Dental Assistant - Sandpoint Clinic

About the job

Kaniksu Community Health is hiring a full-time dental assistant for its Sandpoint clinic. This is an entry-level role with training offered: the assistant prepares instruments and materials, supports patients through dental procedures and keeps rooms stocked, working under the Director of Dental as part of the clinic's Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team.

Kaniksu Community Health is a non-profit community health center in north Idaho offering medical, dental and behavioral health care for all ages, and it works with patients regardless of how they can pay.

What you'll do

• Prepare and maintain dental instruments, supplies and equipment, and mix materials such as cements, amalgam, composite and impression materials
• Take and record current patient health histories
• Support patients during procedures, pass instruments and use isolation techniques
• Chart dental findings
• Help prevent and handle medical emergencies in the dental chair
• Order supplies and keep every room stocked
• Review charts the day before appointments for paperwork that needs updating and for the next day's treatment

What you need

• High school diploma or GED, or an equivalent mix of education and experience
• Strong spoken and written communication
• Good time management and critical thinking
• Ability to keep patient and company information confidential
• Tact and professionalism with patients, the public and co-workers
• Travel to the Bonners Ferry clinic once a week

Preferred

• Past experience as a dental assistant
• Completion of a state dental certification course
• Ability to place dental sealants and make temporary crowns (training is offered)

Schedule

• Full-time, 40 hours a week
• Four 10-hour shifts a week
• One day a week at the Bonners Ferry clinic

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• A 401K with a 4% employer match
• Education assistance and guided career pathways
• In-house medical, dental and behavioral health services
• Affordable on-site childcare run by KCH all year