Expanded Duty Dental Assistant

• Chairside assists providers during standard and complex procedures.
• Anticipates the providers needs during procedures. Hands instruments to provider during examinations and treatment of patients.
• Manages post-operative patient care.
• Monitors anesthesia patients in recovery, when necessary.
• Serves as sterilization assistant. Cleans and sterilizes room after each use; prepares treatment room based on scheduled procedures.
• Seats patients, adjust chairs, drapes patients with protective covers, communicate patient concerns with staff nurse and/or treating provider.
• Knowledgeable of and initiates emergency procedures as established by Rutgers Health.
• Lays out dental instruments and supplies. Develops and mounts x-rays.
• Operates suction equipment.
• Mixes filling and impression materials.
• Maintains all dental equipment to ensure they are fully operational pre and post procedures.
• Works closely with office staff and providers to ensure accuracy in patient records (individual, daily, monthly and yearly). Files all records.
• Contacts patients for appointments personally, by telephone and mail.
• Charts examinations under the direction of the oral surgeon.
• Maintains inventory, restocks equipment and supplies to ensure efficient clinic operations. Works closely with staff nurse to assist with accurately documenting the use of clinic narcotics.

• Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage
• Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs
• Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options
• Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable)
• Life insurance coverage
• Employee discount programs

• Satisfactory completion of a formal dental assisting program in an ADA approved program and certification as a dental assistant and expanded duty assistant in the State of New Jersey.
• A minimum of two (2) years of prior dental assistant experience required.

• Must possess a valid dental technology license and CPR issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Position requires standing 2/3 of the time, walking to 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle or feel over 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms, 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 1/3 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. Must be able to lift patients, heavy boxes weighing up to forty (40) pounds, instrument sets weighing up to twenty (20) pounds; must be able to lift surgical supplies above the head.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Clinic and office operations. Moderate noise.