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2 months ago

Kodiak, United States WJM Professional Services LLC Full time

DENTAL ASSISTANT (3)WJM Professionals is recruiting a Dental Assistant to provide personal services to all eligible beneficiaries. The individual shall perform a full range of comprehensive Dental Assistant/Technician procedures and practices on-site QUALIFICATIONSThe routine workload will be in the form of a Dental Officer prescription. Also, regularly scheduled dental checkups and maintenance programs. The primary workload is a result of appointments for outpatient and inpatient clients in response to the dental clinic's approved dental treatment schedule.The work environment involves risks typically associated with the performance of clinical dental procedures. The healthcare worker will maintain the concept of universal precautions.The healthcare worker is responsible for a full range of dental assistant procedures in support of the Dental Office: examinations, delivery of treatment under the "four-handed dentistry" format within the personnel and equipment capabilities and limitations imposed by the Dental Assistant Practice Acts, or similar regulations, of the state of the facility. Additionally, the healthcare worker shall aid in the provision, and within the limitations imposed by the Dental Assistant Practice Acts, or similar regulations, of the State where services are provided, of mandated dental surveillance and preventive services and the quality and timeliness of treatment records and reports required to document procedures performed and care provided. The healthcare worker shall refer patients who present with a complaint to staff dentists for evaluation and continuation of care and shall attend multidisciplinary treatment team meetings on behalf of the dental officers.To treat all Active Duty beneficiaries presented for care.Actual healthcare worker clinical activity will be a function of the overall demand for dental assistant services. 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A current resume including AT LEAST the following information:Degrees earned;Professional Experience;Social Security Number;Date of birth;Career history;Professional Training/Courses attended in the past two years;Professional organization affiliations and memberships;Previous work references including the name of the organization, number of years rendered, address, and name of the point of contract with the telephone number;Awards and certifications received.COPIES NEEDEDA certificate or Associate Degree from an accredited school of Dental Assistant/Technician (a "Polaroid" picture is acceptable as a copy);Evidence of immunity to Hepatitis "A" and "B" and evidence of freedom from chronic communicable disease(s) i.e., HIV, TB, and Sexual transmitted diseases (within 3 months of the start of work);A current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) for the Health Care Provider by the American Heart Association (AHA), American Red Cross (ARC), American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI), or the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP);At least three (3) letters of recommendation from recent employers addressing dental assistant services.

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