Expanded Duty Dental Assistant

Rutgers University • Stratford, CT, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

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Department

Department: RSDM-Clinical affairs

Overview

New Jersey’s 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 University–New 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 state—at Rutgers University–New 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, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant for the Office for Clinical Affairs within the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM).

Under general supervision, this position will perform chairside, desk side and sterilization assistance for Rutgers University Dental Associate providers. The Dental Assistant assists providers during various examinations, treatment of patients and dispenses dental materials and instruments. The position performs other clerical, sterilizing and miscellaneous tasks properly aligned with the functions of a dental assistant.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Seats patients, adjusts chairs, drapes patients with protective covers.
Lays out dental instruments and supplies.
Hands instruments to doctor during examinations and treatment of patients.
Mixes filling and impression materials.
Maintains patient records (individual, daily, monthly and yearly).
Dispenses equipment and supplies to students.
Charts examinations under the direction of the doctor.
Serves as sterilization assistant.
Restocks equipment and supplies.
Maintains enough supplies on hand to efficiently run the clinic.

Position Status

Full Time

Daily Work Shift

Day

Work Arrangement

This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

Minimum Qualifications

Must possess Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) license.
Valid Radiological Technology License issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
CPR Certification is essential.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum of three (3) years of dental experience is highly preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Must be able to exert force up to 30 lbs. cart retrieval and mobility, reach storage shelves and transport instruments to and from assigned areas.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Clinical/Office/Research dental environment. Moderate noise level.

Special Conditions

Posting Number: 24ST2123

Posting Open Date: 09/03/2024

Supplemental Questions

* Do you possess Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) license?
- Yes
- No
* Do you have a valid Radiological Technology License issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection?
- Yes
- No
* Do you have current CPR Certification?
- Yes
- No