Dental Assistant Job at Prairie Band, LLC, Santa Fe, NM

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  • Prairie Band, LLC
  • Santa Fe, NM

Job Description


Description:

Calling all experienced Dental Assistants! Are you ready for a rewarding adventure with a fantastic team? We're looking for full-time contract Dental Assistants to join us at the Santa Fe Health Clinic – Indian Health Service (IHS) in beautiful Santa Fe, NM. Say goodbye to weekends and holiday shifts—while enjoying the opportunity to visit our other clinics in Cochiti & Santa Clara, competitive pay, and a long-term contract of up to one year. Plus, we've got you covered with great benefits, paid holidays, and sick time! If you're passionate about patient care, love working with a dedicated team, and want to make a real difference in the community, we want to hear from you. Apply today and let's create brighter smiles together!

  • · Full-time flexible Contract, Up to 1 year with Extension Options
  • · Clinic hours Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • · 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week
  • · Closed on weekends and all Federal Holidays.
  • · Uniform Allowance
  • · Experienced dental staff
  • · Adult and Pediatric
  • · Local candidates are encouraged to apply

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Job Duties:

The dental assistant will perform dental duties to focus on providing dental support to providers in the dental clinic. Assist patients and clinic staff in the dental department. Supports a culture that fully embraces internal, external and organizational customer service. The dental assistant restores teeth after preparation has been accomplished. This includes selection, contouring and placement of matrices, placement of bases and liners and packing, carving and polishing routine and complex alloy restorations, which include pin retention and cusp build-ups.

  • · Place and finish routine and complex composite restorations, which include multiple surfaces and angle replacement
  • · Place and contour temporary restorations
  • · Fabricate and place temporary crowns and bridges
  • · Retract gingivae from teeth with retraction cord in preparation for final crown and bridge impressions.
  • · Provide assistance and fully anticipates the dentist's need for various instruments, materials, and service. Typical duties include:
  • · Applies endodontic medicaments to teeth as prescribed by the dentist.
  • · Applies desensitizing and removes sutures, and takes preliminary impressions for study models.
  • · Correctly exposes, processes, and mounts intra and extra-oral radiographs.
  • · Perform dental laboratory procedures such as pouring and trimming models, fabricating custom trays and bite rims, mounts casts on articular, and pours final impressions.
  • · Provide a variety of general support work in support of dentists and the Dental Department
  • · Clean, sharpen, package, and sterilize all dental instruments and ensures proper storage
  • · Perform oral prophylaxis and applies topical fluoride treatments.
  • · Operate ultrasonic scaler (cavitron) and uses hand instruments to remove visible calculus.
  • · Train and guide lower-graded dental assistants.
  • · Apply pit and fissure sealants.
  • · Relay post-treatment instructions to patients and motivates and instructs them in proper home care and disease prevention techniques.
  • · Order necessary dental supplies and properly stocks the clinic at all times.
  • · Responsible for day to day maintenance of clinic areas, to include minor equipment adjustments and cleanliness of clinic areas.
  • · Take and record patient blood pressure.
  • · May be rotating to the Two (2) Outlying Satellite Clinics as needed,
  • · No on-call, no weekends, no overtime and no federal holidays

Additional Duties:

Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.

Indian Preference Exercised:

Prairie Band, LLC is subject to Title 22: Employment Code of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position is designated as a TIER 2 position. Preference will be given to individuals to the extent required pursuant to Section 22-2-4(B).

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Requirements:

What we need from you:

  • · Must be a graduate from Dental Assistant school/program
  • · 2 years of experience as a Dental Assistant preferred
  • · CDA Certified Dental Assistant RDA, or Registered Dental Assistant preferred
  • · To perform expanded functions under the supervision of a licensed dentist, a dental assistant
  • · Active AHA BLS or willing to obtain prior to start
  • · Must be willing and able to pass Federal Security Clearance
  • · Ability to work full time
  • · Immunization Records will be required if hired

Apply today to speak to a member of our recruiting team!

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Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Local area, Flexible hours, Shift work, Monday to Friday,

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