Posting Summary
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Dental Assistant III within the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine ( RSDM ). Under the direction of the Program Coordinator the Dental Assistant III will support the department by providing clinical assistance for the Department of Periodontics. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Serves as a Dental Assistant to assist faculty and postgraduate students with patient care including setting up and stocking units daily maintaining implant and surgical kits transporting instruments to and from sterilization in accordance with schedule maintaining a safe and clean working environment by adhering to RSDM infection control policy and departmental protocol assisting with ordering of supplies as needed and performing clerical duties as assigned. Maintains patient confidentiality. Understands and adheres to Rutgers compliance standards as they appear in RBHSs Corporate Compliance Policy Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. To perform this job successfully and individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Performs other related duties as assigned.
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.