Dental Assistant (Non Certified) - Dental Clinic Wright

Assists in providing dental care to pediatric patients by preparing treatment rooms, taking x-rays, assisting dentists, and educating patients and parents.

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Prepares treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepares patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping patient.
• Provides instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area; positioning instruments for dentist's access; suctioning; passing instruments.
• Provides materials by selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in the patient's mouth.
• Documents dental care services by charting in patient records.

Education Requirement:

• High school graduate, required.
• Graduate of an accredited dental assistant training program or the equivalent in applicable experience, required.

Licensure Requirement: Current license to practice dental radiography in State of Ohio, required.

Skills:

• Robust communication skills, required.
• Demonstrated ability to treat and teach healthy and medically compromised patients.
• Possesses good manual dexterity.
• Ability to monitor nitrous oxide and patient after analgesia is administered.

Experience:

• Two years of experience as a chairside assistant, required.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Climb stairs/ladder, Cold Temperatures, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hot Temperatures, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Machinery, Power Tools, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Flexing/extending of neck, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Loud Noises, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Color vision, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Patient Equipment, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing Far/near, Walking

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:Potential for Radiation Exposure,Demanding environment.Will need to be able to multitaskTalking on phone/in person Constantly (67-100%)

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individual so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. EOE MF/Vet/Disability