School Health Dental Assistant - Brooklyn Job at NYU Langone Hospitals in New Yo

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, a designated Level 3 Medical Home, is the largest federally qualified health center network in New York State, and the second largest in the nation. It includes eight primary care sites, 40 school-based health centers and dental clinics, four day care centers, the nation's largest dental residency program, and New York State's largest behavioral health program. The network also includes 12 community medicine sites providing care to disenfranchised New Yorkers, comprehensive HIV services, chemical dependency programs, and a family support center that offers educational, vocational, and other social support programs. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a School Health Dental Assistant – Brooklyn. In this role, the Dental Assistant assists the dentist on all modalities of dentistry (operatory, oral surgeon, endodontics, periodontics, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry). The assistant practices four-handed dentistry, follows infection control standards, and upholds all OSHA guidelines and safety at the assigned station. The assistant exposes, develops and mounts radiographs properly, sets trays, prepares the room before accepting or discharging a patient, and ensures patient comfort while awaiting the dentist. The assistant sterilizes hand pieces, transports instruments for sterilization, identifies inoperable equipment, performs light lab work, documents patient records as dictated, and complies with all departmental policies and procedures.

Job Responsibilities

• Compliance with hospital, health center and departmental policies and procedures
• Provide chairside assistance to the dentist, utilizing proper four-handed dentistry procedures and observing universal precautions / protocols and sterile techniques
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and age related criteria pertinent to the patients served
• Pours and trims patient study models in the dental laboratory; complete laboratory forms accurately
• Documents patient records as dictated by dentist; assists the dentist in filling out charts accurately and processing patients’ forms and records
• Sterilizes and/or disinfects instruments and hand pieces following guidelines of the Dental Department Infection Control Manual
• Cleans instruments and prepares them for sterilization
• Assures patients comfort while waiting for the dentist
• Maintains dental operatory in an organized and clean fashion; assure that appropriate instruments and supplies are available
• Takes, exposes, develops and mounts radiographs properly (when applicable)
• Assumes the standards of care related to infection control; all OSHA guidelines & safety are upheld at the station assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• 1 year experience of chairside dental assisting
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association required at the time of hire and must be maintained

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.

NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $50,040.46 - $50,040.46 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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