Dental Assistant

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dental Assistant Supervisor will supervise, hire, plan, organize, and monitor the work of the other Dental Assistants in the Dental Faculty Practice, in addition to providing dental and surgical assisting duties to the Dental Faculty Practice. This includes specialty areas such as Periodontology, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Operative, and General Dentistry. Tasks include DA scheduling, monitoring/implementing clinic policies and procedures, preparing the clinic, order/obtain necessary supplies, materials and equipment for the Dental Faculty Practice, setting up trays using sterile techniques, assisting with a variety of restorative and surgical procedures, assisting with obtaining informed consent, and obtaining and documenting pre- and post-op vitals. The DA Supervisor will be responsible for preparing patients for their procedure and subsequently reviewing post-op instructions, assisting patient and families as needed, and restocking the inventories in the rooms in a prescribed manner. This position will assist clinical faculty in training dental, dental auxiliary, and graduate specialty students in clinical practice as well as providing dental assisting as needed in support of the Dental Faculty Practice. This includes restorative and surgical tray preparation, sterilization of instruments and maintaining asepsis, exposing and processing radiographs, seating and interacting with patients, collecting and recording patient data, taking intraoral photographs, and providing chairside assistance to faculty.

Requirements

Dental Assistant Supervisor duties
Dental and surgical assisting duties
Experience in Periodontology, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Operative, and General Dentistry
DA scheduling
Monitoring/implementing clinic policies and procedures
Preparing the clinic
Ordering/obtaining supplies, materials, and equipment
Setting up trays using sterile techniques
Assisting with restorative and surgical procedures
Assisting with obtaining informed consent
Obtaining and documenting pre- and post-op vitals
Preparing patients for procedures
Reviewing post-op instructions
Assisting patient and families
Restocking inventories
Assisting clinical faculty in training students
Sterilization of instruments
Maintaining asepsis
Exposing and processing radiographs
Seating and interacting with patients
Collecting and recording patient data
Taking intraoral photographs
Providing chairside assistance

Responsibilities

Supervise, hire, plan, organize, and monitor the work of other Dental Assistants.
Provide dental and surgical assisting duties in specialty areas such as Periodontology, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Operative, and General Dentistry.
Manage DA scheduling.
Monitor and implement clinic policies and procedures.
Prepare the clinic, order/obtain necessary supplies, materials, and equipment.
Set up trays using sterile techniques.
Assist with restorative and surgical procedures.
Assist with obtaining informed consent.
Obtain and document pre- and post-op vitals.
Prepare patients for procedures and review post-op instructions.
Assist patients and families as needed.
Restock inventories in rooms.
Assist clinical faculty in training dental, dental auxiliary, and graduate specialty students.
Provide dental assisting as needed in support of the Dental Faculty Practice.
Prepare restorative and surgical trays.
Sterilize instruments and maintain asepsis.
Expose and process radiographs.
Seat and interact with patients.
Collect and record patient data.
Take intraoral photographs.
Provide chairside assistance to faculty.