Registered Dental Assistant (Hanshaw Dental)
Golden Valley Health Centers
About the Practice
Job Description
This position will work out of the Hanshaw Dental Clinic.
Schedule is Monday- Friday, working from 7:45am - 4:30pm
Compensation: $23.57 - $24.75 an hour
Golden Valley Health Centers offers excellent benefits including Medical: (0 Deductible / $2,000 Individual; $4,000 Family Out-of-Pocket Max), excellent PPO coverages; Dental; Vision; 403(b) with match, FSA plans, gym discounts, and so much more!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Demonstrates effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Prepare tray set-up, sterile instruments.
Pass and receive instruments.
Mix cements, amalgam and impression materials.
Oral evacuation and retraction.
Seat, prepare, and dismiss patients.
Receive and place telephone calls.
Appointment control.
Inventory control.
Routine maintenance of equipment.
Operatory preparation and clean-up.
Oral hygiene instructions.
Records management.
Take blood pressure; take oral temperature.
Develop and mount x-ray.
Pour and trim diagnostic casts.
Fabricate custom trays.
Coronal polishing with State Board approved course.
Temporary cementation and removal of temporary crowns.
Size crowns and bands.
Remove cement supra-gingivally.
Place bases and liners on sound dentin.
Test pulp vitality.
Dry canals with absorbent points.
Mouth mirror inspection of oral cavity.
Place, wedge, and remove matrix.
Topical application of fluoride.
Remove sutures.
Other duties as required.
Min. Qualifications:
KNOWLEDGE: Dental office procedures and terminology. SKILLS: Current California Registered Dental Assistant Licensure. X-Ray Licensure. ABILITY TO: Perform dental offices procedures as assigned.
Physical Demands:
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and push up to 100 pounds (on wheels). Must be able to hear staff on the phone and those who are served in-person, and speak clearly in order to communicate information to clients and staff. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Must have high manual texterity. Must be able to reach above the shoulder level to work, must be able to bend, squat and sit, stand, stoop, crouching, reaching, kneeling, twisting/turning, fingering and feeling.
Work Environment:
The noise level in the work environment is usually average.
Education/Experience Requirements:
Current California Registered Dental Assistant Licensure.
X-Ray License.
CPR/BLS Card Certified by American Heart Association
Dental office procedures and terminology.
GED or High school graduate.
Clerical and computer skills.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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About Golden Valley Health Centers
The people in California’s Central Valley are as diverse as the crops we grow and the food we produce for the nation. Golden Valley Health Centers cares for people from all walks of life. As a Federally Qualified community-based healthcare organization—an FQHC—we follow regulations pertaining to the type and quality of health services provided to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay. GVHC health centers serve all races, ages, and walks of life. Our staff and providers are as diverse as the patients we serve—many are bilingual and residents of the community. We offer a sliding fee scale for the uninsured and lower income patients to enable patients of all income levels to access services. Golden Valley Health Centers is funded by federal monies, grants specifically for care of low income and homeless patients, reimbursement for care and donations. With an operating budget of over $72 million, we have 46 health centers in Merced and Stanislaus Counties, including four school-based health centers, two freestanding women’s health centers, 12 dental operators, and two homeless health care programs.