Dental Assistant

About the role

Chenega Government Mission Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services company, is seeking a Dental Assistant to support Lawton Indian Hospital. This is a full-time, Monday–Friday position from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Chief Dental Officer may adjust shift hours as workload requires, not exceeding eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. No federal holidays are required. Dental Assistants may also be assigned to work at Anadarko Indian Health Center as needed based on staff shortages, using an IHS vehicle during regular work hours.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and record vital signs and screening data in electronic dental and health records.
• Triage emergency dental patients.
• Take both intraoral and extraoral (panoramic) digital radiographs; obtain diagnostic quality images, taking appropriate additional exposures as needed.
• Serve as chairside assistant, primarily assisting in general dentistry.
• Assist as needed in more complex specialized dental procedures such as oral surgery, prosthetics, operative, endodontics, periodontics, and pedodontics.
• Prepare dental instruments and materials prior to procedures.
• Evacuate blood and secretions from oral cavity during procedures.
• Transfer instruments to provider during dental procedures.
• Clean and transport soiled instruments at the end of the procedure.
• Perform proper pre-sterilization cleaning, packaging of instruments, and sterilization.
• Complete routine equipment and operatory maintenance.
• Clean operatory and work surfaces between patients.
• Provide routine rubber cup prophylaxis and apply topical fluoride treatment as assigned by the dentist.
• Relay post-operative instructions, disease prevention techniques, and home care instructions to patients.
• Place pit and fissure sealants as prescribed by the dentist.
• Direct patients or visitors; refer callers to appropriate staff members.
• Write down pertinent patient or message information to give accurate messages to staff.
• Perform pediatric dental assistant duties.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Dental Assistance direct practice.
• Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Ability to work onsite in Lawton, OK.
• Knowledge of all instruments, materials, and procedures normally used in all phases of restorative, prosthodontic, oral surgical, endodontic, and periodontal treatment.
• Knowledge of dental anatomy and ability to properly expose and mount diagnostic radiographs.
• Ability to explain post-operative instructions, disease prevention techniques, and home care instructions to patients.
• Knowledge of steps and techniques required for the placement of sealants on teeth.
• Knowledge and skill of tooth isolation techniques required to maintain a dry field for placement of restorations and sealants.
• Knowledge of sterilization techniques.
• Pediatric experience preferred.

Pay

Estimated salary/wage: USD $20.50/hr up to USD $24.00/hr.

Schedule

Full-time, Monday–Friday, 7:00 am–4:00 pm. Shift hours may be altered by the Chief Dental Officer as workload requires, not exceeding eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. No federal holidays required. May be assigned to Anadarko Indian Health Center as needed during regular work hours.