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Expanded Function Dental Assistant - Riley Children's Health
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Make a difference in your community and in the lives of Riley Kids.
Riley Pediatric Dentistry is seeking Expanded Function Dental Assistants for our growing team. This is a rewarding career for individuals who are passionate about helping the children of Indiana. Our team is high energy, friendly, and knowledgeable. We provided excellent care with a compassionate touch.
What we offer:
- · Work in a friendly, fun, and dynamic team environment.
- · Have a consistent work schedule, no nights or weekends.
- · Enjoy flexible paid time off, up to 24 days per year.
- · Advance your career and grow your experience.
Responsibilites:
- · Performs advanced dental care services in a clinical setting, at the direction of a Dentist
- · Prioritizes patient care based on resources, unit volume, and patient prognosis
- · Facilitates smooth patient flow, provides patient education/teaching, explains insurance coverage/co-pays, and assures necessary documents are complete
- · Assists dentist/hygienist as directed and performs advanced expanded functions assisting techniques, places restorations and fits bands/brackets/appliances
- · Obtains diagnostic dental x-rays using safe radiology process.
- · Uses advanced behavior management techniques to support safe and effective care with uncooperative patients
- · Performs administrative and registration duties, schedules patient visits, and engages in patient correspondence
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED is required.
- Requires 3-5 years of relevant experience.
- BLS-CPR certification required.
- Dental Radiology License in Indiana required.
- Certification in Expanded Function Dental Assisting from and accredited program or on the job training with minimum of 5 years experience in Dental Assisting required.
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the job required.
- Ability to read, write, and speak fluent English required.
- Certification in Caries Prevention and Coronal Polishing Preferred.
- Requires the ability to demonstrate and foster diversity and inclusion skills.
- Requires excellent skills in handling apprehensive or difficult to manage children.
- Requires the ability to work with medically, physically, and/or cognitively compromised patients.
- Requires the ability to treat patients with special health needs, cognitive needs, and/or those with extreme dental fear.
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Job Category: Allied Health
Posting Date: 2025-02-05T14:12:56 00:00
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Locations: 705 Riley Hospital Dr Indianapolis IN 46202