Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Dental Assistant

Specialty: General Dentistry / Chairside Assisting

Primary Location: 1700 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

May Provide Assistance as Needed at :

• Santa Clara Health Center Dental, Española, NM
• Cochiti Health Clinic Dental, Cochiti, NM

Duration: can take 13 weeks or 6 months or 1 year contract

Shift Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

License / Certifications:

• Mandatory: DANB Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) from a CODA-accredited dental assisting program; current Basic Life Support (BLS).

Education:

• Graduate of a CODA-accredited dental assistant program.

Minimum Qualification / Experience:

• 24 months of dental assisting experience (or demonstrably equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities).
• Proficiency documenting in Dentrix (dental charting & clinical notes).
• Comfortable supporting restorative, oral surgery, endodontic, and periodontal procedures; taking intra/extra-oral digital radiographs ; sterilization/packaging ; inventory and supply management.
• Able to stand, walk, sit, and bend for extended periods; work effectively with multicultural patients and interpreters.

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive chairside assistance for all routine general dentistry procedures.
• Accurately record treatments in Dentrix (charting and clinical notes).
• Clean, package, and sterilize instruments ; ensure proper storage.
• Prepare patients and operatories; set up instruments for planned procedures.
• Operate dental x-ray equipment to obtain digital intra/extra-oral radiographs.
• Provide prophy/polish , topical fluoride, and place pit & fissure sealants as prescribed.
• Perform basic lab procedures (pour/trim models, fabricate occlusal guards).
• Take and record vital signs (e.g., blood pressure).
• Maintain supplies/equipment; inventory and requisition as needed.
• Deliver patient education on prevention and post-treatment care.
• Keep the clinic clean and operable; perform routine equipment maintenance .
• Adhere to infection control, radiation safety, OSHA/IHS protocols; utilize required PPE.
• Work safely in environments with potential exposure to aerosols, nitrous oxide residue, curing light emissions, etc.

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