Dental Assistant (On-Call)

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  "active_status": "active"
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  "location": {
    "raw": "Oakland, CA",
    "city": "Oakland",
    "region": "CA",
    "country": "United States",
    "is_remote": false,
    "confidence": 0.9
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  "salary_max": 35.82,
  "salary_min": 32.63,
  "inferred_at": "2026-06-06T07:56:09.053Z",
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    "language": "en",
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      "city": "Oakland",
      "region": "CA",
      "country": "United States",
      "is_remote": false,
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    "countries": [
      "United States"
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  },
  "remote_policy": null,
  "salary_period": "hour",
  "workplace_type": "on_site",
  "salary_currency": "USD"
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  "lists": [
    {
      "text": "Essential Job Functions",
      "content": "\n<li>Setting up</li>\n<li>Helping patients feel comfortable before, during, and after dental treatment.</li>\n<li>Asking about or verifying when necessary a patient’s medical history and taking blood pressure and pulse.</li>\n<li>Taking and developing dental radiographs (x-rays).</li>\n<li>Chairside assisting.</li>\n<li>Providing patients with instructions for oral care following dental treatment procedures.</li>\n<li>Teaching patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health (like tooth brushing, flossing and nutritional counseling.</li>\n<li>Provides routine post-operative instructions to patients.</li>\n<li>Serving as infection control officer, developing infection control protocol and preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment, and the patient’s area.</li>\n<li>Keeping operatories stocked and sterile.</li>\n<li>Maintaining dental equipment.</li>\n<li>Taking impressions of patients’ teeth for study casts (models of teeth).</li>\n<li>May apply non-aerosol and non-caustic topical agents.</li>\n<li>May remove post-extraction and periodontal dressings.</li>\n<li>May place and remove elastic orthodontic separators.</li>\n<li>May hold anterior matrices.</li>\n<li>May remove sutures.</li>\n<li>May apply topical fluoride after scaling and polishing by the Dentist, Hygienist, or Dental Supervisro RDA-Clinic Coordinator.</li>\n<li>May place and remove rubber dams.</li>\n<li>Other dental or chairside duties assigned by the supervisor.</li>\n<li>Mouth mirror inspecting oral cavity to include charting of obvious lesions, existing restorations, and missing teeth.</li>\n<li>Placement and removal of temporary sedative dressings.</li>\n<li>Prepare charts and records of patients and maintain patient records indicating the type of work performed.</li>\n<li>Observe professional and ethical standards of the job.</li>\n<li>Follow clinic protocols.</li>\n<li>Comply with OSHA regulations.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Comply with AHS health and safety rules and procedures.</li>\n<li>Comply with Human Resources requirements such as attending periodic in-service training, meeting annual health exam requirement, submitting proof of CME and license renewals, etc.</li>\n<li>Assist in providing orientation to new employees including newly-employed front desk assistants, Dental Assistants, Registered Dental Assistant, Dental Hygienist, Dentist, etc.</li>\n<li>Be willing to assist in other tasks as requested when appropriate and time allows.</li>\n<li>Attend regular department meetings and organization-wide staff meetings.</li>\n<li>Promote teamwork and a positive work environment in the department.</li>\n<li>Participates in agency-wide quality improvement program processes and performance improvement teams to ensure excellence in the quality of services provided across the agency.&nbsp;</li>\n"
    },
    {
      "text": "Minimum Qualifications",
      "content": "\n<li>Must show proof of high school diploma&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Minimum of one year paid professional dental assisting work experience&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Fluency in English and any Asian language&nbsp;<strong>(Cantonese or Mandarin would be preferred)&nbsp;</strong></li>\n"
    },
    {
      "text": "Certifications, Licneses, Registrations",
      "content": "\n<li>Passage of Radiation Health and Safety examination</li>\n<li>Passage of Infection Control examination</li>\n<li>Valid X-Ray Certificate</li>\n<li>Current CPR card</li>\n"
    }
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "createdAt": 1747262108834,
  "updatedAt": null,
  "categories": {
    "team": "Dental",
    "location": "Oakland, CA",
    "commitment": "On-Call",
    "department": "Clinical & Program Services",
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      "Oakland, CA"
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