Dental Assistant - Huntsville (Walls) 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 for underserved patient populations within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Work is located within a prison, jail, or juvenile detention center, and the assistant may be required to provide coverage at multiple facilities. Security clearance and pre-employment drug testing are required. Salary is commensurate with years of relevant work experience.
Requirements
- Maintain current dental assistant registration with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
- Maintain current CPR certification.
- Obtain required security clearance.
- Complete pre-employment drug testing.
Responsibilities
- Take and record patient health histories and vital signs.
- Perform radiography, dental laboratory procedures, 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 inventory of instruments, needles, hazardous materials, and dental equipment, including tracking and control logs.
- Use personal computers to enter and assimilate data, generate reports, draft routine correspondence, and prepare requested administrative analyses.
- Perform administrative support tasks, including filing, routing phone calls and correspondence or mail, scanning, emailing, and faxing information.
- Operate the data-entry system for daily sick-call requests and schedule routine and sick-call dental appointments using the appropriate scheduling program.
- Prepare impressions and packages for delivery to the Dental Laboratory and maintain tracking logs for prosthetic cases.
- Receive, store, distribute, and maintain appropriate dental department stock and inventory levels.
- 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 internal controls and departmental reporting structures.
- Provide coverage to units outside the normal assignment as needed and perform other related or assigned duties.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
