Dental Assistant (DA)

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Government Mission Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Dental Assistant III to support the Blackfeet Service Unit Dental Department Clinics in Browning, MT, and Heart Butte, MT. This is a full-time, Monday - Friday position, with patients being seen from 8am until 4:30pm.

Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide Dental Assistant health care services to American Indian patients of the Blackfeet Service Unit.
• Provide chairside dental assisting services to patients according to Indian Health Service/Tribal priorities.
• Provide chairside dental assisting, expose radiographs, take impressions, clean and disinfect operatories in a professionally acceptable quantity and quality in accordance with sound public health practices.
• Document infection control practices and biological indicator test results for the Dental Department equipment
• Perform dental lab procedures, including, but not limited to: pour primary and final impressions, construct custom trays for impressions, make orthotic appliances or mouthguards with vacuum-formed equipment.
• Provide professional information and education services to patients and to other health services workers as appropriate.
• Clean, disinfect, and sterilize dental instruments according to manufacturers’ standards and I.H.S. policies and procedures.
• Provide services and education to both inpatient and outpatient as required.
• Treat children, adults, and geriatric patients, as well as patients who have a medically compromised status.
• Maintain patient records in performance of care consistent with accrediting body requirements and facility billing procedures.
• Seat patients for their appointments, take vital signs, and verify patient ID, medical history changes, and other pre-op duties as assigned.
• Discharge the patient after the procedure, including making new appointments, cleaning the operatory, and any post-operative documentation required by the Dental Program’s Policy and Procedures.
• Other duties as assigned

 Minimum Qualifications: (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.)

• Dental Assistant Certification from an accredited dental assisting program.
• 3-5 years of experience as a dental assistant.
• Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Knowledge of all instruments, materials, and procedures normally used in all phases of restorative, prosthodontic, oral surgical, endodontic and periodontal treatment.
• Knowledge of dental anatomy and ability to properly expose and mount diagnostic radiographs.
• Ability to explain to patient’s post-operative instructions, disease prevention techniques, and home care instructions.
• Knowledge of steps and techniques required for the placement of sealants on teeth.
• Knowledge and skill of tooth isolation techniques required to maintain a dry field of placement of restorations and sealants.
• Knowledge of sterilization techniques.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite

Salary/Compensation: $22.00 - $30.00 per hour