Job Description

Job Location: Beaufort County Detention Center SC - Beaufort, SC 29902
Position Type: Part TimeEducation
Level: Not Specified
Salary Range: $40.00 - $40.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage: None
Job Shift: Any
Job Category: Dentist/Dental SupportSUMMARY:
Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Assist the dentist during a variety of treatment procedures
- Assists with the taking and development of dental radiographs (x-rays)
- Asks about the patient's medical history and takes vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, temp, and respirations)
- Assists the dentist and management staff with developing infection control protocols specific to dental procedures
- Dons and maintains integrity of Personal Protective Equipment during the performance and clean-up following dental procedures
- Prepares and sterilizes instruments and equipment used in the dental suite
- Provides patients with instructions for oral care following dental treatment procedures
- Teaches patients’ appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing)
- Takes impressions of patients' teeth for study casts (models of teeth)
- Performs office management tasks that often require the use of a personal computer
- Communicates with nursing staff, dentists, practitioners, suppliers, jail facility and patients as appropriate and directed by the site dentist
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
- Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipates needed supplies; places and expedites orders for supplies as approved by the dentist; verifies receipt of supplies
- Maintains control and perpetual inventory of sharps stored in the dental suite
- Reports for work as scheduled and is prepared to begin work at the assigned time
- Any and all other duties as assigned

Qualifications
- Certification in field applying for preferred
- 2+ years of related experience required
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training
- Strong computer, Internet, and email skills