A. Harold & Associates
A. Harold & Associates is hiring: Dental Assistant in Los Angeles
A. Harold & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, US, 90079
Dental Assistant (Los Angeles - Multiple Locations)
A. Harold and Associates, LLC, is looking for a full-time Dental Assistant to provide Dental services for the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS). The business hours are defined as Monday through Friday (7:30am - 4:00 pm and 8:00 am to 4:30 pm) excluding Federal holidays.
Duties and Responsibilities:
A Harold + Associates, LLC provides products/services that are considered defense services under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and, therefore, requires applicants to be U.S. Citizens, Permanent Resident Aliens, or protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (including refugees or asylees). Offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment background verification (including E-Verify).
An Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Employer
EOE, including disability/veterans
If you are a Qualified Individual with a Disability, or a Disabled Veteran, and require assistance in making your application, please contact HR at 904-770-0735.
A. Harold and Associates, LLC, is looking for a full-time Dental Assistant to provide Dental services for the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS). The business hours are defined as Monday through Friday (7:30am - 4:00 pm and 8:00 am to 4:30 pm) excluding Federal holidays.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform chairside assistant duties in all phases of dentistry including but not limited to, prosthodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and endodontics
- Responsible for assisting dentists by preparing patients and instruments for dental treatment, measure and record vital signs, respond to basic medical emergencies, prepare surgical dressings and specimens, adjust treatment as needed to account for age specific needs of geriatric patient, perform laboratory duties as needed, and operate dental x-ray equipment, including evaluating images for diagnostic quality and utilizing dental imaging safety techniques
- Learn how to operate new and existing equipment for patient treatment. The Dental Assistant shall maintain and clean dental equipment, instruments and assigned spaces according to current Infection Control policies, Reportable Medical Events (RME), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines. This includes, but is not limited to, dental chair/unit maintenance, equipment inventory, instrument inventory, and supply management in the operatory and supply rooms
- Responsible for receiving routing patients, recording information related to patient care, utilization of all dental programs, and providing patient with education material related to their care. Following surgical procedures, the dental assistant shall provide proper verbal and written post-op instructions
- Protect printed and electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable laws, Federal regulations, VA statutes and policy, and VHA policy
- Protect data from unauthorized release, loss, alteration, or unauthorized deletion
- Shall follow applicable regulations and instructions regarding access to computerized files, release of access codes, etc.; enter and retrieve data utilizing electronic dental records; learn and utilize software programs used within VHA such as word processing software to store and retrieve electronic documents and files, activate printers, insert and delete text, format letters, reports, and memoranda and transmit and receive email
- Learn and use the Veterans Health Information and Technology Architecture (VistA), Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), and Dental Record Manager Plus (DRM+) to access information in the facility computer system
- Instruct, assist, and answer questions for a variety of dental trainees in the Dental Clinic
- Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as required and as directed by the Site Manager
- Have a current unrestricted license by the Committee on Dental Auxiliaries (COMDA) for the State of California
- Have a minimum of 1-year experience as a dental assistant
- The Dental Radiological Certificate is required
- Shall have a current BLS and or/CPR card
- Shall have a valid TB test
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a CAC card
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- This position is regulated by the Department of Labor (DOL) as a Service Contract Act (SCA) contract. The DOL regulates the minimum hourly rate of pay, holiday and vacation leave benefits, and Health and Welfare (H&W) money.
- Employees will earn H&W dollars per eligible hour (including vacation and holiday up to 40 hours/week). H&W monies are used to offset the employer's cost of benefits the employee elects into and/or utilizes.
A Harold + Associates, LLC provides products/services that are considered defense services under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and, therefore, requires applicants to be U.S. Citizens, Permanent Resident Aliens, or protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (including refugees or asylees). Offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment background verification (including E-Verify).
An Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Employer
EOE, including disability/veterans
If you are a Qualified Individual with a Disability, or a Disabled Veteran, and require assistance in making your application, please contact HR at 904-770-0735.