Dental Assistant Tallahassee, FL
il y a 2 mois
Tallahassee
Job Description NEEDED: Dental Assistant LOCATION: 501 Capital Circle N.E., Tallahassee, FL 32301 SCHEDULE: 40 Hours per week, Monday – Friday, between 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM or 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM, 8- or 10-hour shifts. QUALIFICATIONS: • Possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school., • Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety., • Shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association and must be maintained on their own time., • Must have a minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience providing chair-side dental assisting services or be a Registered Dental Assistant., • Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical setting are desirable. JOB DUTIES: • Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations., • Retrieve patient’s records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepare patient for attending Dental Officer, • Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications, • Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator, • Observes patient’s 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), • Place and remove 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 patient’s 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 position 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, exams and procedures., • 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.