- Permanent Dental Receptionist / Front Desk Job
- Murray, KY
Job Description
Advertisement Closes:12/20/2024 12:00 AM
Pay Grade:Non-Merit Grade
Salary:$7.25 - $50.00 Hourly
Time Type:Full time
Health Department:Purchase District Health Department
Summary:
If you have any questions or would like any more information about this job posting please contact Kaitlyn Krolikowski at kkrolikowski@purchasehealth.org.
Description:
DENTAL ASSISTANT for Mobile Dental Program
Job Type: Full-time-37.5-hour work week
60 Contracted (unpaid) days per year, based on school schedule
Contract days include: Reduced to half-time schedule in the Summer (one week on one week off for pay [period total of 37.5hours), Thanksgiving week, two weeks at Christmas, Spring Break, Fall Break, revolve around the monthly school closings or holidays.
$16-18 per hour based on experience
Benefits:
Health Insurance/Dental Insurance/Vision Insurance
Retirement
HSA/Flexible Spending account
Paid time off (Vacation, Sick and paid holidays)
PPE provided
Job Description:
The Floss and Gloss Dental Program is an in school dental program offered to children and adolescents, enrolled in grades K-12. The Floss and Gloss program provides preventative dental care to students as well as referrals for follow up treatment.
Being a dental program assistant means youââ¬â¢ll be surrounded by a high energy team focused on a high level of care provided to children as well as providing educational materials to children regarding their oral health. Our team is hard-working, motivated and extremely passionate about providing services to children who may not have access to dental care.
Primary duties:
Our program is seeking a hard-working, motivated individual who can multi-task and has excellent communication skills.
Due to the program being mobile, hours are set based on the individual school day and travel times. Scheduling flexibility is a must as the hours can range between 6am to 5pm but will not exceed 37.5 per week. The Summer schedule offers the most flexibility in hours. The program operates during school hours. Example: School starts at 7:00 am then clinic starts at 7:00 am. This means that staff sets up the clinic and travels to the clinic prior to 7:00 am. During the 120 clinic days, you will need to be available to work from clinic start time to finish time. 70% of the time, work will start before 7:30 am. Work only extends past 4:30 pm a few times a year. This would include travel for conferences and back-to-school-type events.
Primary duties include:
Check-in students/verifying identity
Dental Charting
Assisting with Teledentistry including intraoral photographs and videos
Dispense proper take-home goods and resources to patient
Data Entry
Set up, break down, and sanitization of hygiene stations
Instrument processing and sterilization
Other duties include:
Assembling toothbrush kits
Making tray set-up
Laundering PPE
Sterilization monitoring
Based on experience, other duties may apply.
Requirements:
Willingness to regularly travel within a 1.25-hour radius. Transportation from the office (Paducah, KY) and back is provided. Travel time is included as hours worked.
Must be able to work with children of all ages
Must be able to lift boxes of materials and equipment weighing up to 50 lbs
Assist in loading, unloading, set up, and removal of mobile dental clinic
Excellent communication and people skills
Basic computer skills
Education:
High School Diploma or GED
Completion of a Dental Assisting Program or previous dental experience required
An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D
