Dental Assistant

The Nemours Foundation•Wilmington, NC

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for dental assisting as mandated by department policy procedures. The Dental Assistant will function as an integral, independent, enthusiastic member of the dental team, engaging in clear, effective, compassionate conversation with all external and internal customers. This role involves greeting, escorting, and rooming patients, and adhering to and enforcing hospital infection control and radiation safety procedures and guidelines. The assistant will support all aspects of chairside dental care in ambulatory and hospital inpatient environments, including anticipating the needs of dentists, hygienists, and patients. Responsibilities include retracting tissue, maintaining a clear operating field, assisting in the management of infant, child, and adolescent behavior, and preparing patients and guardians for treatment under the direction of the Dentist. This includes adjusting the dental chair, selecting, arranging, and explaining instruments and materials. The role also involves exposing and processing digital dental radiographs, cleaning dental trays and instruments, performing dental material functions related to procurement, custodial responsibilities, maintenance, and disposal of dental supplies and equipment, and cleaning and making minor adjustments to dental equipment. Documentation of patient encounters in electronic medical (Epic) and dental (Dentrix) records is also a key function, along with modeling the Nemours Standards of Behavior.

Requirements

High School Diploma.
Delaware Dental Radiation Technician certification or certificate recognizing DANB CDA certification from the Delaware Office of Radiation Control.

Nice To Haves

Pediatric office experience is desired.

Responsibilities

Dental assisting as mandated by department policy procedures.
Engage in clear, effective, compassionate conversation with all external and internal customers.
Function as an integral, independent, enthusiastic member of the dental team.
Greet, escort, and room patients.
Adhere to, and enforce hospital infection control and radiation safety procedures and guidelines.
Assist with all aspects of chairside dental care in ambulatory and hospital inpatient environments, including anticipation of the needs of dentists, hygienists and patients as directed by Dentist.
Retract tissue and maintain clear operating field.
Assist in management of infant, child, and adolescent behavior.
Under the direction of the Dentist, examine dental record and prepare patient and guardian for treatment, including: adjust dental chair, select, arrange, and explain to patients and parents dental instruments and dental materials.
Expose and process digital dental radiographs as per the direction of the Dentist or Hygienist.
Clean dental trays and instruments in conjunction with Sterile Processing Department’s Reliable Methods.
Performs dental material functions related to procurement, custodial responsibilities, maintenance and disposal of dental supplies and equipment.
Clean and make minor adjustments to dental equipment, including following daily inspection and user maintenance protocols.
Assist with documentation of each patient’s encounter in the electronic medical (Epic) and dental (Dentrix) records, as per department protocol.
Model the Nemours Standards of Behavior.