Dental Assistant - EFDA

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Prepares treatment room for patient by adhering to prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Assists dentist in managing dental emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drug and oxygen supply, and emergency telephone directory.
• 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.
• Educates patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control, and postoperative instructions.
• Documents dental care services by charting in patient records.

Education Requirement

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.

Certifications

Board Certified in Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary 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.
• Able 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, Interpreting Data, 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, 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 multitask
• Talking on the phone/in person