Dental Assistant (EF)

About the role

Join the Indian Health Service as an experienced Expanded Function Dental Assistant. Use your expertise in chairside assisting, restorative procedures, radiography, infection control, and patient education to deliver culturally respectful, high-quality care while improving oral health outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Responsibilities

• Help restores teeth after preparation has been accomplished.
• Provides chairside assisting and fully anticipates dentist's need for various instruments, materials, and service.
• Prepares materials and equipment for use by the Dentist.
• Performs a variety of intra-oral procedures (as directed by the Dentist) such as oral prophylaxis, operates cavitron, applies pit and fissure sealants, removes temporary fillings, and cements stainless steel crowns.
• Performs radiological procedures and performs dental laboratory procedures, pours and trims models, fabricates custom trays and bite rims, mounts casts on articulator, and pours final impressions.
• Receives and prepares patients for dental treatments.
• Maintains records related to appointments, examinations, treatment, and supplies.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirement(s): Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiological procedures meet the credentialing standards, which are set forth in 42 CFR Part 75.
• Minimum Qualifications: GS-05: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service performing chairside assistance during dental procedures, performing simple alloy and composite restorations, placing and contouring temporary restorations, applying pit and fissure sealants, performing oral prophylaxis, applying topical fluoride, taking and processing digital intra-oral radiographs, taking and recording vital signs, collecting patient history, assisting with medication reconciliation, performing routine dental laboratory procedures, providing post-treatment instructions, and oral health education. GS-06: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service performing advanced duties under a dentist such as restorative fillings, expanded functions duties, cleaning or surgical expanded function duties, monitoring nitrous oxide, taking x-rays, coronal polishing, applying sealants, placing and carving restoratives, taking final impressions under close supervision, applying sealants and fluoride.

Skills

• Culturally respectful care delivery.
• Restorative procedures.
• Radiography.
• Infection control.
• Patient education.

Benefits

• Total Compensation Package details provided by IHS.

Pay

• Details provided by IHS.

Schedule

• Details provided by IHS.