Have you had a positive impact on someone’s life today? Do you enjoy bringing smiles to children and their families? At Smiles for Kids, a member of CHOICE Healthcare Services, our mission is to provide everyone access to the healthcare they need. CHOICE is the largest provider of pediatric dental care in the Southwest United States, and we pride ourselves on delivering high quality care to children in our communities.

What we provide to you as a CHOICE teammate:

· Care for your wellbeing and work-life balance

· Career development

· Professional and personal growth

· Experienced leadership support

· Fun and supportive team dynamic with events and celebrations

· Excellent compensation and comprehensive benefit package

Summary: The Dental Assistant supports dental care delivery by preparing treatment rooms, patients, instruments, and materials; passing instruments and materials; performing procedures in compliance with the Dental Practice Act.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assists the doctor in procedures
• Takes x-rays
• Takes IO's
• Assist in Prophylaxis cleaning of teeth
• Instructs patients on oral hygiene
• Charts cavities and teeth with doctor
• Sterilizes instruments
• Sets up/breakdown and prepares rooms for treatment/hygiene
• Charting of patient's treatment and treatment plan with doctor

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Expectations of Performance: The employee in this role shall be considered to be performing in an acceptable manner when carrying out the CHOICE Values:

· Compassion

· Hard work

· Openness

· Integrity

· Continuous Improvement

· Engagement

Education and/or Experience: Certification from a dental college; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferred.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of basic office equipment such as: computer, internet, email, copy and fax machines, and telephone.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: X-Ray certification, BLS/CPR certification, and 8-hour Infection Control certification required. Oral surgery experience needed and IV certification is a plus.

Physical and Emotional Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Pediatrics

Schedule:

• Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Albuquerque, NM 87114: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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