What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant position at Absolute Staffers?
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We are seeing to hire an Dental Assistant to join our team. If you’re looking for an immediate position, a great work environment, upward mobility, and competitive pay? Then we have the opportunity for you.
Our client, in Littleton, CO, has an IMMEDIATE NEED for Dental Assistant to work with the Federal Correctional Institution.
Federal employees, and their families, have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make a federal career very rewarding, not to mention a lifetime of career advancement. Start your federal government career, by applying for this role.
Qualifications of Dental Assistant:
- Dental Assistant shall possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school.
- Certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience providing Dental Assistant services.
Work Details for Dental Assistant:
- Location: Littleton, CO
- Status: Contract
- Shift: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday two normal shifts are either 6:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (with a 30-minute unpaid lunch period) or 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (with a 30 minute unpaid lunch period)
Key Duties of Dental Assistant: #IND
The Dental Assistant must possess the ability to collect and track data and enter data into the agency’s electronic system and track scheduling of patient care and must have knowledge and experience in maintaining patient medical records and confidentiality. The contractor is responsible for provision of the services as listed:
• 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 prepares 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
• Gives 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 prophylaxis.
• Dental screening examination.
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery.
• Dental and periodontal charting.
