Dental Assistant - DA

Darlington, WI

Requirements to Apply:

• Education: Dental Assistant Certificate from an accredited program


• Certifications: BLS from American Heart Association


• Years of experience: - New Grads Welcome! 1 year experience as a Dental Assistant preferred


• Preferred: Fluent Bilingual: English / Spanish

Schedule: Full Time - 36 Hours 

• Monday - Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-12:30pm

Pay Rate: $19 - $23 an hour (Depending on experience) 

• Up to an additional $1 an hour for Bilingual Spanish

Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, FSA, Life Insurance, PTO and more!

The Dental Assistant will assist the hygienists and dentists with clinical procedures and are responsible for a wide range of tasks in the dental clinic, including direct patient care, administrative duties, and laboratory functions consistent with professional standards and of the company's policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Assists dentists in providing direct patient care, including tending to patient comfort.


• Seats patient, reviews health history, and takes and records blood pressure. Reviews need for pre-medication. Ensures patient electronic dental record available for dentist’s review.


• Attend hygienist appointments based in the community as scheduled by the community based dental team.


• Complete all trainings as required by the Children’s Healthcare Alliance


• Assists dentists with dental procedures including examinations, restorations, endodontics, oral surgery, and fixed and removable prosthetics.


• Completes coronal polishing and flossing as part of a dental prophylaxis. Provides oral hygiene instructions. Applies topical fluoride.


• Exposes radiographs.


• Takes alginate impressions; pours and trims models


• Assures operatories are disinfected and instruments are sterilized according to current CDC and OSHA guidelines.


• Responsible for stocking and tracking dental supplies.


• Prepares operatories and sets up procedure trays, organizing and laying out instruments for dentist use.


• Provides post-operative instructions as directed.


• Works as part of a team to assure patients are treated professionally and efficiently.


• Maintains dental equipment and operatories following daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.


• Accurately collects, records, and reports data as needed for report and program monitoring.


• Maintains patient dental records and other information as required.

Why Us?

We are a FQHC providing medical, dental and behavioral health services to underprivileged communities lacking access to care (particularly for those using Medicaid, Medicare, no insurance or low income individuals).