Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Consistently demonstrate knowledge and skill related to the following expanded function duties

• Placing and removing rubber dams, matrices, and wedges

• Placing cavity liners and bases

• Fabricating and cementing provisional restorations for crowns and bridges

• Placing, condensing, carving, and contouring amalgam restorations

• Placing and finishing composite restorations

• Placing sealants and applying fluoride

• Performing coronal polishing

• Taking impressions of teeth for study models, diagnostic casts or athletic appliances

• Removing sutures and providing post-surgical patient management

• Adjusting removable appliances and provisional restorations

• Discussing treatment plans with patients

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies

Dental Assistant Duties:

• Prepare treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols

• Prepare patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping patient and documenting check-in updates in electronic dental record

• Document dental care services by charting in patient electronic records

• Provide information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests

• Provide materials by selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments for dentist's access

• Provide instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area; positioning instruments for dentist's access; suctioning; passing instruments using four handed technique

• Provide diagnostic information by exposing digital radiographic studies; pouring and trimming study casts

• Clean and polish removable appliances; fabricate and polish temporary restorations

• Conserve dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed

• Manage patient flow and triage walk ins

• Ensure operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; requesting and following up with repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; learning new equipment and techniques; recording maintenance in logs

• Ensure all lab and clinic supplies are ordered in a timely manner; maintain dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipate needed supplies; place and expedite orders for supplies; verify receipt of supplies

• Document receipt of dental supplies, dental lab work, repairs, and additional services

• Educate patients by giving post-operative instructions

• Communicate with Receptionist time /date /procedure of next appointment by documenting next visit information in electronic dental record

• Maintain dental lab work area, keep cases in alphabetical order, and track turnaround times for lab cases; Communicate with lab when a case is overdue; Communicate with receptionist when patient cases are not delivered in a timely manner

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job. Management may, at its sole discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current EFDA License for the state of Pennsylvania or Graduation from a Dental Assisting program

• Current Radiology certificate

• Current CPR (BLS) certification

• Demonstrate the ability to skillfully manage a team

• Demonstrate the ability to understand the overall purpose of clinical care and importance of support staff

• Demonstrate judgment, patience, integrity, organization, and prioritization in multi-task environment

• Attention to detail, dependability, listening and communication skills, and flexibility

• Demonstrate cultural competency and take a trauma-informed and harm-reduction approach to health care

• Competency in the use of Electronic Health Records and proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and the internet

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Dental Assistant or EFDA

• Management experience in a clinical environment

• Experience with Next Gen a plus

Physical requirements:

• Ability to work for long periods of time standing, sitting, bending

• Occasional lifting of 40-50lbs and pushing of 5-20lbs

• A medium to high level of manual dexterity

Benefits

Project HOME offers a competitive compensation package which includes health, prescription, dental, and vision coverage at minimum cost to our employees, company funded life and disability insurances, paid parental leave, spending accounts, and 401K plan with 100% matching contributions up to 5% of compensation. Additionally, we offer generous PTO accruals which includes paid sabbatical leave.

At Project HOME we are committed to equal employment opportunity and advancement regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or gender expression or Veteran status. All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a drug screen and background checks.