Dental Assistant Jobs in New Mexico

Job Title: DENTAL ASSISTANT Are you an Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: DENTAL ASSISTANT Are you an enthusiastic experienced dental assistant with a caring manner? Are you dependable & organized? Please send resume to to Albuquerque Publishing Co., Ad J1451, PO Drawer J-T, Albq., NM 87103

Job Title: Dental Assistant F/T. NE Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: Dental Assistant F/T. NE heights practice seeks enthusiastic, caring, detail oriented, dependable team member, focused on the highest quality patient care. X-ray cert. Fax 271-1302 or e-mail Register to View

Job Title: DENTAL ASSISTANT FT, Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: DENTAL ASSISTANT FT, reliable, NE Heights office. Fax resume to 323-6475.

Job Title: DENTAL ASSISTANT/FRONT Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: DENTAL ASSISTANT/FRONT OFFICE (F/T or P/T) Hours may incl. wknds & eves, must have minimum of 3years clinical experience. Experience w/Dentrix, scheduling, treatment plan presentation a . Send resumes to: Register to View

Job Title: Dental Assistant Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: Looking for a dynamic dental assistant to work full time Monday to- Thrusday . Experience (2 years)and positive attitude is a must. Send resume, salary history and professional references . Position is available for the 3rd week of March 2010. E mail to: Register to View Fax Register to View . Call Register to View . Person to contact: Stephanie. Interviews start this Saturday March 6. Location: Albuqueque

Job Title: DENTAL ASSISTANT needed for Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: DENTAL ASSISTANT needed for general practice in Rio Rancho, willing to train. Fax resume to: Register to View .

Job Title: DENTAL ASSISTANT with Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: DENTAL ASSISTANT with front office experience for Westside office, enthusiastic, dependable, self directed, team player, Dentrix & x-ray cert a . Fax resume to: Register to View

Job Title: ASSISTANT F.T. Dental Asst. Company: Location: Albuquerque, NM Description: ASSISTANT F.T. Dental Asst. for NE Hts practice. Applicant must have min. of 2yrs dental exp, x-ray certification & be a team player. Knowledge of EagleSoft a plus. Fax resume to: Register to View .

Job Title: Lead Dental Assistant Ef Company: Location: Shiprock, NM Description: This position is located in the Branch of Dental services, Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock, Service Unit, Shiprock, New Mexico.  The purpose of this position is to provide lead technical support to the dental team by performing a range of clinical and administrative functions.  This position allows the dental team to function smoothly and better serve the intended population.  Incumbent serves as lead expanded function dental assistant in providing technical assistance to at-least eight (8) Dental Assistant (expanded function) and GS-681-3/4/5/6  As a lead therapist, performs the majority of the auxiliary assisted complex dental restoration requirements for the clinic, clinic section or dental team.  Provides technical supervision to lower graded dental assistants.  Provides on-the-job training and orientation to new employees.  Recommends leave requests, based on knowledge of workload and in accordance with appropriate leave policies.  Makes recommendations and write-ups on a variety of personnel actions to supervisors; advise the supervisors on the performance, progress, and training needs of employees.  Reviews work in progress, makes changes or adjustments in work assignments, maintains record of work accomplishments and production reports, and advises employees and supervisors when work is not meeting established standards.  Assists in performance standards development, provides input to supervisor for progress reviews and final performance ratings. Assists the supervisor(s) with daily schedule huddle to disseminate employees' assignment and activities.  Expanded Function Duties:  Restores teeth after preparation has been accomplished.  This includes selection, contouring, and placement of matrices.  Placement of bases and liners and packing, carving and polishing, routine and more complex alloy restorations which include pin retention and cusp build-up.  Also, places and finishes routine and more complex composite restorations which include multiple surfaces and angle replacement.  Places and contours temporary restorations.  Provides four-handed technique dental chair side assisting and fully anticipates the dentist's need for various instruments, materials and service.  Applies desensitizing agents, places surgical gauze following extractions, applies and removes periodontal dressings, and removes sutures, takes preliminary impressions for study models.  Performs dental laboratory procedures, pours and trims models, fabricates custom trays and bit rims, and pours final impressions.  Performs oral prophylaxis and applies topical fluoride treatments.  Operates ultrasonic scaler (cavitron and/or piezon) and uses hand instruments to remove visible calculus.  Applies pit and fissure sealant.  Orders necessary supplies and keeps clinic properly stocked at all times.  Takes and records blood pressures; takes and records accu-checks for blood sugar.  The incumbent will be required, as an incidental duty, to operate a government owned or leased vehicle in the performance of assigned duties, a valid State driver's license is required.

Job Title: Dental Assistant Company: Location: Shiprock, NM Description: GS-03 Level.  Provide a variety of clerical, housekeeping and clinical functions.  Provide routine maintenance and clean-up procedures on all dental equipment and instruments.  Responsibilities include cleaning, sharpening, packaging and sterilizing dental equipment and their proper storage when not in use.  Properly stores supplies and replenishes when necessary.  As receptionist, schedule and seat patients, set up proper instruments for dental procedures and accurately record treatment rendered on patient records.  Provide chairside assistance during routine examination and restorative, periodontic and surgical procedures as well as other dental specialties.  Expose, process and mount diagnostic radiographs.  Responsible for supportive laboratory procedures, properly complete laboratory requisition, pour study models and trim models under supervision of the dentist.  Provide oral prophylaxis treatment, consisting of rubber cup coronal polishing and topical fluoride application as assigned by the dentist.  GS-04 Level.  Order supplies, maintain supply levels and responsible for day-to-day maintenance of all clinic areas including minor equipment adjustment and cleanliness of clinic areas.  Keep instruments sharpened and properly cleaned or sterilized.  Responsible for routine chairside assisting. Record examination and treatment performed.  Take impressions for study models, pours and trims models, fabricate custom trays and bite rims.  Responsible for the restoration of teeth after preparation is completed that may include selection, contouring and placement of matrices, placement of bases and liners and packing, carving and polishing routine alloy restorations.  Also, places and finishes routine composite restorations and places and contours temporary restorations.  Apply and remove rubber dams, remove sutures, apply desensitizing agent, place surgical gauze following extractions and apply and remove periondontal dressing.  Expose, process and mount intra- and extra-oral radiographs.  Perform oral prophylaxis and apply topical fluoride treatment.