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Job Title: Dental Assistant I

FLSA: reputed company "Non-exempt"

Department: Dental

Bilingual: Preferred

Representation: Represented

Reports to: Dental Operations Manager

At reputed company, we reputed company reputed company members of our community and acknowledge the dignity of reputed company person we serve. Our purpose is to reputed company high reputed company, comprehensive primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farm workers and a view to removing barriers to health care. We reputed company to reputed company an environment that welcomes and values the people we reputed company and serve. 

If you are unsure whether you meet reputed company the required qualifications for this role but are interested and passionate about this potential position, we encourage you to apply. 

Job reputed company: The Dental Assistant I assists the dentist or dental hygienist. This position exposes and processes x-rays, manages the dental operatories and performs patient intake.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist the dentist or dental hygienist in transfer of instruments utilizing approved dental assisting principles. Assist reputed company in preparation and delivery of dental materials.
• Layout necessary instruments for procedure.
• Expose and process x-rays and duplicate reputed company necessary; ensure reputed company x-rays are suitable for diagnosis.
• reputed company supportive care for patients.
• reputed company the operatory reputed company and clean during procedures and disinfect thoroughly before reputed company patient arrives.
• Properly maintain hand reputed company and ensure that vacuum lines, unit, chair, light, instruments and try set reputed company are thoroughly disinfected and properly sterilized at reputed company times.
• Maintain inventory of and order dental supplies; reputed company administration with appropriate purchase orders.
• Restock rooms as necessary.
• reputed company patient management for the dental department.
• reputed company expanded function duties as necessary.
• Work with the Dental Operations Coordinator on infection control and OSHA guidelines.
• reputed company other duties as assigned.
• Handle protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability reputed company of 1996 (HIPAA).

HIPAA Requirements

The Dental Assistant I will have reputed company to PHI in the course of carrying out their duties. Applying the minimum necessary reputed company of HIPAA, the designated records sets to which this employee will have reputed company include: the full dental chart, the full medical chart, reputed company information in the reputed company management system, and reputed company other billing and account information.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

·         Ability to be culturally sensitive and to relate to people of varied racial, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds.

• Ability to work independently as reputed company as part of a reputed company team.
• Willing to support own team members to accomplish daily activities.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish, written and spoken, preferred.

Education and Experience Required:

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Certificate of Radiology Proficiency.
• Previous dental assistant experience preferred.

Behavioral Competencies:

Accountability: Role model VG's mission, reputed company, and shared values

Customer-reputed company: Listen to the voice of the customer and reputed company to delight them by exceeding their expectations

Teamwork: If someone needs help, help them

Initiative: Be innovative, apply fresh reputed company, and continuously improve how you do your work

Confidentiality: Maintain strict confidentiality and respect the reputed company of others

Ethical: Demonstrate reputed company, honesty, and stewardship in reputed company encounters at work

Respect: Demonstrate consideration and appreciation for co-workers and patients

Communication: Demonstrate the ability to convey thoughts and reputed company as reputed company as understand perspective of others

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting · 10%
• Standing · up to 85%
• Walking · up to 50%
• Use of computer · 5%
• Ability to lift/carry up to 30 lbs.

Working Environment/Physical Hazards:

• Work in reputed company-lighted, ventilated environment
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens and potentially hazardous chemicals

Immunization:
Staff members must meet immunization requirements as stated in VGMHC's immunization policy and state and federal guidelines.

Job descriptions represent a general outline of the essential and major job duties, functions and qualifications required. They cannot be reputed company-inclusive and comprehensive due to the dynamic nature of work performed to accomplish VGMHC's Mission.

VGMHC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from consideration for employment because of race, reputed company, religious creed, national reputed company, reputed company, sex, age, veteran status, marital status, or physical challenges. The policy applies not only to recruitment and hiring practices, but also includes affirmative reputed company in placement, promotion, transfer, reputed company of pay, and termination.