Dental Assistant
About The Position
The Dental Assistant is responsible for providing dental and surgical assisting duties to all Division of Comprehensive Oral Health (COH) clinics. This includes Periodontology, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Operative, General Dentistry, and the Dental Faculty Practice. Tasks include preparing the clinic, 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 Dental Assistant 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. The Dental Assistant 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 Division. This includes monitoring/implementing clinic policies and procedures, 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 students, graduate residents and faculty.
Requirements
- Providing dental and surgical assisting duties
Responsibilities
- Preparing the clinic
- Setting up trays using sterile techniques
- Assisting with a variety of restorative and surgical procedures
- Assisting with obtaining informed consent
- Obtaining and documenting pre- and post-op vitals
- Preparing patients for their procedure
- Reviewing post-op instructions
- Assisting patient and families as needed
- Restocking the inventories in the rooms in a prescribed manner
- Assisting clinical faculty in training dental, dental auxiliary, and graduate specialty students in clinical practice
- Providing dental assisting as needed in support of the Division
- Monitoring/implementing clinic policies and procedures
- 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
- Providing chairside assistance to students, graduate residents and faculty
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus of $2,000 (paid in two installments: $1,000 within 30 days of hire date and $1,000 12 months after hire date)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
