RDA Dental - Lancaster, KY, United States - White House Clinics

Description

At White House Clinics, we do health care differently.

Our multi-disciplinary care teams incorporate the expertise of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, and care navigation professionals to provide patients with comprehensive care designed to help them achieve their health goals.

While our work is fast-paced, our teams enjoy being able to work collaboratively to support patients.
White House Clinics employees enjoy a competitive wage and robust benefit package including:
Employer Paid Health, Life & Disability Insurance
Retirement Plan
8 Paid Holidays

At White House Clinics, we believe in providing our employees with opportunity for both personal and professional growth in a challenging and rewarding work environment.

The Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) assists dentists in providing efficient and effective care and treatment of patients.

EDDAs are tasked with keeping the operatory stocked, processing dental equipment through the cleaning steps to ensure proper sterilization, organizing patient flow for optimum efficiency and cleaning and sterilizing the operatory following patient procedures.

The Expanded Duty Dental Assistant works as part of an integrated care team to provide high quality coordinated care.
Ensures health history is completed according to guidelines and updates the patient chart with changes.
Preparation of materials.
Obtain radiographic films and scan into the EDR system.
Placement of temporary restorations.
Placement of restorations
Cements temporary crowns, stainless steel crowns, and space maintainers
Removes excess cement from permanent crowns and bridges
Completes all necessary procedures for maintaining proper maintenance of the operatory and dental equipment.
Uses downtime to complete activities that support efficient departmental operation.
Clinical Guidelines for Dental Emergency Patient Appointments
Dental Handpiece Maintenance
Dental Back Office Patient Workflow
Dental Pre-Authorization Log Maintenance
Referral Tracking (Dental)
Documenting Patient Insurance Type in EDR
Entering Dental Charges Post Date of Service
PPE Required for Sterilization of Dental Tools
Rocephin Injections in the Dental Office
Scanning Dental X-rays into Patient's EDR Chart
Sealant Evidence Based Dentistry Indications & Placement
Dental Scheduling Guidelines

Acknowledges that White House Clinics strive to be a patient-centered medical home and, as such, prescribe to team-based delivery of primary care services.

Recognizes that the completion of the above listed duties illustrates the employee's role in team-based care and accepts responsibility for being an active member of the team, including identification of quality improvement opportunities.

High School Diploma and Certificate of Expanded Dental Assistant Functions
Minimum Work Experience
Minimum 1-year dental assisting experience preferred.
Knowledge of dental office procedures, basic computer skills, and scheduling.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.

This is especially important in the areas of insurance coverage and claims, patient flow, scheduling, assuring correct patient information, and handling patient relations.

Provide superior customer service to all patients, external customers (office staff of other offices, hospital, community agencies, etc.), Serves as an ambassador of the White House Clinics in all conversations and interactions with these parties.

Maintains clinic standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience.

Maintains compliance with organization's policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards.

Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information.

Adheres to professional standards, clinic policies and procedures (OSHA, HIPAA, Standing Orders, etc.), federal, state, and local requirements, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), etc.

Accountable to the Dental Back Office Team Leader and Service Line Manager and responsible for keeping the Dental Back Office Team Leader and Service Line Manager informed of office activities and problems that arise.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, calculator, and other office equipment are also required.

Position requires normal range of hearing and visual acuity to record, prepare, and communicate appropriate reports. Work is performed in office environment and involves frequent contact with staff and the public. Potential exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, x-ray radiation, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment. 5 hours (Irregular work hours, some overtime possible at times.)

Evaluated annually by the Team Leader or Service Line Manager with input from providers and support staff as appropriate.