Senior Dental Surgical Assistant - OMS Program

The University of Oklahoma•Norman, OK

64d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OU HSC) is one of the nation's few academic health centers with all health-related colleges - Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and the Graduate College. OU HSC serves approximately 4,000 students in more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs on campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
24 months experience in Oral Surgery
Radiology Certification
Nitrous Oxide Certification
Dental Anesthesia Assistant National Certification (DAANCE)
Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Able to keep hand and arm steady while moving arm or while holding arm and hand in one position
Able to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate or assemble very small objects
Able to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact positions
Able to bend, stretch, twist and/or reach with your body, arms and/or legs
Must possess good multi-limb coordination i.e. the ability to coordinate two or more limbs while sitting or standing
Must possess good trunk strength i.e. the ability to use abdominal or lower back muscles to support part of the body continuously or repeatedly over time without giving out or fatiguing
Able to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information
Good manual dexterity required to enable safe, skillful use of instruments while working in the mouth

Nice To Haves

Current OMS Assistant (Preferred) / Dental Assistant License Current Certifications

Responsibilities

Assists faculty, residents, and dental students with oral surgery procedures
Acts as a Lead to other Dental Surgical Assistants
Provides surgical assistance to faculty, residents, and dental students
Assists surgeon with the placement of implants during the surgical procedure
Prepares patients for the procedure with proper monitors for sedation
Prepares surgical trays with instrumentation for basic extractions, IV extractions, biopsies, and implants
Sterilizes instruments.
Prepares surgical rooms for the proper procedures
Prepares trays with needed materials such as anesthesia, implants, bonding agents, bone grafting, and collagen membrane
Reads and notates monitor readings from the procedure
Maintains awareness of emergency situations and responds according to departmental policy
Exposes and develops x-rays
Recovers patients from sedations
Gives prescriptions from the surgeon with dosage instruction and proper home care instructions
Cleans and sanitizes rooms after patient treatment
Completes paperwork for surgeries and sedations including anesthesia records, drug cards, and consent forms
Properly completes all paperwork from the procedure
Performs basic administrative office procedures such as chart management, seating and dismissing patients, etc.
Continues dental surgical education by attending training sessions to learn concepts of sterile procedures, sterilization, radiology, dental record keeping, fire and safety procedures
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, nitrous oxide administration, and basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Acts as the lead employee
Trains new assistants and acts as the unit leader
Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position