Dental Assistant (RDA) - Crain Unit
About The Position
The Dental Assistant performs direct and indirect patient care procedures and general clinical and support tasks as delegated or directed by the supervising dentist. The position supports dental care in a correctional healthcare setting serving patient populations within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Duties include taking patient health histories and vital signs; performing radiography and dental laboratory procedures; providing inmate dental health orientation and education; and assisting with preventive, periodontic, restorative, endodontic, prosthodontic, and oral surgery procedures. The Dental Assistant records clinical observations, treatment information, and data; maintains clinic cleanliness and order; and sterilizes and disinfects instruments and equipment. The role also involves maintaining inventories of instruments, needles, hazardous materials, dental equipment, and department supplies; operating computer and data-entry systems; scheduling routine and sick-call appointments; preparing impressions and laboratory packages; and tracking prosthetic cases. Administrative duties include filing, routing communications, scanning, emailing, faxing, preparing routine correspondence and reports, and completing other support tasks. The employee may provide coverage at other units or facilities as needed. The position is located within a prison, jail, or juvenile detention center. Security clearance and pre-employment drug testing are required, and the employee may be required to provide dental assistance at multiple facilities. Salary is commensurate with relevant work experience.
Requirements
- Current dental assistant registration, continuously maintained with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
- Current CPR certification.
- Security clearance is required.
- Pre-employment drug testing is required.
Responsibilities
- Take and record patient health histories and vital signs.
- Perform radiography, dental laboratory procedures, and inmate dental health orientation and education.
- Assist with preventive, periodontic, restorative, endodontic, prosthodontic, and oral surgery procedures.
- Record clinical observations, treatment information, and data.
- Maintain clinic orderliness and cleanliness; sterilize and disinfect instruments and equipment.
- Maintain inventories and tracking logs for instruments, needles, hazardous materials, and dental equipment.
- Operate personal computers to enter and assimilate data, generate reports, draft routine correspondence, and prepare administrative analyses upon request.
- Perform administrative support tasks, including filing, routing phone calls and correspondence, handling mail, scanning, emailing, and faxing information.
- Enter and receive daily sick-call requests and schedule routine and sick-call appointments using the appropriate scheduling program.
- Prepare impressions and packages for delivery to the Dental Laboratory and maintain a tracking log for prosthetic cases.
- Receive, store, distribute, and maintain inventory levels and stock for the dental department.
- Fill requisitions, work orders, and supply requests; return expired or unused inventory to the warehouse; check received contents against invoices and purchase orders and report discrepancies.
- Adhere to departmental internal controls and reporting structures.
- Provide coverage to units outside the normal assignment as needed and perform related duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
