Dental Assistant

Job description

Description
Join a respected and well-loved organization that makes a difference in the community we serve!
We are currently hiring a Dental Assistant/Dental Sterilization Technician for our Healdsburg and Windsor Clinics!
Come be part of a supportive team dedicated to providing high-quality care in a positive and collaborative work environment.
What you will do at AMC:
• Prepares dental operatory for treatment including disinfection and barrier protection.
• Sterilizes dental instruments, hand pieces and procedure set-ups used in the dental clinic.
• Sets up trays.
• Properly disposes of waste and linens.
• Maintains and tags all instruments and procedure set-ups including all lab equipment and burrs.
• Operates and maintains all autoclaves, ultrasonic units, and presoak stations.
• Assists in the maintenance of dental waterlines, distiller, vacuum lines, traps and filters.
• Maintains dental laboratory.
• Assists RDAs with patient flow as follows: setting up rooms; breakdown and disinfection of rooms; seating patients; filling in for RDAs in limited chair-side assisting of dentists as needed; providing oral hygiene, post-op or other instructions to patients as directed by dentist or RDA.
• Specific duties assigned by the supervisor, i.e., traps, ordering, amalgam waste, etc.
• Reviews treatment with patient and schedules follow up appointments as needed
• Keeps accurate count of instruments.
• Maintains equipment in good working condition and ensures rooms are properly stocked.
• Prepares all lab cases including specific model work and communicates to all labs and vendors accordingly.

Requirements
The RDA/DA at Alliance Medical Center has the following qualifications and skills:
• High school diploma required.
• Bilingual in written and spoken Spanish and English required.
• Familiarity with back-office procedures preferred.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to the needs of diverse, multicultural, and low-income populations, with a strong desire to serve these communities, required.
• Current CPR certification required.
• X-ray license preferred.

Why AMC?
• Competitive hourly pay, certification reimbursement while employed, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes PTO and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching.
• Positive work environment, supportive leadership team, and amazing coworkers!

Pay rates
• DA without X-ray license - starting at $24.93/hour
• DA with X-ray license - starting at $25.93/hour