Oral Surgery Assistant

Embark on a rewarding career with DMC Receiving Hospital. If you are a compassionate healthcare professional eager to contribute to patient care, this is your opportunity where your skills make a difference every day. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare with a personal touch.

Benefits

At Tenet Healthcare, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program
• Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

Responsibilities

• Under physician and/or manager supervision, utilize skills and independent judgment to assist Oral Surgeons in performing oral surgery procedures efficiently.
• Scrub on all types of oral surgery procedures, handle surgical instruments and materials, anticipate the needs of the Oral Surgeon, and assist as directed for both local and general anesthesia.
• Provide general chair-side assistance including draping patients, suctioning, retraction, sponging, and chinning.
• Anticipate Oral Surgeon needs for treatment specified for local and general anesthesia.
• Prepare for scheduled operative procedures, ensuring necessary equipment, instruments, and supplies are available and ready to use.
• Maintain a clean and safe treatment room.
• Remove dressings and sutures.
• Perform point-of-care glucose testing per physician orders.
• Perform dental radiography ensuring radiation health and safety, film exposure, and processing.
• Provide coverage of clerical functions, such as answering phones and front desk support.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certified Dental Assistant, or a minimum of three years of dental assisting experience with certification of completing the Michigan Dental Assisting Radiography Program.
• BLS certification.

About the Facility

DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, Michigan’s first Level I Trauma Center, helped pioneer the evolution of emergency medicine and currently has one of the busiest and most well-equipped emergency departments anywhere. The first and largest verified burn center in the state is at Receiving, and it is one of only 43 in the nation. Receiving also offers the state’s leading 24/7 hyperbaric oxygen program, Metro Detroit’s first certified primary stroke center, and the nationally recognized and accredited DMC Rosa Parks Geriatric Center of Excellence.

Schedule

Full Time, Day Shift
Begin: 7:00 AM
End: 5:30 PM