Digital Lab Manager: Tamaqua, PA
About The Position
Temple University's Kornberg School of Dentistry is seeking a Digital Lab Manager for its Tamaqua, PA location. The Kornberg School of Dentistry, founded in 1863, is the second-oldest dental school in the U.S. and is dedicated to innovation in dental education, research, and patient care. The school offers a range of educational programs and comprehensive patient services, training ethical and skilled dental professionals. The faculty and staff provide students with excellent resources, including smart classrooms, digital dentistry labs, clinics, and a preclinical lab. Students can pursue postbaccalaureate, predoctoral, continuing education, and advanced education programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a field with heavy CAD/CAM applications.
- At least 4 years of directly CAD/CAM experience.
- Ability to travel between our clinical locations in Philadelphia and Tamaqua as needed.
- Ability to work with various CAD/CAM technologies and other lab equipment.
- Good hand-eye coordination with the ability to work with small instruments.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organization and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work both individually and in a team environment.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize work, and make independent decisions for non-complex issues.
- Ability to work with a diverse population of students, faculty, staff, and other external contacts.
- Great attention to detail and sound judgments with the ability to make independent decisions.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize work.
Nice To Haves
- Dental degree from a US or foreign dental school or a degree in a dental specific field.
- Previous experience working in a digital dental lab.
Responsibilities
- Working with Dental Faculty, residents, and students in creating various customized digital milled prostheses.
- CAD/CAM design and scanning.
- Preparation of casts.
- Checking digital impressions.
- Advising faculty.
- Designing crowns and other prostheses.
- Nesting, milling, staining and glazing, and finishing.
- Working with faculty to demonstrate CAD/CAM techniques to dental students.
- Providing administrative support for the lab.
- Ordering and maintaining inventory of CAD/CAM materials.
- Working with the department Chair to identify new and more efficient materials.
- Designing and 3D printing of surgical guides.
- Maintaining (set up, cleaning, basic repairs) of lab equipment.
- Allocating digital scanners to users.
- Entering and verifying work orders and digital scans being sent to our outside laboratory.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
- Reviewing and checking digital impressions, designing, milling, staining and glazing prostheses.
- Designing CAD/CAM crowns, bridges, nightguards and surgical guides.
- Management of flow of operations and administration support for lab services.
- Overseeing the assigning of digital equipment to students.
- Maintenance of printers, milling unit and other digital lab equipment.
- Lecturing/demonstrating CAD/CAM techniques to students in advanced restorative courses.
- Keeping up to date with new techniques in the field and providing input on new technology, equipment, or processes.
- Identifying improvements to current facilities, equipment, and procedures.
Benefits
- Full medical, dental, vision coverage
- Paid time off
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Tuition remission
- A generous retirement plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
