Dental Assistant

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As a Full-time Dental Assistant
, you’ll provide care to client employees and their dependents in our Health Center located in Sunnyvale, CA
. Work schedule of 40 hours/week may vary within hours of 8:00am-6:30pm, Monday-Friday. Join us and be a part of our growth!

• Provide chair side assistance to dental providers in the performance of dental procedures, to include operative, preventive, periodontal, endodontic, prosthetic, and all other dental procedures as needed.
• Prepare, sterilize, organize, and set‑up dental equipment to ensure that all dental sterilization guidelines are followed according to dental guidelines.
• Monitor and maintain dental inventory, supplies and equipment (i.e. compressor, evacuator system, sterilizers, and light curing units etc.) in accordance with manufacture guidelines.
• Take dental radiographs in accordance with provider orders; assist in the monitoring and maintenance of radiation safety procedures and protocols.
• Help develop and participate in all performance improvement activity relating to dental practice, and ensure the dental component complies with all regulatory requirements and standards.
• Provide excellent internal/external customer service via telephone, fax or face‑to‑face contact to assist patients with their health care needs.
• Provide patient management during dental procedures to include: instrument transfer, isolation, oral evacuation, retraction, and preparation of dental instruments and materials to include mixing filling and impression materials, charting examination and treatment results in patients’ dental records.
• Maintain daily logs on daily maintenance procedures.
• Maintain dental laboratory slips creating dental records of incoming and outgoing dental cases.
• Maintain proper maintenance of dental charts and dental forms.
• Provide patients with written and oral post‑operative instructions for dental procedures.
• Teach patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health; i.e. tooth brushing, flossing, and nutritional counseling.
• Take accurate patient history and vital signs.

• Documentation of state/national license/registration (i.e. Dental Assisting National Board – Certified Dental Assistant - DANB CDA) to include copy of actual license, verification of license, or email including license number as applicable.
• Copy of Radiation Safety/X‑ray Certificate or equivalent if not DANB CDA as required by state dental board.
• CPR (BLS for community/lay responder or Healthcare Provider/Professional Rescuer – the copy must include the front and back of card. Certification must include “hands on” evaluation of skills by the trainer/instructor. Course must meet AHA standards but need not be an AHA certificate.)
• Must be a graduate from an accredited Dental Assistant Program or have a minimum of 2 years of experience.
• Previous experience with digital imaging preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with Electronic Medical Records (Eaglesoft, Dentrix, Nextgen).

Work‑life balance is at the foundation of how decisions are made and where Premise is headed. We can only help people get, stay, and be well if we do the same for ourselves. In addition to competitive pay, Premise offers full‑time team members benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, a 401(k) program with company match, paid holidays and vacation time, a company‑sponsored wellness program, EAP, access to virtual primary care and virtual behavioral health at no cost for team members and their dependents.

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Premise is an equal‑opportunity employer; we value inclusion and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Premise provides its reasonable and genuinely expected range of compensation for this job of $28.27 – $35.34 per hour. A number of factors will influence the rate offered for this position, including your experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors.

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