Dental Assistant - Sunset Park location -3 days - 8:30a - 7:00p alternating Fridays - Saturdays
About The Position
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone is seeking a Dental Assistant for their Sunset Park location. This role involves assisting dentists in various dental procedures, maintaining infection control standards, preparing patient rooms, and managing patient comfort. The Dental Assistant will also be responsible for sterilizing equipment, performing light lab work, and documenting patient records as dictated by the dentist. This position requires adherence to all hospital, health center, and departmental policies and procedures, as well as OSHA guidelines and safety protocols.
Requirements
- High School Diploma
- 1 year experience of chairside dental assisting
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association is required at the time of hire and is required to be maintained.
- Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Compliance with hospital, health center and departmental policies and procedures
- Provide chairside assistance to the dentist, utilizing proper four handed dentistry procedures and observing universal precautions/protocols and sterile techniques
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and age related criteria pertinent to the patients served in his/her assigned area
- Pours and trims patient study models in the dental laboratory.
- Complete laboratory forms accurately
- Documents patient records as dictated by dentist.
- Assists the dentist in filling out charts accurately and processing the patients forms and records
- Sterilizes and/or disinfects instruments and hand pieces following guidelines of the Dental Department Infection Control Manual
- Cleans instruments and prepares them for sterilization
- Assures patients comfort while waiting for the dentist.
- Maintain dental operatory in an organized and clean fashion.
- Assures that appropriate instruments and supplies are available
- Takes, exposes, develops and mounts radiographs properly (when applicable).
- Assumes the standards of care related to infection control; all OSHA guidelines & safety are upheld at the station they are assigned.
Benefits
- financial security benefits
- a generous time-off program
- employee resources groups for peer support
- holistic employee wellness program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
