Senior Dental Assistant

1 week ago

Iowa City, Iowa, United States The University Of Iowa Full time
Job Title: Senior Dental Assistant

Join the University of Iowa College of Dentistry as a Senior Dental Assistant in the Prosthodontics department. This role offers a dynamic work environment with a team of faculty, graduate students, and dental students. As a senior-level assistant, you will perform advanced techniques, including placing retraction cord, fugi temps, making custom trays, and more.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Clean and organize the operatory, maintaining neat patient areas.
  • Perform end-of-day cleaning and closing procedures.
  • Serve as the primary contact for digital scanning, training assistants in advanced techniques, and maintaining training documentation.
  • Monitor and manage lab cases, ensuring timely transport and organization of lab materials.
  • Provide emotional support to patients, communicating positively with staff and colleagues.
  • Order and manage supplies for operative providers, ensuring consistent availability.
  • Perform clinical tasks, including placing retraction cords, making provisional's, applying desensitizing agents, etching, bonding, and conducting pulp vitality testing.
  • Maintain professionalism and ethical standards in all interactions, ensuring confidentiality and proper hygiene.
  • Expose, process, and mount patient radiographs.
  • Assist in administering local anesthetic and manage instruments during procedures.
  • Organize and stock supplies according to clinic standards.
  • Prepare and disinfect instruments, following established protocols.
  • Set up patient delivery trays and manipulate dental materials as needed.
  • Manage electronic health records, entering charges and appointment requests.
  • Prepare patients for treatment and record vital signs and examination findings.
  • Take impressions and fabricate custom trays and molds.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.
Requirements:
  • Successful completion of a CODA-accredited dental assistance program or one year of full-time equivalency chairside assistant experience assisting in four-handed method of dentistry.
  • Current DANB Dental Assistant Certification by time of start date.
  • May require Expanded Functions (EF-1 and/or EF-2) based on specific advanced responsibilities assigned by the provider or as needs are defined in clinic.
  • Must have a current certificate of registration to practice as a dental assistant issued by the Iowa Board of Dental Examiners (QDA).
  • Must possess current Iowa certificate of proficiency in dental radiography (QDA).
  • Five years of experience assisting in the four-handed method of dentistry beyond the educational requirements for this position.
Desirable Qualifications:
  • Extensive experience in digital scanning.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Experience training dental assistants on new techniques and technologies, with the ability to create and update training materials.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Proven ability to problem solve.
  • Experience with supply ordering and supply management.

Applicants must upload a resume to their submission to be considered for an interview. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact COD-.

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