Dental Assistant - Arlington

ABOUT AXESSPOINTE AxessPointe Community Health Centers provides affordable, high-quality health care to families and individuals in Summit and Portage counties.
We offer a full range of services including medical, dental, women’s health, behavioral health and a reduced-rate pharmacy.
WHY WE EXIST AND OUR DIRECTION: Our Mission: To provide a quality, affordable and compassionate health home for – every patient, every time – in all communities.
Our Vision: To be recognized as a leader in the delivery of high quality, integrated family-oriented healthcare and as a model program for community-based primary care.
OUR VALUES AND CORE COMPETENCIES: Mission First: We believe in always working hard to help each and every patient—to be a place where all are welcomed—to help them and their communities flourish through our efforts together.
Supporting competencies: We live this value through (a) respectful, compassionate service and (b) results orientation.
Operational Excellence: We believe in doing a job well done, always seeking ways to do what we do better, and embracing challenges through an open-minded, informed approach.
Supporting competencies: We live this value through (a) functional knowledge and skill, (b) continual improvement, and (c) decision making and creative problem solving.
Bring Your Best: We believe that we owe it to our patients, to our coworkers, and to ourselves to approach every day as an opportunity to excel together, creating an organization that makes our communities healthier despite the challenges that arise.
Supporting competencies: We live this value through (a) integrity, (b) team mentality, and (c) agility and resilience.
DENTAL ASSISTANT SUMMARY: Responsible for supporting the quality delivery of dental care by preparing and organizing instruments, patient, operatory and dental materials.
The assistant is also responsible for following the guidelines of OSHA and the Ohio Dental Practice Act.
SUPERVISOR: Dental Office Manager DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1.
Work as a team player with a positive attitude.
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Be fully trained to assist the Doctor on all dental procedures.
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Seat patients in the chair as soon as possible.
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Educate patients on all procedures to be done.
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Reinforce oral hygiene instructions.
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Stock operatories and help other assistants keep rooms stocked.
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Chart thoroughly all procedures done and document thoroughly what was said to the patient on electronic records.
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Turn all equipment on at beginning of each day, and off when day is done.
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Maintain OSHA Standards.
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Keep work areas neat and organized.
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Autoclave cleaning and monitoring sterilization spore testing.
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Cleaning of water lines and testing of lines.
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Cleaning traps in operatories.
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Draining and performing maintenance on compressor and vacuum.
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Calling patients to schedule and confirm appointments.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 1.
Completion of Dental Assistant Program or equivalent experience.
LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED: 1.
Have X-ray certification in Ohio and able to perform digital radiography 2.
Must be CPR certified.
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Valid, Unrestricted Drivers License COMPLIANCE: This position requires compliance with AxessPointe Community Health Center, Inc.
(API)'s written standards, including its Compliance Program and Standards of Conduct and policies and procedures.
Such compliance will be an element considered as part of the regular performance evaluation.
Failure to comply with API's Written Standards, which may include the failure to report any conduct or event that potentially violates legal or compliance requirements or API's Written Standards or, for managers and supervisors, fails to detect non-compliant conduct where reasonable efforts would have resulted in detection, will be met by the enforcement of disciplinary action, up to and including possible termination, in accordance with API's Compliance Program Policy and Procedure: Addressing Instances of Non-Compliance through Appropriate Disciplinary Actions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 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 sit, and use hands to finger handle or feel; to talk; or hear.
The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
The employee must be able to frequently lift up to 25 pounds.
The employee may occasionally be required to lift 25 to 50 pounds; however, this is not essential; duties may be shifted to accommodate lifting restrictions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 frequently required to use close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less).
The employee will occasionally be working near moving mechanical parts, be exposed to outdoor weather conditions and exposed to a risk of electrical shock while running the copier, printer, other standard equipment and answering the telephone.
The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate.
Stress level can be high at times.