Princess Dental Staffing
Expanded Functions Dental Assistant - KLAMATH HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC - Klamath Falls, OR
- Permanent Dentist Job
- Klamath Falls, OR
Job Description
Join Our Team as an Expanded Functions Dental Assistant at Klamath Health Partnership!
Are you a compassionate and detail-oriented professional with a passion for patient care? Klamath Health Partnership is excited to invite a dedicated Expanded Functions Dental Assistant to join our dynamic and supportive dental team. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are eager to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you!
About Us: Klamath Health Partnership, Inc. (KHP), is a Federally Qualified Health Center whose mission is to provide accessible, quality-driven, responsive, patient-centered health services to the community, with an emphasis on those who need us most. Staffed by a comprehensive team of over 50 health professionals and over 100 support personnel, KHP is the second-largest healthcare provider in the Klamath Basin.
The Expanded Functions Dental Assistant (EFDA) is responsible for a variety of technical duties while assisting the dentist in the examination and treatment of patients. Working chair-side, the Expanded Functions Dental Assistant hands instruments and materials to the dentist and dries the patient's mouth with suction equipment during treatments. The Expanded Functions Dental Assistant performs related duties involved in the care and maintenance of dental instruments, equipment, and supplies. The Expanded Functions Dental Assistant may also mix filling compounds, take impressions of teeth, and provide patients with postoperative instructions.
Key Responsibilities
Assist dentist in providing care for patients, treating them with dignity and respect.
Take vital signs and review patient health history, updating, as necessary.
Provide initial evaluation of emergency patients and fill out med consults.
Fill out referral forms, do procedural notes, complete lab work as needed.
Always ensure the safety of patients.
Lay out necessary instruments for procedures.
Assist dentist or dental hygienist in transfer of instruments, utilizing approved dental assisting practices.
Assist in preparation and delivery of dental materials.
Take dictation from dentist.
Fill out various chart forms/consents and treatment plans; review forms and treatment plans with patients as needed.
Keep current on infection control procedures and disinfect thoroughly before each patient arrives.
Keep hand pieces properly maintained.
Ensure the vacuum lines, unit, chair, light, instruments, and tray set-ups are always thoroughly disinfected and properly sterilized.
Expose and process x-rays and retake them when necessary.
Perform other duties as assigned such as cleaning/organizing the clinic.
Fabricate temporary crowns/bridges, and temporarily cement the temporary crown.
Preliminary fit crowns for final cementation or to adjust occlusion outside of the mouth.
Remove excess supragingival cement from crowns, bridges, bands or brackets with hand instruments providing that the patient is checked by the dentist after the procedure is performed.
Remove temporary crowns and clean teeth for final cementation.
Place temporary fillings.
Place/remove matrix retainers for alloy and composite restorations.
Polish amalgam/composite surfaces with slow speed handpiece.
Perform all aspects of teeth whitening.
Apply temporary soft relines for full dentures.
Perform child prophylaxis on children 12 and under.
Apply topical fluoride.
Place pit and fissure sealants. (Additional certification required.)
Desired Skills:
1 Year experience as an EFDA.
Expanded Functions Dental Assistant Certification required.
Dental Radiology and CPR/First Aid certification required.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Possess the tact necessary to deal effectively with patients, dentists, and employees.
Possess knowledge of modern office equipment, systems, and procedures.
Bi-lingual: Spanish-speaking preferred.
Accommodations:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, talk, bend, lift, carry, write, and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
