DENTAL ASSISTANT, School of Dental Medicine, Dental Health Center

Job Description

DENTAL ASSISTANT, School of Dental Medicine, Dental Health Center

Category

Boston University Medical Campus --> Clinical Services

Job Location

BOSTON, MA, United States

Tracking Code

23500091181031

Posted Date

11/17/2023

Salary Grade

Grade 45

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

The Dental Assistant provides clinical support by assisting the dentist in various dental procedures, exposing radiographs, taking impressions, fabricating and cementing temporary crowns, ensuring optimal patient comfort, sterilizing instruments, practicing infection control and OSHA standards in the operatory prior, during and after said procedures. Ensures assigned operatories are cleaned and disinfected.

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Collect patient data be reviewing medical history, taking blood pressure and pulse, and charting clinical findings as directed by the dentist

• Contacts patients as needed and reviews schedules for optimal utilizations

• Reviews and enters treatment plans

• Organizes lab cases by monitoring completion dates

• Ensures each assigned operatory is set-up and ready prior to seeing each patient

• Provides patient education by giving pre and post operative instructions including oral hygiene instructions

• May be responsible for the ordering supplies as needed

Required Skills

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Required Skills

Job Location: BOSTON, MA

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Salary Grade: Grade 45

To apply, visit https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External/jobs/313306 (https://apptrkr.com/6018326)

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