Senior Dental Assistant - Orlando Health Cancer Institute

About the Role

Performs routine work involving a variety of tasks in assisting the professional dental staff.

Responsibilities

• Circulates during oral and maxillofacial operations or restorative procedures and hands instruments and supplies to surgeons as needed.
• Assists in changing intra-oral and extra-oral dressings.
• Sets up sterile instrument trays for operations and ensures that standard trays are ready for emergencies.
• Sterilizes and gives routine care to clinical instruments, linens, and auxiliary supplies, including spray valves, compressed air apparatus, syringes, fountain cuspidors, and suction equipment.
• Maintains a functional inventory of supplies.
• Performs dental x-rays and maxillofacial radiology including in-office CT scans.
• Responsible for processing copies of imaging for referring physicians and other outside providers of the care team.
• Performs duties according to established clinic rules and regulations based upon standards of the dental profession.
• Documents services provided.
• Serves as clinical lead in the practice.
• Helps develop and coordinate the orientation process for the clinical team; acts as preceptor in collaboration with nursing/clinical leadership.
• Supports and helps develop quality strategies within the practice.
• Acts as education consultant for the practice and OHMG specialties; trains clinical team on surgical procedures, sterile technique, and autoclave process.
• In collaboration with nursing staff, helps maintain surgical code cart maintenance.
• Maintains supply and monitors safe storage of medical gases according to proper protocols.
• Facilitates patient education pre- and post-surgery.
• Attends multi-disciplinary care conferences and communicates regularly with the multi-disciplinary team to coordinate and update on plan of care.
• Enters orders as needed for appropriate follow-up with providers.
• Enters treatment plans as needed to ensure appropriate coding to generate quotes for services and necessary authorization for procedure approvals.
• Assists in the dental lab as needed.
• Coordinates patient care with the scheduling team.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with referring dental providers; serves as point of contact for regular patient updates on surgical planning status.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and assess data appropriate to the age-specific needs of the patients.
• Monitors vital signs as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Graduate of a CODA-accredited dental assisting program, provided that it included appropriate training in the expanded function –OR– successful completion of a Florida Board-approved expanded duties training program.
• Five (5) years of Dental Assistant (with Expanded Functions) experience in a Maxillofacial Surgery office.
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider Certification.
• If assigned to OHPG – Craniofacial Specialty, must maintain current State of Florida Dental Radiographer license.