Dental Assistant with a $1,000 sign-on bonus! Tallahassee, FL

We are seeking professionals and dedicated individuals to be part of our team, where integrity, respect, accountability, and collaboration are among our core principles. Work with a dedicated and caring organization and start doing your life's best work.

Sign-on bonus: $1,000 (one year commitment).

Benefits:

• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• 401(k).
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation.
• 11 paid holidays.

Duration: 1 year with potential to extend.

Shifts:

• Shifts will typically take place between the hours of 7:00am to 3:00pm or 6:30am to 2:30pm, 40 hours per week. The shift will be up to 8 sessions per day, with a thirty (30) minute unpaid lunch period, if applicable, Monday through Friday, exclusive of Federal holidays.

Education and Experience:

• The Dental Assistant shall possess a certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school. Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
• The Dental Assistant shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
• The Assistant must have a minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience providing chairside dental assisting services and be a Registered Dental Assistant, this is a requirement.
• Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical correctional setting are desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Must possess the ability to collect and track data and enter data into the agency’s electronic system and track scheduling of patient care
• Must have knowledge and experience in maintaining patient medical records and confidentiality.

Is responsible for provision of the services as listed:

• Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations.
• Retrieve patient’s records and escorts patients to the proper dental specialty section.
• Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications.
• Provides dental health education.
• Dental prophylaxis.
• Dental screening examination.
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery.
• Dental and periodontal charting.
• Prepares places and removes packs.
• Place temporary fillings.
• Places and removes rubber dams.
• Cleans, sharpens, and sterilizes instruments.
• Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs.
• Reports defective equipment or utilizes corrective action.
• Performs routine oral prophylaxis of the clinical crowns of teeth.
• Uses dental hand instruments, mechanical instruments (including ultrasonic), oral hygiene aides, and prophylaxis paste to provide necessary oral prophylactic services.
• Selects and applies medication in proper portion and anticariogenic agents to surface of teeth.
• Fabricates and repairs dental prosthesis and appliances under supervision.
• Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prosthesis and removable partial prosthesis.
• Uses acrylic resins and porcelain as basic materials.
• Takes radiographs of patients using standard and digital dental radiographic, panelist, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment.
• Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and pantographic radiographs.
• Processes and saves digital radiographs to patient medical records.
• Performs quality assurances on radiographic and developing equipment and safelight.
• Maintains proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques.
• Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinics.
• Places and finishes dental restorations, including bases and liners.
• Make primary impressions and pour casts.
• Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures.

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