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Committed to bringing healthcare into communities and communities into healthcare since 1978,* NEW Health is rural Northeast Washington's leading non-profit primary care provider. *We treat all patients with the respect they deserve while providing high-quality, integrated medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services.

NEW Health has been named one of the best places to work in the Inland Northwest! *We set the standard to advance employees within our organization and hold ourselves accountable by tracking employee advancement as one of our key performance indicators. *Our workforce development program, NEW Health University, is nationally recognized for developing local career pathway training. We provide all of our staff with paid, on-the-job training to ensure you are confident and successful in your position.

Your Career Pathway with NEW Health

We create pathways for career growth within NEW Health. To support this, we provide all employees with monthly paid training and additionally offer tuition reimbursement and one-on-one career planning. There are many paths to grow your career within NEW Health; here are some examples:

Front Desk -> Medical Assistant Apprentice -> Certified Medical Assistant -> Assistant Operations Manager -> Clinic Operations Manager

Dental Assistant Trainee -> Dental Assistant -> Assistant Operations Manager ->

Care Coordination Manager

Pharmacy Assistant -> Pharmacy Technician Apprentice -> Pharmacy Technician -> 340B Specialist

Benefits with You and Your Family in Mind

• Up to three weeks of paid time off your first year plus nine paid holidays
• Free Life Flight membership for your family
• No-cost* *medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options
• 401(k) plan with matching contribution
• Continuing education, license, and tuition reimbursement opportunities

The above list is not inclusive of all full-time employee benefits and is dependent upon eligibility criteria.

Purpose of Job:

Improve the overall health of the communities we serve by assisting providers in providing dental care to patients as follows:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Greets and escorts patient to assigned dental chair.
• Reviews and updates patient charts; fill out all necessary paperwork.
• Assists dental provider with required procedures, exams, and patient education.
• Takes and processes x-rays as needed.
• Ensures dental provider signature on completed chart notes.
• Ensures dental exam areas are clean, stocked, and ready for patients. Cleans, prepares, and sterilizes instruments.
• Orders supplies utilizing purchase order system as needed.
• Observes and follows required safety protocols, including handling and disposal of sharps, use of personal protective equipment, exposure to blood borne pathogens, and general safety of employees and patients.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Travel may be required.

Education/Experience: Valid Dental Assistant Registered licensure in state of Washington required at time of hire. Experience in dental assisting preferred.

Skills: Excellent oral and written communications skills required.