Dental Assistant I, II, or III
Sea Mar Community Health Centers - Bellingham, WA
posted 15 days ago
About the position
Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position: On-call Dental Assistant position available for our Bellingham Dental Clinic. Candidate will assist the dental provider in the delivery of dental procedures allowed by the WA State Dental Practice Act. Other responsibilities are as follows: assist provider in Restorative, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Oral Surgery procedures, and any other procedures allowed by the WA Dental Practice Act.
Responsibilities
- Assist the dental provider in the delivery of dental procedures allowed by the WA State Dental Practice Act.
- Assist provider in Restorative, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Oral Surgery procedures.
- Maintain proper records for material safety data sheets (MSDS), spore test, and inventory of dental supplies.
- Assist in training new Dental Assistants.
- Organize schedules to generate check lists for maintenance of dental procedures.
Requirements
- Valid WA State license
- Basic life support (BLS) certification
- Organizational skills
- Dental record experience
- Familiarity with the utilization of computers
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to communicate, read and write in English
- Ability to interpret common written material about dentistry.
Nice-to-haves
- Bilingual in English/Spanish
- Previous ortho experience.
