Dental Dispensary Aide
About The Position
USC's Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry is looking for a talented Dental Dispensary Aide to join the Dispensary team. This role assists in the operation and maintenance of one or more dispensaries, prepackages and distributes dental materials and equipment to dental students, hygiene students, and faculty. The position also involves ordering supplies, stocking shelves, maintaining accurate computer records of inventory, and preparing supplies for pre-clinical classes. The Dental Dispensary Aide is responsible for maintaining the dispensaries as a clean and organized unit.
Requirements
- Service oriented and ability to interact effectively with faculty, staff and students.
- Requires knowledge of computer operations.
- Some experience in dental assisting.
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training
- Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) training
- Axium training
- Payment Card Industry (PCI) training
Nice To Haves
- Dental assisting or dental background preferred.
Responsibilities
- Controls distribution of clinical equipment.
- Signs and/or scans equipment in and out of the computer.
- Notifies the appropriate students and/or doctors regarding items that have not been returned.
- Maintains, prepares and dispenses materials and supplies.
- Prepackages dental materials according to various dental procedures.
- Prepares solutions.
- Follows appropriate protocols for materials and equipment handling.
- Transfers data from handheld scanning devices into a computer.
- Maintains dispensary in clean and orderly fashion.
- Cleans shelves.
- Maintains, disinfects, and sterilizes equipment.
- Learns and applies proper techniques for handling used instruments, disposable materials, chemicals and dental materials.
- Opens clinic or preclinic dispensary and prepares for operation.
- Orders supplies.
- Unpacks and stocks shelves to predetermined levels.
- Controls supply of lab coats.
- Sorts and distributes lab coats.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Benefits
- Wide variety of benefits and programs that support our staff and their families
- Work-life balance
- Employee well-being
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
