Dental Assistant with a $1,000 sign-on bonus Tallahassee, FL

Nitelines Usa•Tallahassee, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Nite Lines USA is seeking a Registered Dental Assistant to provide dental assisting services at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tallahassee, Florida. The position pays $27.50 per hour and offers a $1,000 sign-on bonus in exchange for a one-year commitment. The stated duration is one year, with potential to extend. The role is scheduled for 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. Shifts typically take place between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. or 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with up to eight sessions per day and a 30-minute unpaid lunch period, if applicable. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), paid sick leave, paid vacation, and 11 paid holidays. The Dental Assistant supports Dental Officers across restorative dentistry, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations. Duties include patient preparation and assistance, preventive services, radiography, instrument sterilization, equipment inspection, records and scheduling support, and fabrication or repair of dental prostheses and appliances under supervision.

Requirements

Certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school, with training that includes dental radiology and radiology safety.
Certification in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
At least two years of full-time experience providing chairside dental assisting services.
Must be a Registered Dental Assistant.
Ability to collect and track data and enter data into the agency’s electronic system.
Knowledge and experience maintaining patient medical records and confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual oral communication skills.
Experience in a clinical correctional setting.

Responsibilities

Collect and track data, enter data into the agency’s electronic system, and track patient-care scheduling.
Maintain patient medical records and confidentiality.
Assist the Dental Officer in restorative, oral surgery, periodontal, prosthetic, and examination sections.
Retrieve patient records and escort patients to the appropriate dental specialty section.
Prepare dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications for the Dental Officer.
Provide dental health education, dental prophylaxis, and dental screening examinations.
Prepare patients for periodontal surgery and perform dental and periodontal charting.
Prepare, place, and remove packs; place temporary fillings; and place and remove rubber dams.
Clean, sharpen, and sterilize instruments.
Inspect equipment daily, make minor repairs, and report defective equipment or take corrective action.
Perform routine oral prophylaxis of the clinical crowns of teeth using dental hand instruments, mechanical instruments including ultrasonic instruments, oral hygiene aides, and prophylaxis paste.
Select and apply medications in proper portions and apply anticariogenic agents to tooth surfaces.
Fabricate and repair dental prostheses and appliances under supervision, including complete dentures and removable partial prostheses, using acrylic resins and porcelain.
Take standard and digital dental radiographs using dental radiographic, panelist, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment; obtain diagnostic-quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and pantographic radiographs.
Process and save digital radiographs to patient medical records.
Perform quality assurance on radiographic and developing equipment and safelights, and maintain infection control in radiographic techniques.
Sterilize contaminated biological waste from dental clinics.
Place and finish dental restorations, including bases and liners.
Make primary impressions and pour casts.
Select tooth shades for composite restorations and dentures.