U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring: Dental Assistant in Lincoln

The Dental Assistant assists the dentist in various aspects of patient care and performs clinical and clerical functions independently under supervision.

Duties

1. Customer Service: Shows courtesy, respect, and a positive attitude towards patients, co-workers, and the public. Provides assistance with questions or concerns and performs service recovery.
2. Chairside Assisting: Sets up operatory and/or surgery suite, passes instruments safely and efficiently, maintains a clear operative field, prepares dental materials, and assists in routine and specialized dental procedures.
3. Dental Imaging: Produces diagnostic-quality images, follows safety protocols, and completes imaging requests promptly.
4. Infection Control and Equipment Sterilization: Follows infection control procedures, properly sterilizes instruments, and maintains a sterile environment.
5. Clerical Functions: Assists in scheduling, fills appointment gaps, and helps document findings and treatment plans.
6. Information Management: Maintains patient confidentiality per HIPAA, follows security regulations.
7. Patient Safety: Modifies care based on patient needs, provides instructions, participates in patient identification, monitors patient condition during procedures, including sedation recovery.
8. Employee Education: Completes required safety training annually.
9. Dental Laboratory Functions: Pours impressions, prepares study models, and performs lab functions within skill level.
10. Direct Patient Care: Removes sutures, takes impressions, removes temporary crowns, performs coronal polishing, places rubber dams, and provides patient education.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.
Telework: Not available.
Virtual Position: Not virtual.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.