Dental Assistant | Experienced & Lead Opportunities - PCHC Seaport Dental Center
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Penobscot Community Health Care
Belfast, ME, US
Summary
The Dental Assistant provides hands-on clinical support to dental providers and delivers exceptional patient care. Lead Dental Assistants additionally handle administrative tasks, team coordination, and the training and mentorship of new staff.
Job Description
One opportunity. Different ways to bring your skills to our growing Belfast dental team.
We’re looking for the right Dental Assistant to join our team at PCHC Seaport Dental Center, with a particular interest in experienced Dental Assistants and those ready to take the next step into a Lead role. Depending on your experience, qualifications, and leadership skills, you may join us as an Experienced Dental Assistant or Lead Dental Assistant. We’re also open to meeting someone with limited or no dental experience who is passionate about our mission, eager to learn, and interested in building a career in dental care. Ultimately, we’re looking for the right person to join our team and serve our community.
Schedule: Part-Time (37 hours/week), Monday-Thursday, 7:15am-5:15pm
(Fridays + Weekends OFF)
Salary: The salary scales range from $19-32.85/hr depending on years of relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.
The Lead Dental Assistant receives a biweekly stipend of $120 in addition to base pay.
Which Opportunity Is Right for You?
Experienced Dental Assistant
Open to Dental Assistants with experience
- The opportunity: Bring your experience to a collaborative team where you’ll provide hands-on support to dental providers and exceptional care to patients.
- What you’ll need: Experience as a Dental Assistant.
- Great fit for: An experienced DA looking for a supportive team and opportunities to grow.
Lead Dental Assistant
Open to Dental Assistants with at least 3 years of experience | Leadership aptitude
- The opportunity: Combine hands-on clinical support with administrative responsibilities, mentorship, training, team coordination, and leadership development. As a cross-trained Lead Dental Assistant, you’ll support patient care while also helping with patient check-in and check-out, coordinating team needs, and mentoring and training new employees.
- What you’ll need: At least 3 years of Dental Assistant experience, along with an interest and aptitude for leadership, teamwork, and helping others succeed.
- Great fit for: A Dental Assistant ready to expand their impact beyond direct patient care, take on additional responsibility, and help strengthen the team through clinical support, administrative coordination, and mentorship.
On-the-Job Trained Dental Assistant
For the right candidate with limited or no dental experience
- The opportunity: Start a dental career with comprehensive on-the-job training and Dental Assistant pay from day one.
- What you’ll need: High school diploma or equivalent, a passion for our mission, and an eagerness to learn and grow.
Dental Assistants at PCHC enjoy:
- Competitive pay and generous paid time off
- Career growth opportunities, including training, mentorship, and career ladder advancement
- Personalized incentives, including a scrub allowance and other options based on your needs—we’ll talk about what helps you achieve a great work/life balance
- Excellent benefits, including available family health insurance, dental insurance, vision, retirement contribution and match, and even pet insurance
Why You’ll Love Working at Seaport Dental Center
Seaport Dental Center is our newly renovated 8-operatory practice located within Seaport Community Health Center in Belfast, Maine. Our team provides comprehensive dental care in a modern, welcoming environment, with preventive and specialty services—including restorative care, oral surgery, fixed and removable prosthetics, orthodontics, and walk-in care—all under one roof.
Ready to Join Us?
If you’re curious, excited, or just want to learn more—we’d love to hear from you!
Apply today, or request the full job description by emailing [email protected].
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.
PCHC, a non-profit organization founded in 1997, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center in the Greater Bangor area, Waldo County, and in the Jackman region. Its purpose is to ensure access to comprehensive and integrated out-patient health care services to those on MaineCare, Medicare and those both with and without insurance – regardless of their ability to pay. PCHC is recognized as a leader among the nation's Community Health Centers, and has been named an “exemplar practice” by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s leading health care foundation. PCHC practices are staffed by about 200 clinicians including medical and dental practitioners, mental health providers, physical therapists, pharmacists, and medical specialists. PCHC now provides over 400,000 patient visits for almost 65,000 patients annually. Its four largest practices in Bangor, Brewer, and Old Town are open seven days a week, including all day Saturday and Sunday and weekday evenings by appointment and through four Walk-In Care Clinics, for the convenience of its patients, and the public.
PCHC has sixteen practices and program service sites in the Bangor area, plus one in Belfast, offering a wide range of services including family medicine, dental, pediatrics, geriatrics, nursing home care, psychiatry, mental health and substance abuse services, physical therapy, lab, x-ray, pharmacy and healthcare for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. In addition, PCHC has a team of medical specialists who deliver a wide range of specialty services including allergy, gynecology, orthopedics, podiatry, dermatology and osteopathic manipulative therapy. All PCHC services are provided with a sliding fee scale based on income through its Affordable Care Program to make certain that everyone can obtain the healthcare services they need. About 7% of PCHC’s budget is funded by Federal operating grants.
Founded
1997
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Bangor, ME
PCHC, a non-profit organization founded in 1997, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center in the Greater Bangor area, Waldo County, and in the Jackman region. Its purpose is to ensure access to comprehensive and integrated out-patient health care services to those on MaineCare, Medicare and those both with and without insurance – regardless of their ability to pay. PCHC is recognized as a leader among the nation's Community Health Centers, and has been named an “exemplar practice” by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s leading health care foundation. PCHC practices are staffed by about 200 clinicians including medical and dental practitioners, mental health providers, physical therapists, pharmacists, and medical specialists. PCHC now provides over 400,000 patient visits for almost 65,000 patients annually. Its four largest practices in Bangor, Brewer, and Old Town are open seven days a week, including all day Saturday and Sunday and weekday evenings by appointment and through four Walk-In Care Clinics, for the convenience of its patients, and the public.
PCHC has sixteen practices and program service sites in the Bangor area, plus one in Belfast, offering a wide range of services including family medicine, dental, pediatrics, geriatrics, nursing home care, psychiatry, mental health and substance abuse services, physical therapy, lab, x-ray, pharmacy and healthcare for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. In addition, PCHC has a team of medical specialists who deliver a wide range of specialty services including allergy, gynecology, orthopedics, podiatry, dermatology and osteopathic manipulative therapy. All PCHC services are provided with a sliding fee scale based on income through its Affordable Care Program to make certain that everyone can obtain the healthcare services they need. About 7% of PCHC’s budget is funded by Federal operating grants.
Founded
1997
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Bangor, ME