Dental Assistant Job at WVU Medicine Berkeley and Jefferson Medical Centers in M

Overview

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Minimum Qualifications

• Education, Certification, and/or Licensure: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience: Successful completion of a dental assisting or surgical assisting program OR one year of dental assisting or surgical assisting experience. Experience will substitute for completion of a dental/surgical assisting education program.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist providers during patient examination and treatment as instructed
• Greets patients and prepares for exam by ensuring patients are properly seated, draped and aligned for examination
• Independently applies or assists in the application of rubber dam isolation
• Transfers dental instruments and supplies to provider during treatment
• Maintains a clean, dry oral operating field by using high velocity evacuation systems
• Prepares, mixes, measures and dispenses various materials as instructed during dental procedures
• Places, exposes and/or processes images
• Ensures all equipment is clean, sanitized and disinfected at all times
• Obtains dental supplies and instruments from stock area
• Prepares and arranges dental instruments, materials and medication for use during patient care
• Ensure that all instrumentation is sterilized by appropriate methods
• Returns instruments and equipment to appropriate area
• Sets up and assists with a wide variety of highly specialized patient care procedures in a high specialized patient care environments
• Records treatment procedures or other information within the electronic record, obtaining prompt electronic provider approvals as necessary
• Provides administrative support and assistance as needed in order to meet the operational needs of the clinics.

Physical Requirements

• Must meet Department of Labor’s MEDIUM duty standard (MEDIUM WORK - exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly)
• Able to bend, stoop, reach and be capable of normal rotation, standing and walking for an 8 to 10 hours shift

Working Environment

• May be scheduled to work various shifts based on departmental and patient needs
• May be required to travel between facilities/buildings

Additional Job Description

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

Shift: Day (United States of America)

Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company: BMC Berkeley Medical Center

Cost Center: 8410 UHAE Deans Office and HSC VPs

Address: 2500 Foundation Way, Martinsburg, West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care