Job Description
Join our team at Naval Hospital Bremerton, providing vital dental care to military personnel in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. Open locations include Bremerton, Everett, and Bangor.
Position Highlights:
- Full-time Dental Assistant opportunity
- Monday-Friday - dayshift
- Excellent compensation
- Work alongside skilled healthcare professionals
- Serve those who serve our country
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
·Certificate.
Successful completion of one of the following:
- Certificate or Associate Degree as a dental assistant/technician from a program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA) and 12 months experience within the preceding 36 months.
- Certification from a military dental technician or dental assistant school and 12 months experience within the preceding 36 months.
- Certification from a Red Cross Dental Assistant course and 12 months experience within the preceding 36 months.
- 36 months experience within the preceding 60 months as a dental assistant in a private practice or a military clinic.
- Membership in good standing with the American Association of Dental Assistants with required continuing education and 12 months experience within the preceding 36 months.
- Graduation from a state accredited program for dental assistants or dental technology within the preceding 12 months.
- Certified in radiography
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in restorative, prosthodontic, oral surgery, endodontic, and periodontal procedures.
- Prepare equipment, sterilize tools, and manage surgical trays
- Operate dental X-ray equipment; perform intra- and extra-oral radiographs
- Maintain patient records and chart medical history
- Provide patient education and post-treatment care instructions
- Use Dentrix/MHS Genesis for scheduling and workload documentation
Job Tags
Full time, Private practice, Monday to Friday, Day shift,