Dental Surgical Assistant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Jefferson Bryn Mawr

Philadelphia, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Details

Dental Surgical Assistant to members of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the resident staff. Provide chairside surgical support to the oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures and the facial pain physicians. Performs a wide variety of oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures with competency.

Provide surgical support to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon chairside for surgery procedures as well as facial pain physicians. Sterilize instrumentation and prepare tray setups. Setup required instrumentation in sterile environment

Maintain all logs for inspections/certifications per OMFS workflows

Reprocess/sterilize equipment and prepare tray set-up per protocol

Maintain sterile technique while assisting in sterile OMFS procedures

Proficient in radiographs CBCT Peri-apical and Panorex x-rays Take order and document radiographs appropriately Follow clinical policies/ procedures and workflows to ensure compliance with the Joint Commission OSHA ADA as well as TJUH Safety Infection Control and Quality Assurance

Maintain patient electronic medical record per OMFS charting workflows

Ensure Patient safety following BLS guidelines and maintain current BLS certification

Travel to other OMFS offices.

Job Description

Education: High School Diploma required

Experience: Minimum of 2 years experience preferred. Experience in an oral and maxillofacial surgery practice preferred. Must have excellent interpersonal skills knowledge of medical terminology and experience in dealing with medically compromised individuals.

Certifications Required:

Pennsylvania certification in Oral Radiology is required within 90 days of hire.

BLS certification required (through American Heart Association)

Accredited dental assisting program certification preferred.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Jefferson University Physicians

Primary Location Address

830 Old Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania United States of America

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Required Experience:

Junior IC

Job DetailsDental Surgical Assistant to members of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the resident staff. Provide chairside surgical support to the oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures and the facial pain physicians. Performs a wide variety of oral and maxillofacial surgical p...