Job Description

Provides assistance to the surgical staff and physicians during dental surgical procedures, ensuring availability and proper handling of the instruments, supplies, and equipment.

Essential Functions:

• Prepares dental instruments for sterilization.
• Assists the dentist during surgery by passing instruments and materials.
• Coordinates and performs the requisitioning of instruments, supplies, and equipment for dental surgical cases.
• Maintains a clean and organized surgical environment.
• Documents patient care and maintains accurate records.
• Orders and maintains inventory of surgical supplies and equipment.

Education Requirement:

Graduate from an approved dental assistant program or equivalent experience, required.

Licensure Requirement:

Radiographer license, required.

Certifications:

Dental Assistant Certification, preferred.

Skills:

• Demonstrates manual dexterity.
• Demonstrates versatility and adaptability.
• Demonstrates a theoretical and clinical ability to conform to standards of asepsis and infection control.
• Possess ability to hear and respond appropriately to surgeon and co-worker requests.
• Demonstrated and documented competency in the scrub role

Experience:

• One year of Dental Assistant experience, required.
• Operating or delivery room experience, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Decision Making, Flexing/extending of neck, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Sitting, Squat/kneel

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Interpreting Data, Loud Noises, Machinery, Power Tools, Problem solving, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Depth perception, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near, Standing

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

Must be able to stand a minimum of 5 hours consecutively, frequently.

Must be able to move or reposition patients of any weight or size with the assistance of another person(s) and/or equipment.

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"