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Job Number: 506139
Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Department: Dental-Special Needs Clinic
Categories: Healthcare - Clinic Administration, Medical Professionals & Technicians
Job Title: Dental Assistant - 994360
Job Category: Non-Exempt
Hiring Range:
Pay Basis: Hourly
Essential Job Functions:
- Provides chairside assistance for students, residents, and faculty in designated clinics.
- Plans the set-up of the operatories, instruments, and materials according to scheduled procedures.
- Takes and processes digital x-rays and dental impressions.
- Assists with obtaining documents of patients’ dental history as well as overall health and medication history.
- Maintains operatories according to proper infection control protocols to ensure adherence to OSHA and infection control regulations.
- Enters data/patient information into electronic health record systems.
- Monitors inventory of dental supplies.
- May monitor oral sedation or general anesthesia procedures.
- May provide postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist.
- May assist with sterilization and dispensing of instruments.
- Completes special projects as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned or required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Knowledge:
- General knowledge and understanding of infection control and OSHA protocols.
- Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
- Knowledge of sterile techniques and special procedures applicable to work performed.
- Knowledge of inventory management practices.
- Knowledge of four-handed dentistry.
- Proficient knowledge of x-ray techniques.
- General knowledge and understanding of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Access).
Skills:
- Service Orientation – Proficient skills in actively looking for ways to help people.
- Complex Problem Solving - Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making – Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
- Time Management – Proficient skills in managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Active Listening – Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking – Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
Abilities:
- Manual Dexterity - The ability to use your hands in a skillful, coordinated way to grasp and manipulate objects and demonstrate small, precise movements.
- Oral Comprehension & Expression - The ability to listen to, understand, and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
- Detail Oriented - The ability to pay attention to details, understand underlying cause/effect relationships, and account for those details and relationships.
- Confidentiality - The ability to maintain confidential information.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability and willingness to provide coverage in other areas/facilities.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- May be exposed to sharp instruments, disposable gloves, and personal protective equipment, among others.
- Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
- May be required to work nights or weekends.
- May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
- May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to syringes, latex gloves, pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.
Job Requirements:
Required Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Required Experience: Level I - HSD and one (1) to two (2) years of experience working as a Dental Assistant in a dental office, -OR- Have completed an AA Dental Assisting Program. Level II - HSD and two plus (2+) up to four (4) years of experience working as a Dental Assistant in a dental office. -OR- Have completed an AA Dental Assisting Program and minimum one plus (1+) years of experience as a Dental Assistant in a dental office. Level III - HSD and four plus (4+) years of experience working as a Dental Assistant in a dental office, -OR- Have completed an AA Dental Assisting Program and minimum two plus (2+) years of experience as a Dental Assistant in a dental office, -OR- Foreign trained dentist.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Expanded Duties Certificate.
- Radiology Certificate or ability to obtain within 90 days from hire.
- Experience using EHR (electronic health record) system and dental terminology, preferably Axium dental software.
Background Screening Required? Yes
Advertised: Sep 05, 2024 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Dec 05, 2024 Eastern Standard Time
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