Dental Assistant Lead

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**Practicing at GraceMed**

If you are a healthcare professional, we appreciate your interest in

practicing in a community health setting at **GraceMed**. This is a

clinical environment where you can be a part of a diverse team of

professionals who come together to address the whole health of the

patient. Youll make a difference you can see every day as you care for

patients who are often high-risk because of their underserved status.

Youll be fully supported by a staff and organization set up to let you

focus on delivering care. And youll be part of a team that has

distinguished itself for its quality of care and outcomes.

• Reporting Relationship:** Reports to the Dental Manager\
• Supervision Responsibilities:** No
• Essential Role:** Provides dental assistance to complement the

dentists role of delivering primary dental care services at GraceMed

Health Clinic, Inc.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares the patient for treatment, obtains dental records and

provides instruments and materials needed during treatment

procedures.

• Obtains and/or reviews patient and family history in dental record.
• Chaperones and assists dentists during exams and procedures.
• Returns or receives patient phone calls during office hours;

performs triage of patients by phone or in office, assesses dental

needs of patient and coordinates appropriate care or interventions

and refers to licensed staff or providers as indicated.

• Maintains and stocks exam rooms.
• Cleans and sterilizes equipment and instruments.
• Provides post-treatment and oral health care instruction as

requested.

• Takes impressions for study casts, exposes radiographs, and

processes dental x-ray film as directed by the dentist.

• Maintains clinical equipment and supplies.
• Performs direct patient care within the limits of his/her training

and capabilities when the dentist is unavailable.

• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to

his/her job functions.

• Provide coverage where and when needed in the absence of staff.
• Adjust schedules for other staff in the absence of supervisor.
• Assist supervisor in training of staff as needed.
• Assist supervisor with orientation of new staff and students as

needed.

• Maintain inventory by routinely checking supplies and placing orders

as directed by the supervisors.

Working Conditions Dental office environment. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods

of time. Bending, stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs.) may be required.

Interaction with physicians, patients and other office personnel. May

involve contact with angry, upset or ill persons. May involve potential

exposure to blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances. Must

have visual acuity and manual dexterity to interface with computer. Must

have auditory acuity to handle phone calls.

• The above statement statements are intended to describe the general

nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be

construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and

skills required of personnel so classified.*

• This job description has been examined for compliance with the

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act

(FLSA) (May 1995).*

• Confidentiality:** As an employee of GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc.,

you are bound by principles of dental ethics. You have both a legal and

moral obligation to protect the privacy of our patients. In the course

of your work, you will have access to confidential information regarding

patients, and/or the practices' confidential business. It is essential

that you refrain from any discussions regarding personal inf rmation

about a patient, a patient's condition, a patient's finances,

proprietary company information, and/or the practices' confidential

business with any third person. This includes, but is not limited to,

other employees, your spouse, family or friends. CONFIDENTIALITY IS SO

IMPORTANT THAT ANY BREACH OF THIS POLICY WILL BE CONSIDERED GROUNDS FOR

TERMINATION. Review and signature of the Agreement is a condition of

employment.*

• GraceMed Health Clinic** is an equal opportunity organization and

shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed),

gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability,

marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or for any other

discriminatory reason prohibited by applicable law.*