Expanded Duty Dental Assistant

Open Door Health Services is seeking a full-time Expanded Duty Dental Assistant for our Dental Clinic at our 333 S. Madison St. clinic. This position reports to the Practice Manager and is classified as Non-Exempt | Full Time.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Places and completes restoration specified by the dentist.
• Assists in the delivery of dental care and patient care management.
• Obtains preliminary dental history and prepares patients for dentist's complete examination.
• Assists dentist hygienist with minor diagnostic procedures and treatments as directed.
• Takes radiographs upon proof of certification.
• Sterilizes instruments as assigned.
• Taking and pouring models, trimming.

Successful candidates will:

• Demonstrate a commitment to ethical, inclusive, and patient-centered care
• Exhibit Open Door values: Esteeming the Team, Maximizing Potential, Doing the Right Thing, Choosing Compassion, and Encouraging Uniqueness
• Be able to react calmly in emergency situations
• Be able to read, understand, and follow detailed written and oral communication
• Be able to learn to use and update electronic health records and other online systems

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED equivalence.
• Graduation from an accredited Expanded Duty Dental Assisting Program.
• Two years of work experience, preferably in a fast-paced, high volume, comprehensive care setting.
• Certification as an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant preferred.
• Prefer current x-ray certification.

About Open Door:

For more than 50 years, Open Door Health Services has provided friendly, expert, patient-centered care for East Central Indiana residents, with or without insurance. Services are offered at multiple locations in Muncie and Anderson, Indiana. We are strongly guided by our mission, vision, and values in all we do.

Mission: Our mission is to improve the quality of life of others. We strive to create a better life and future for others, and ourselves, by enhancing the communities where we live, work, and play.

Vision: Open Door Health Services is the preferred partner in East Central Indiana for improving the well-being of individuals and the communities in which they live.

Values: Esteem the Team Maximize Potential Do the Right Thing Choose Compassion Encourage Uniqueness

Open Door offers:

• An excellent benefit package covering your medical, dental, and vision needs
• Competitive pay
• Supportive team environment
• PTO and vacation time
• Opportunities for learning and career growth

Physical and Environmental Requirements:

• Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to clinic environment.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range or use of approved adaptive equipment.
• Requires standing, walking or sitting for long periods of time. Occasional bending, stretching or lifting up to 40 pounds.
• Requires the ability to work under stressful situations.