained mobile dental facility on site at the school. If portable equipment is used, classrooms, auditoriums or other school venues are literally transformed into fully functional dental offices for the day. Our expertise, obtained through years of experience bringing mobile dental care to schools, as well as through our highly qualified staff, enables us to bring exceptional care with minimal disruption to the normal school routine.

Big Smiles is currently active in 20 states and has ongoing strategic partnerships with over 8,000 school districts, including 21 of the 25 largest school districts in the country.

Given the ongoing lack of access for many underserved children across the country, our services are in great demand and we are always looking for caring, compassionate professionals to join our team and play their part in making a difference in the lives of today's underserved children.

Rewarding Work. Competitive Compensation. Big Smiles.

Big Smiles is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.