Dental Assistant (Per-Diem) | PCHC Dental Center
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Penobscot Community Health Care
Bangor, ME, US
Summary
Provide efficient chairside support to dentists during various procedures and ensure high-quality, compassionate patient care. Maintain clinic readiness by managing sterilization, infection control, and equipment maintenance while collaborating with the dental team.
Job Description
Bring your skills to a team that values flexibility, quality, and great patient care!
Looking to supplement your income while staying connected to a supportive dental team? PCHC’s Dental Center is seeking an experienced per-diem Dental Assistant to join our team. You’ll work alongside skilled providers and care teams, with opportunities to support multiple PCHC dental locations based on your availability and clinic needs. If you enjoy variety, flexibility, and being part of a team that makes a difference, we’d love to have you join us!
Must have experience as a Dental Assistant.
Schedule: Per-Diem, Flexible Schedule (Depending on final candidate’s availability and clinic needs)
Travel: This position may require occasional travel to PCHC’s Bangor School Clinics and/or Seaport Dental Center in Belfast for coverage purposes.
Why PCHC Dental?
PCHC’s comprehensive Dental Center is a well-established, 43-operatory practice offering modern technology, including digital X-rays and paperless dental records.
- Comprehensive Care: Preventive and specialty services - including restorative care, oral surgery, fixed prosthetics, orthodontics, and walk-in care - all under one roof.
- High-Quality Care: Work alongside experienced dental providers in a program recognized by federal reviewers as one of the strongest they have evaluated.
- Team-Based Environment: Join a collaborative team committed to exceptional patient care and a positive patient experience.
Highlights of the Position:
- Chairside Assistance: Provide efficient chairside support to dentists during a variety of procedures.
- Patient Care: Provide high-quality, compassionate care and help create a positive patient experience.
- Clinical Support: Take and develop radiographs and perform other permitted clinical duties, including suture removal and temporary fillings when appropriate.
- Infection Control & Safety: Follow all safety, sterilization, and infection control requirements, including OSHA standards.
- Clinic Readiness: Maintain clean, stocked, and prepared operatories and help maintain dental equipment.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely with providers and clinic staff to support patient care, scheduling, and accurate record keeping.
- Flexible Coverage: Provide coverage across PCHC dental locations as needed, adapting to different teams, schedules, and clinic environments.
Education and Experience
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Experience as a Dental Assistant required.
- Graduate of an accredited Dental Assistant program or completion of a DA prep course/certificate preferred.
- Radiology license required, or must obtain within 6 months of employment.
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
