（Part-time） Dental assistant job at Lahai Health

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Dental Assistant’s primary responsibilities revolve around providing quality dental care through a smoothly operating dental clinic. As such, the Dental Assistant will:
• Assist the dentists with patient care.
• Maintain an organized and clean back-office space (operatories, lab, sterilization).
• Establish and maintain excellent relationships and communications with patients and volunteers.
• Ensure the safe use of Lahai Health’s equipment/facilities and maintain OSHA and WISHA safety standards.
• Evaluate adequacy of and inventory dental supplies, instruments, and equipment.
• Order or otherwise procure needed supplies.
• Assist with front desk duties such as checking patients in and out as needed.
• Pray with patients and volunteers upon request and as appropriate.
• Assist in administrative duties, as needed, including coordinating volunteer scheduling, data collection, reporting, patient scheduling, etc.
• Attend all Lahai Health meetings and training sessions, as required.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
• Agreement and support of Lahai Health’s Statement of Faith.
• Education: Must be a registered dental assistant.
• Experience: 2 years of experience as a dental assistant preferred. Experience with Patterson Fuse preferred. Experience within a community healthcare setting preferred.
• Proficiencies: Highly organized with strong attention to detail and good judgment in establishing priorities and problem solving. Proficiency with Microsoft Office. Spanish language skills strongly preferred.
• Abilities: A team player who works well with staff, volunteers, and patients. An individual with a work history of completing tasks in a timely manner, while displaying an ability to be creative and proactive. Must maintain up-to-date immunizations and CPR/First Aid training.

Lahai provides comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to all exempt, and non-exempt employees working more than 30 hours per week. Lahai offers a voluntary 401K retirement plan to all full/part-time employees who are 21 years of age and older who are eligible to participate. PTO is accrued at a rate of .057 per hour for employees working over 20 hours per week and .025 for employees working less than 20 hours per week. Lahai recognizes 11 paid holidays and holiday pay is pro-rated based on the numbers of hours you are regularly scheduled to work.

We are currently looking for a candidate to fill a Tuesday (8am-4:30pm), Wednesday (9am-6pm), and Friday(8am-4:30pm) shift schedule.

Experience: Previous experience is preferred, but we are willing to train new graduates who are eager to learn.

Certifications: Must have all state-required certifications for Dental Assisting (X-ray tech, etc.).

Skills: Strong communication skills, reliability, and a focus on detail.