Registered Dental Assistant

NEEDED: Registered Dental Assistant (3)

LOCATION: Sheridan OR 97378

SCHEDULE: Monday Friday 6:00 AM 2:30 PM or 6:3.0 AM 3:00 PM

• Hours depend on the assigned dental officer. If the assistants assigned Dental Officer is working a compressed work schedule their hours will be changed accordingly. This means that some or all the dental assistants could be working 9 to 10 hours per day or a straight eight (8) (no duty-free lunch) schedule. The facility is expected to require an average of 8-10 sessions per day. The Dental Assistants schedule shall not exceed forty (40) hours per week. The actual hours of work will be determined by the Chief Dental Officer.
• Shall possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school.
• Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
• Must have a minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience providing chair-side dental assisting services or be a Registered Dental Assistant.
• Shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
• Bilingual oral communication skills are desirable.

QUALIFICATIONS:

JOB DUTIES:

• Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative oral surgery periodontics prosthetics and examinations.
• Retrieve patients records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepares patient for attending Dental Officer
• Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments essential materials drugs and medications
• Passes instruments retracts tissues irrigates oral cavities and operates aspirator
• Observes patients responses and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic
• Give instructions for subsequent dental appointments
• Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records)
• Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient
• Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
• Provides dental health education
• Dental screening examination
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery
• Dental and periodontal charting
• Prepares places and removes packs
• Places temporary fillings (if authorized)
• Places and removes rubber dams
• Maintains dental equipment
• Cleans sharpens and sterilizes instruments
• Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs
• Reports defective equipment or utilizes corrective action
• Performs routine coronal polish of the clinical crowns of teeth (if authorized)
• Prepares entries for patients records
• Selects and applies medication in proper portion and anti-cariogenic agents to surface of teeth Applies medication prescribed by a Dental Officer to gingiva to promote healing
• Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prosthesis and removable partial prosthesis as directed by Dental Officer
• Takes radiographs of patients using standard and digital dental radiographic panoramic cephalometric and transcranial equipment
• Obtains diagnostic quality periapical occlusal lateral jaw TMJ and panoramic radiographs
• Correctly positions patient and film
• Determines level of radiation intensity to minimize radiation exposure of patients
• Processes and saves digital radiographs to patient medical records
• Performs quality assurances on radiographic and developing equipment and safelight
• Maintains proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques
• Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinic
• Place and finish dental restorations including bases and liners (if authorized)
• Make preliminary impressions and pour casts
• Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures

BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate accrued vacation accrued sick leave 11 paid federal holidays 401K opportunity and healthcare benefits contributions.

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