Dental Assistant Lead

at GraceMed Health Clinic in Wichita, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Practicing at GraceMed

If you are a healthcare professional, we appreciate your interest in practicing in a community health setting at GraceMed. This is a clinical environment where you can be a part of a diverse team of professionals who come together to address the whole health of the patient. You’ll make a difference you can see every day as you care for patients who are often high-risk because of their underserved status. You’ll be fully supported by a staff and organization set up to let you focus on delivering care. And you’ll be part of a team that has distinguished itself for its quality of care and outcomes.

Reporting Relationship: Reports to the Dental Manager
Supervision Responsibilities: No

Essential Role: Provides dental assistance to complement the dentist’s role of delivering primary dental care services at GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepares the patient for treatment, obtains dental records and provides instruments and materials needed during treatment procedures.
• Obtains and/or reviews patient and family history in dental record.
• Chaperones and assists dentists during exams and procedures.
• Returns or receives patient phone calls during office hours; performs triage of patients by phone or in office, assesses dental needs of patient and coordinates appropriate care or interventions and refers to licensed staff or providers as indicated.
• Maintains and stocks exam rooms.
• Cleans and sterilizes equipment and instruments.
• Provides post-treatment and oral health care instruction as requested.
• Takes impressions for study casts, exposes radiographs, and processes dental x-ray film as directed by the dentist.
• Maintains clinical equipment and supplies.
• Performs direct patient care within the limits of his/her training and capabilities when the dentist is unavailable.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to his/her job functions.
• Provide coverage where and when needed in the absence of staff.
• Adjust schedules for other staff in the absence of supervisor.
• Assist supervisor in training of staff as needed.
• Assist supervisor with orientation of new staff and students as needed.
• Maintain inventory by routinely checking supplies and placing orders as directed by the supervisors.

Working Conditions:

Dental office environment. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time. Bending, stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs.) may be required.  Interaction with physicians, patients and other office personnel. May involve contact with angry, upset or ill persons.  May involve potential exposure to blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances.  Must have visual acuity and manual dexterity to interface with computer.  Must have auditory acuity to handle phone calls.

The above statement statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.  They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

This job description has been examined for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (May 1995).

Confidentiality: As an employee of GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc., you are bound by principles of dental ethics.  You have both a legal and moral obligation to protect the privacy of our patients.  In the course of your work, you will have access to confidential information regarding patients, and/or the practices' confidential business. It is essential that you refrain from any discussions regarding personal information about a patient, a patient's condition, a patient's finances, proprietary company information, and/or the practices' confidential business with any third person.  This includes, but is not limited to, other employees, your spouse, family or friends.  CONFIDENTIALITY IS SO IMPORTANT THAT ANY BREACH OF THIS POLICY WILL BE CONSIDERED GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION.  Review and signature of the Agreement is a condition of employment.

GraceMed Health Clinic is an equal opportunity organization and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or for any other discriminatory reason prohibited by applicable law.