Dental Assistant

Akicita Federal is hiring two Dental Assistants to deliver chairside and preventive dental care at the White Earth Health Center in Ogema, MN and its satellite clinics in Naytahwaush and Pine Point, serving American Indian and Alaska Native patients of all ages.

• Provide chairside assistance including suctioning, retracting, irrigating, passing instruments, and nitrous oxide administration

• Set up and break down operatories; disinfect equipment, supplies, and patient care areas; pre-clean reusable instruments before sterilization

• Perform dental prevention services including sealants, silver ion antimicrobial treatments, and fluoride varnishes

• Perform dental prophylaxes and gross debridement

• Take oral radiographs following department standard operating procedures

• Triage dental patients with dental concerns prior to the dental exam

• Take vital signs, weights, and blood glucose readings and document in the electronic dental record

• Chart conditions, diagnoses, health histories, treatment plans, and procedures in the electronic dental chart; place temporary fillings when directed by a dentist; assist in the operating room as part of routine duties

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM; full-time, 2,080 hours per year; federal holidays off; overtime is not authorized.