Dental Assistant ($250 Sign-On Bonus)

Job Details

Pay: $25.00 – $27.00 per hour

Job type: Full-time

Benefits: Paid sick days, paid holidays, vacation (eligible after 1 year), $250 Sign-On Bonus after 90 days.

Location: Los Angeles, CA 90016

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM

Work location: In person

Full Job Descriptions

Health Bridge is seeking a passionate and dependable Dental Assistant to join our clinical team in Los Angeles. You will help provide chairside assistance, patient preparation, and care coordination in an FQHC setting. The ideal candidate anticipates the dentist’s needs, follows clinical protocols carefully, and treats every patient with patience and respect.

Responsibilities

• Prepare treatment rooms, instruments, materials, and patients; provide chairside assistance, suction, and instrument transfer during dental procedures.

• Confirm patient identity; collect and document health history, medications, allergies, and patient concerns for provider review. Promptly escalate urgent concerns.

• Capture intraoral and extraoral photographs and dental radiographs.

• Apply topical fluoride, including varnish, when ordered and under direct dentist supervision. Perform other delegated supportive procedures only within the DA scope.

• Clean and disinfect treatment areas; process and sterilize instruments; maintain sterilization records and follow infection prevention, sharps, PPE, and exposure-response procedures.

• Enter accurate, timely information in the dental record or EHR; record services actually performed and route clinical documentation for provider review.

• Reinforce provider-approved oral hygiene, preventive care, and post-treatment instructions using language patients understand.

• Coordinate with dental, medical, and scheduling teams on patient flow, referrals, follow-up, and missed appointments. Help identify language, transportation, or other access barriers and connect patients to available support.

• Monitor supplies, expiration dates, and equipment readiness; report shortages or malfunctions. Support quality improvement, patient safety, and emergency response activities.

• Strong clinical organization, communication, and EHR skills; dependable attendance; and a commitment to patient safety and privacy

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications for this position. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Board-approved eight-hour infection control training.

• Board-approved two-hour Dental Practice Act course completion.

• Board-approved radiation safety course completion.

• Clear communication, dependable attendance, and attention to detail.
• Minimum 1 year of experience working as a Dental Assistant.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of a Dental Assisting Program

• Experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or community health setting.

• Experience with both pediatric and adult dentistry.

• Bilingual

Physical Requirements
This position involves direct patient contact, repetitive hand movements, prolonged sitting and standing, and handling clinical equipment. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Room to Grow

Health Bridge is a growing company, and we are intentional about promoting from within. This role offers real room to build your clinical career with a company that invests in its people. Whether you’re looking to deepen your clinical knowledge, move into a leadership role, or become an expert in an emerging space, we’ll support you every step of the way.

OroMed and Health Bridge are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, Health Bridge will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.