Dental Assistant

If you believe healthcare is a right, that everyone deserves high quality care so they can enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing, and you value each person's individual story – consider joining us at Neighborhood!

As a dental assistant, you’ll have an important role in creating a positive experience for patients at Neighborhood.

About the Role:

You’ll take a lead role in welcoming and assisting patients with kindness while collaborating with other dental assistants to ensure efficient patient flow. You’ll use your knowledge and attention to detail as you work with x-rays, molds, and preparing lab scripts for dentists. Responsibilities include:

• Set up and operate dental/medical equipment
• Take digital radiographs, periapical, bitewing, and panoral x-rays
• Pour plaster models
• Set up and break down operatories for each procedure of the day
• Perform procedures for removal, cleansing, sterilization, and packaging of dental instruments following proper clinical protocols
• Prepare lab scripts for dentists, package cases, and call dental lab for pick up
• Maintains patient treatment records per clinic protocols in Electronic Dental Record

Hourly Rate: $21.00 per hour based on a full-time, 40 hour work week.


You will be based at our Riverway office.

What it’s Like to Work at Neighborhood:

The top three words employees say describe the work environment are: teamwork, supportive, kind . These are from an anonymous survey of Neighborhood employees for the Buffalo Business First Best Places to Work competition. Neighborhood has earned “finalist” distinction in the competition the last four years. We are a group of flexible and kind individuals who are open to each other’s ideas, and see opportunities to innovate and find solutions when challenges arise.

Education and Skills to be a Dental Assistant:

• Successful completion of a dental assisting program or relevant training.
• At least one year dental assisting experience in a general dentist practice preferred.
• Attention to detail and follow-through
• Computer, clerical, and data entry skills
• Kindness: you treat each person with respect and compassion, valuing each person’s story
• Resiliency: you see opportunities to innovate and find solutions when challenges arise
• Teamwork: you are open to others’ unique perspectives, and will collaborate to meet shared goals
• Electronic Dental Records knowledge

Must be available to work any shift Monday-Friday between 7:45 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

What We Offer:

Benefits: You’ll have options for medical, dental, life, and supplemental insurance. We also offer a 403b match, health savings accounts with employer contribution, wellbeing programs, continuing education opportunities, generous paid time off, holidays.

About Neighborhood: Neighborhood Health Center is the largest and longest serving Federally Qualified Health Center in Western New York, and is the highest ranked health center for quality in the region. We provide primary and integrated healthcare services all under one roof, regardless of a person’s ability to pay. Services include internal/family medicine, pediatrics, OB-GYN, dentistry, podiatry, psychiatry, vision care, nutrition and behavioral health counseling, and pharmacy services. We’re working toward a Western New York where all enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing.

Neighborhood Health Center is an equal opportunity employer.

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