It is the mission
of the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority to provide quality healthcare and promote wellness in a culturally appropriate manner.
We offer an outstanding workplace, competitive market based salary, and benefits packages including :
- Monday Friday schedule
- Medical / Dental / Vision benefits monthly premiums paid 100% for employees
- 18+ annual paid holidays
- Generous paid sick and vacation accruals
- 401(k) with annual profit sharing
- Life & AD&D insurance coverage
- PTHA is an approved loan repayment site for various programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Excellent work / home life balance
GENERAL FUNCTION : Provide chair side assistance to dental practitioners using four-handed practices. Provide direct patient care and administrative support to the dental department as necessary.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :
- Provide accurate and efficient chair side assistance to dental providers and hygienists using established four-handed practices.
- Effectively demonstrates knowledge of dental restorative, endodontic and oral surgery practices and procedures and application techniques for crowns and bridges.
- Accurately performs child and adult prophys, direct patient preventative procedures, OHI, fluorides, sealant application, and rubber dam placement.
- Able to identify, use and arrange, all dental instruments and prepares procedure tray setups in a timely manner, as needed by dental provider.
- Assist in the completion of patient dental records by accurately processing digital radiographs / x-rays and following established protocols for patient exposure.
- Perform triage duties for emergency care situations.
- Perform orthodontic and / or pediatric assistant work as needed.
Requirements
- Three (3) years’ general dental assistant job experience, including one (1) year experience in pediatric assisting and / or one (1) year experience orthodontic assisting.
- Must obtain Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification within one (1) year of hire.
- Experience with electronic health record systems.
Salary Description $25.75 - $36.00 per hour
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