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Dental Assistant - 18508
Ada, OK | Health | Full Time
7:30AM-6:00PM - Tu We Th Fr
Posted today | | Apply before May 23, 2025
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Description
We are currently looking for a Full Time Dental Assistant to join our Dental Clinic Team 5 team located at the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center working 7:30AM-6:00PM - Tu We Th Fr.
Summary:
Provides clinical, clerical, and technical support within the Chickasaw Nation Dental Clinic.
Responsibilities:
- Prepares patients for procedures and assists dentists during examinations and treatments
- Performs coronal polishing and applies fluoride under a dentist’s direction
- Takes dental x-rays, ensuring imaging meets diagnostic quality and safety standards
- Maintains proper infection control, including instrument sterilization and asepsis
- Assists in the preparation, setup, and turnover of operatories between procedures
- Educates patients on oral hygiene and provide preventative care instructions
- Reiterates treatment plans and provide post-treatment care instructions
- Assists with scheduling referrals and managing the patient phone board
- Inputs and documents patient data in the Electronic Medical Record, including superbill coding and scribing progress notes
- Maintains operatory cleanliness and ensure all supplies are adequately restocked
- Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
- Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
- Partners with internal and external services as needed to ensure appropriate referral is made
- Greets and engages with a smile
- Determines needs, seeks positive experience and outcomes
- Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
- Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
- Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
- Maintains and promotes professionalism
- Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
- Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
- Maintains knowledge of and follows all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Competencies:
Essential:
- Able to follow instructions, both written and oral
- Able to adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
- Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
- Able to read, understand, apply, and retain knowledge of Chickasaw Nation, departmental, divisional and all other rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Working knowledge of dental terminology
- Ability to proofread for spelling, grammar, and formatting errors and make appropriate modifications
- Knowledge of relevant privacy regulations such as The Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Able to verbally communicate in a professional and positive manner with other team members, departments, guests and management
Skills:
Essential:
- Intermediate computer skills
Experience:
Nonessential:
- 1 year directly related experience
Education:
Essential:
- High School, GED or Equivalent
Nonessential:
- Technical School
Nonessential:
- Completion of a dental assisting course or job training in a dental clinic is strongly preferred
Credentials:
Essential:
- Pass general background check
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Radiation Safety Permit
- Pit and Fissure Sealant Certification
Essential:
- Must obtain BLS certification within 30 days of employment
- Radiation Safety & Protection certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment
- Pit & Fissure Sealants certification must be obtained within the first year of employment
Working Conditions:
Essential:
- Works in a hospital or clinic environment
- Fast-paced
- Sitting up to 25% of shift
- Standing up to 50% of shift
- Walking up to 25% of shift
- Frequently bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
- Sometimes lift and or carry up to 50 lbs
- May be required to assist individuals who are hostile, agitated or under the influence
- Subject to traveling and working at other locations or in other environments
- Potential exposure to contagious diseases
- Pass pre-employment drug test
