Expanded Duty Dental Assistant
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant
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11-07-2025
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Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant within the Oral Surgery Department at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine ( RSDM ). In this role the Expanded Duty Dental Assistant will assist dentists and residents with dental procedures and patient treatment. The Expanded Duty Dental Assistant will also provide assistance during general anesthesia cosmetic surgical procedures and implant dentistry procedures. Additionally the Expanded Duty Dental Assistant will carry out a variety of general office receptionist assignments including front desk and data entry. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Identifies and pull selected equipment instruments and supplies needed for oral maxillofacial surgical procedures. Prepares and sets up work area and operatory for the scheduled procedure including turnovers cleaning restocking inventory and ordering of supplies and instruments on a regular basis. Assists in gowning and gloving surgeons. Escorts patients from waiting area to operatory and prepare patient for procedure like draping positioning witnessing patient consent and organizing instrumentation prior to procedure. Checks and records vital signs on the charts (e.g. pulse blood pressure temperature respiration and weight) prior to procedure. Prepares implant for insertion and I.V. Cases.
Overview
New Jerseys academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers clinicians and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the stateat Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark Scotch Plains Somerset Stratford and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick Newarks University Hospital in Newark and other affiliates. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Preferred Qualifications
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Anesthesia Assistant certification preferred. Experience with additional software products utilized by the department is preferred.
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant within the Oral Surgery Department at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine ( RSDM ). In this role the Expanded Duty Dental Assistant will assist dentists and residents with dental procedures and patient treatment. The Expanded Duty Dental Assistant will also provide assistance during general anesthesia cosmetic surgical procedures and implant dentistry procedures. Additionally the Expanded Duty Dental Assistant will carry out a variety of general office receptionist assignments including front desk and data entry. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Identifies and pull selected equipment instruments and supplies needed for oral maxillofacial surgical procedures. Prepares and sets up work area and operatory for the scheduled procedure including turnovers cleaning restocking inventory and ordering of supplies and instruments on a regular basis. Assists in gowning and gloving surgeons. Escorts patients from waiting area to operatory and prepare patient for procedure like draping positioning witnessing patient consent and organizing instrumentation prior to procedure. Checks and records vital signs on the charts (e.g. pulse blood pressure temperature respiration and weight) prior to procedure. Prepares implant for insertion and I.V. Cases.
Overview
New Jerseys academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers clinicians and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the stateat Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark Scotch Plains Somerset Stratford and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick Newarks University Hospital in Newark and other affiliates. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Preferred Qualifications
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Anesthesia Assistant certification preferred. Experience with additional software products utilized by the department is preferred.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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