Hennepin Healthcare is hiring: Dental Assistant in Minneapolis

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We are currently seeking a Dental Assistant to join our organization. This full-time position involves working 80 hours per pay period, Monday through Friday.

Purpose of the position: Under immediate supervision, perform routine dental procedures.

A $2500 hiring incentive is available for eligible external candidates. Current employees, contract/temporary workers, and former employees returning within one year are ineligible.

Responsibilities

• Review patient charts and prepare instruments and equipment.
• Perform procedures such as mixing impression material, taking impressions, pouring models, preparing base plates, acrylic trays, and bleaching trays.
• Perform mechanical polishings and fluoride treatments.
• Place rubber dam and remove sutures or excess cement from inlays, crowns, and bridges.
• Chart patient treatment received and provide dental hygiene instructions.
• Perform x-ray procedures and develop films.
• Assist during oral surgical procedures, operating suction equipment, arranging lighting, sponging operative areas, and supplying instruments and materials.
• Schedule patient appointments and maintain equipment and work area cleanliness.
• Sterilize and wrap instruments, order supplies, and prepare records.
• Administer and monitor nitrous oxide (must have completed a course on Nitrous Oxide administration).
• Re-cement temporary restorations and place temporary fillings to promote palliative treatment.
• Etch enamel surfaces, apply sealants (must have completed a course on Sealant placement).
• Perform limited restorative procedures, including placing and adjusting amalgam and composite restorations, and cementing stainless steel crowns (must have completed Restorative Expanded Functions training).
• Place and remove matrix bands, fabricate and cement temporary restorations, and perform mechanical polishing.
• Apply topical medications as prescribed by a dentist.
• Take impressions and perform endodontic procedures such as drying root canals and placing temporary materials.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited dental assisting program.
• Current license as a Dental Assistant through the Minnesota Board of Dentistry or pass the Minnesota Licensure Examination within 90 days of employment.
• Basic Life Support certification.

License/Certifications

• Current license as a Dental Assistant or pass the licensure exam within 6 months.
• Completed a course on nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Entry level.
• Employment type: Temporary.
• Job function: Health Care Provider.
• Industries: Hospitals and Healthcare.

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