Dental Assistant

Role:
Dental Assistant I

Job Location:

234 E 149th Street, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY 10451

Pay Range: $31/ Hr - $35/ Hr

• Assists in providing dental services including preparing patients for exam/treatment.
• Sterilizing instruments, maintaining equipment, mixing amalgams, cements, composites.
• Taking dental x-rays, maintaining records.
• Performing assigned lab procedures.

• 1 year experience.

• Valid certification to practice as a Dental Assistant issued by NYSED.

• A four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by a course of study consisting of at least 600 instructional hours at an approved school for Dental Assistants;
• A four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by a course of study consisting of at least 300 instructional hours at an approved school for Dental Assistants plus six months full-time satisfactory experience as a Dental Assistant performing all of the following duties: taking, developing, and mounting dental radiographs, assisting dentist at chairside, sterilizing dental instrument using autoclave;
  
  or
• A four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent plus one year of full-time satisfactory experience as a Dental Assistant performing the duties described in 2 above; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and experience which is equivalent to 1, 2, or 3 above. However, all candidates must have at least a four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent.
• Experience as a receptionist or clerk in a dentist's office is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.

• English - Read/ Write/ Speak

• Dental Assistant

• DENTAL ASSISTANT

Compensation: $31.00 - $35.00 per hour

Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) certified by the State of New Jersey and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified from National Minority Supplier Development Council.