Dental Assistant III - QDA or EFDA

Choptank Community Health System, Inc..•Denton, MD

2h•$19 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Dental Assistant III (DA III) is a licensed Qualified Dental Assistant (QDA) or Expanded-Functions Dental Assistant (EFDA) in Maryland. This role involves preparing, sterilizing, organizing, and setting up dental equipment, ensuring all instruments are cleaned and processed according to safety guidelines. The DA III monitors and maintains dental equipment, provides chairside assistance to dentists and dental hygienists in various dental procedures, and takes diagnostic quality radiographic images. They also order and maintain inventories of dental supplies, equipment, and instruments, and maintain dental records. This is a nonexempt, full-time position with a pay range of $19.14 - $24.88, reporting directly to the Dental Clinical Quality Director.

Requirements

Must demonstrate the ability to take digital radiographs.
Must be proficient in basic computer skills.
Career-focused
Passion/interest in pursuing a career in dentistry.
CPR certification.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Successful completion of an accredited dental assistant training program with training in infection control.
Radiation Technologist license issued by the Maryland Board of Dental Examiners (licensure must remain current and renewed on-time).
Expanded Functions (EFDA in the State of Maryland) or Qualified Functions (QDA in the state of Maryland) qualification is required. (Qualification must remain current).
Completes EHR competency upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of six months experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintains a safe and hygienic patient environment.
Completes necessary equipment monitoring per established clinical protocol, follows equipment maintenance schedules and completes logs.
Maintains patient operatories, including daily disinfection, setup and stocking of dental supplies.
Cleans and maintains dental laboratory area daily, and the equipment as necessary.
Monitors and maintains autoclave equipment and dental instruments as necessary to ensure sterile condition and techniques.
Prepares laboratory cases to include, contacting the laboratory, preparing for shipment, packaging, and monitoring due date back to the office.
Maintains proper inventory of supplies by communicating low stock to designated person or ordering if required.
Follows established guidelines for taking digital x-rays.
Quality Control Data- monitors oxygen and nitrous oxide tanks, checks fire extinguishers, checks medications for expiration.
Completes Autoclave competency and N2O Quality Assurance Competency upon hire and annually thereafter.
Takes initiative to solve problems and recommends improvements to the office manager.
Traveling to other CCHS sites to cover shortages within the department.
Consistently displays professionalism during interaction with CCHS customers, staff and clinicians. Practices AIDET.
A dental assistant’s duties may include answering telephones, greeting patients, scheduling appointments, and facilitating referrals.
Makes recommendations for cost containment and/or quality improvement.
Takes initiative and prioritizes effectively.
Works with other staff to achieve a desirable working environment.
Takes initiative and anticipates needs of other dental assistants.
Prepares dental materials correctly, as needed, and in an amount sufficient to meet the need of the procedure.
Consistently anticipates the sequence of dental procedures and is prepared in advance of them as observed by the dentist.
Ensures that chart information is accurate and complete and follows up with the dentist or dental hygienist.
Prior to appointment, reviews daily schedule and verifies treatment plan.
Assists students and residents with CCHS’s processes and procedures.
Assists front office dental staff with planning and scheduling of patient visits.
Takes radiographs as instructed by the dentist or hygienist.
Assures that all instruments and materials are available prior to patient’s arrival.
Triages dental emergencies.
If full and maintained credentialing is ensured, assisting in Operating Room for OR dentistry cases-assures in advance that all materials needed to complete the OR cases are available.
Fabricate Athletic Mouthguards, bleaching treys, and Bite Registrations.
Application of Bonding agents, desensitizing agents, etchant, & fluoride varnish.
Cementation of temporary crowns & restorations.
Fabricate and remove temporary crowns and bridges.
Able to light cure.
Place and remove retraction cord and rubber dam.
Drying root canals and paper points.
Place and remove wedges, matrix bands.
Removal of sutures.
Take alginate impressions.