Dental Assistant Jobs 2026 (Now Hiring) – Smart Auto Apply

JOB SUMMARY:

Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), in association with the UNC Adams School of Dentistry, seeks a full-time faculty member for its division of Dentistry GPR program and Adams School of Dentistry AROW Scholars Programs in Asheville, NC. Dental Faculty will join our innovative, growing team to provide excellent, evidence-based, efficient interprofessional patient care services, resident and student teaching, mentoring, curriculum planning and effective supervision. You will work in state-of-the-art clinics with collaborative and engaged colleagues across the healthcare spectrum.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works together with dental residents and dental students in the Dental Health Centers and other MAHEC dentistry locations, including hospitals; surgery centers, and elementary schools as needed.
• Provides clinical instruction, teaching and oversight of resident and student care of patients;
• Evaluation of patients with resident dentists and student dentists as required and in compliance with resident training CODA standards (Commission on Dental Accreditation) and payor contracts, and MAHEC academic policies and goals.
• Reviews and signs off on resident and student clinical notes and completes all relevant documentation as needed and within required time frames for both precepting/attending and individual patient panel.
• Consults with hygienists, dental assistants, and business office staff;
• Completes worklists and documentation tasks falling to regular Faculty Dentists in accordance with MAHEC policies.
• Assists in treatment planning and procedures as part of precepting/attending responsibilities
• Serves in the dental faculty practice, seeing own patient panel as required by contract with MAHEC
• Serves as second emergency department hospital call at Mission Hospital in Asheville and provides regular cadenced dental care in the operating room setting;
• This role description is a general description of the essential job functions.  It is not intended to describe all the duties the Dental Faculty may perform.

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions.  It is not intended to describe all the duties the Dental Faculty may perform.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Communication Skills

Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

• Decision Making

Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

• HealthCare Knowledge

Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate.  This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.

• Interpersonal Skills

Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.

• Organizational Values

Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

• Problem Solving

Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

SPECIFIED SKILLS

• COMPUTER
  • Experience with or ability to utilize electronic medical record applications including but not limited to Dentrix Enterprise, MiPacs, Romexis, Workday, Microsoft office suite, Digital dentistry (Cerec) etc.

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Spanish speaking skills preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Light - Moderate energy level: Lift and carry 25 - 35 lbs, Push/Pull 50 - 100 lbs (empty bed, stretcher, etc.)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Not Applicable.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Experience in General Dentistry patient care training and skills
  • Experience in GPR residency programs
  • Experience in Student teaching programs
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Interest and experience in dental resident & student teaching

REQUIRED LICENSES:

• License to practice Dentistry in North Carolina, or
• Teaching/Instructors Licensure in Dentistry in North Carolina
• This role does require a faculty appointment to the UNC Adams School of Dentistry

SCHEDULE:

Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible to respond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.

At MAHEC, we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.

MAHEC does not provide employment-based US visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

All new employees must provide valid, original I-9 documents on their first day of work. All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.

MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.

MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.

If you are interested in this role, and you have related experience and qualifications, we encourage you to apply or reach out to AskTalent@mahec.net for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities.