Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. POSITION OPENING

Job Title: Certified Dental Assistant - Float

Reports To: HCM Dental Manager 

Job Location: Various

Status: Full Time 40 hours per week; includes some Saturdays

Job Purpose:   Assist Dental Supervisor and HCM Team in the performance of a broad range of administrative duties while also assisting Dentist and Dental Hygienist at chair side. 

Job Classification:       Non-Exempt

Essential Job Results include but are not limited to:

• Assist Dentist and Dental Hygienist at chair-side in the performance of dental procedures.
• Adhere to CCHCI corporate and clinical policy and procedures.
• Prepare, process, and mount intra-oral and panoramic radiographs.
• Responsible for entry to electronic Dental Records.
• Adherence to OSHA, blood borne pathogens, rule of infection control and maintenance of clinic equipment.
• Ability to comprehend and understand Dental terminology and tooth numbers to assure accuracy in the following:
• Telephone message taking
• Deciphering the correct billing amounts
• Understand direction given by a Dental practitioner
• Understand Dental deductible and maximum coverage by the patient’s insurance.
• Checking insurances, sliding Fee Scale or source of payment
• Keeps informed regarding advancements in dentistry and dental public demonstrations and attendance at Continuing Education courses.
• May include duties as MDU Driver on occasion 
• Perform all other duties and reporting as assigned.
• Position will float between Elfrida, Douglas and Willcox (MDU) as needed with the occasional coverage at Sierra Vista Dental. 

Qualification and Requirements

• Completion of an approved training program for Dental Assistants or any equivalent combination of education and experience; certification is highly desired.
• Experience as a Dental Assistant.
• X-Ray certification is required.
• Arizona Driver’s License
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) is preferred.

If you are interested in this position, please submit a resume or letter of interest to Human Resources at  cchci@cchci.org or fax: (520) 364-4261.