Dental Assistant - Part Time 4 Hours Per Week

SUMMARY:

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist the dentist during a variety of treatment procedures

• Assists with the taking and development of dental radiographs (x-rays)

• Asks about the patient's medical history and takes vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, temp, and respirations)

• Assists the dentist and management staff with developing infection control protocols specific to dental procedures

• Dons and maintains integrity of Personal Protective Equipment during the performance and clean-up following dental procedures

• Prepares and sterilizes instruments and equipment used in the dental suite

• Provides patients with instructions for oral care following dental treatment procedures

• Teaches patients' appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing)

• Takes impressions of patients' teeth for study casts (models of teeth)

• Performs office management tasks that often require the use of a personal computer

• Communicates with nursing staff, dentists, practitioners, suppliers, jail facility and patients as appropriate and directed by the site dentist

• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

• Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipates needed supplies; places and expedites orders for supplies as approved by the dentist; verifies receipt of supplies

• Maintains control and perpetual inventory of sharps stored in the dental suite

• Reports for work as scheduled and is prepared to begin work at the assigned time

• Any and all other duties as assigned