Job Description:

Certified Dental Assistant is needed for full time position at FDC SeaTac's Health Services Department, 2425 S 200th St, SeaTac, WA 98198. 40 Hours weekly - 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, excluding Federal Holidays. Work hours will normally be between 5:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break.

Education and Experience:

The individual must have successfully completed an approved Dental Assistant training program that satisfies the WA State Department of Health training or experience requirements. The individual must also hold a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Dental Assistant from the State of Washington. 

The applicant must have at least 6 months of applicable experience as evidenced on their resume, two (2) letters of reference, and a current CPR certification. The applicant must possess knowledge of methods, techniques, and procedures to perform job activities on various types of medical equipment and automated systems. The applicant must also possess knowledge of safety principles and infection control in the patient care environment. Possess the ability to relate and deal effectively with Physicians, Dentists, peers, patients, and others; and, to recognize, report, and record changes in patient's physical condition. 

Description of Duties: 

The services to be provided are professional in nature, and will be commensurate with the current accreditation standards and in compliance with all Federal and State policy and regulations. These services, although not directly supervised, will be reviewed periodically by institution medical staff and the COR to ensure contract compliance. The Contractor shall adhere to all standards and regulations associated with Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and American Correctional Association (ACA) Foundation/Core Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions. 

• Oral Surgery: Evaluate procedure to be performed. Prepare anesthetic and appropriate instruments with sterile technique and drapes, evacuate surgical field, retract tissue, irrigate bone structure during rotary instrumentation, trim inter-dental papillae, cut sutures, pack surgical sites, remove sutures, treat localized osteitis, and give post-surgical instructions.

• Operative Procedures: Prepare operative environment, anesthetics, and instruments utilizing sterile technique. Maintain dry operative field; retract tissue; place bases, liners, and retainers with matrices; place, pack, and polish amalgam restoration; and place temporary restorative materials.

• Prosthetics: Select appropriate trays and impression materials, take primary impression for study models, and fabricate secondary trays and stabilized base plates with bite rims. Pour and trim all models and make minor denture repairs.

• Radiology: Take and develop infra- and extra-oral radiographs, including bite wings and periapical films. Must also operate and process specialized panoramic equipment and films. Maintain and use automated processing equipment.

• Endodontics: Place rubber dam, sterilize field, remove temporary filling with rotary slow­speed instrument, irrigate canals, and prepare appropriate medicaments.

• Preventive: Applies desensitizing agents. Instructs patients in improving their oral hygiene. Performs coronal polishing.

• Clerical Duties: Establishes dental records and is responsible for the control of medical records while they are in the dental clinic. The Dental Assistant is responsible for the scheduling of patients, preparing the call-outs, and supervising inmate patients. The contractor also evaluates inmate worker performance and insures that hours of work are accurately reflected per policy.

• The employee has administrative responsibilities unique to the position. This includes making statistical tabulation of all treatment rendered in the dental clinic and epidemiological statistics of inmates admitted to the facility. Prepares quarterly and annual reports to the Bureau from these statistics and other dental clinic activity. The employee may also perform secretarial/clerical duties for the Chief Dental Officer.

• Dental Lab: Pour impressions, trim resulting models, and do initial preparation of lab prescription forms to be sent out. Responsible for sending and receiving all lab cases sent to Regional Lab and all resultant paperwork.

• Performs certain kinds of acrylic work, including but not limited to: minor denture repair, custom tray fabrication, wrought wire partial, relines, and rebases. Fabricates biteguards and surgical stints as required by the department.

• Supply: Maintains adequate stock levels of the expendable supplies used in the clinic. Prepares purchase requests for the purpose of ordering additional supplies.

• Responsible for maintenance and minor repair of dental equipment.

Company Benefits:

• Paid Vacation: Two (2) weeks paid vacation after one (1) year of service with a contractor or successor, three (3) weeks after five (5) years, and four (4) weeks after 15 years.  
• Paid Sick Leave: Annual 56 hours of paid sick leave each year (based upon 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work). 
• Employee 401(k) Retirement: We provide an established a 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan to provide for voluntary before and after-tax contributions by the employees of the Company. 
• Paid Holidays: Minimum of ten (11) paid holidays per calendar year at eight (8) hours pay each holiday:  New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
• MEC Insurance: Basic MEC: Covers all preventive services 100% and includes telehealth and prescription discounts. Ultra MEC: Covers all preventive services 100%, primary care visits at a $15 copay, urgent care at a $50 copay and discounts on additional services such as specialist visits, labs and x-rays. Ultra MEC includes Virtual Health and generic prescription drug benefits. Ultimate MEC: Covers all preventive services 100% and office visits, urgent care, labs and x-rays offered at various copays. Ultimate MEC includes Virtual Health and prescription drug benefits.