DENTAL ASSISTANT - PRN
Company: University of New Mexico - Hospitals
Location: Algodones
Posted on: September 27, 2024
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Job Description:
Receive 17% weekday nights, 26% weekend nights, or 15% weekend
day shift differentials!
Cell phone and/or smart devices are not allowed on persons for this
position at MDC, unless there is a documented medical
condition.Department: MDC - Medical
FTE: 0.05
Casual Pool (as needed) - Monday - Friday
Shift: Days
Position Summary:
Provide a range of clinical, administrative, and staff support to a
full-range dental services operation. Assist in the performance of
dental and radiography procedures; prepare and maintain dental
equipment and supplies in accordance with established protocol,
procedures, policies, and standards, and assist in the coordination
of day-to-day patient administration, records management, and
office support activities. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and
departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may
include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age
groups.
Detailed responsibilities:
* Prepares operatory with appropriate instruments and material for
the patients scheduled to be seen
* Assist dentist during treatment by providing instruments,
material retraction or suction; sterilizes instruments and
disinfects operatory between patients
* Schedules patients for dental appointments
* Performs laboratory procedures such as mixing impression material
for dentures and assists in the clinical procedures of prosthetic
dentistry
* Develops and mounts routine radiographs; assists in maintaining
dental charts and records dental findings
* Follows security regulations for keys, sharps and controlled
medications; adheres to safety and security policies and
participates in disaster drills
* Maintain compliance with Universal Precautions and Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, infection
control techniques and regulations by: reviewing dental material
safety data sheets, and statistics, labeling hazardous material,
disposing of sharp and infectious wastes, and maintaining autoclave
sterilization log, etc
* Follow and maintain inventories of dental clinic supplies to
maintain proper levels
* PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies,
procedures and protocols
* PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient
safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through
questioning of current policies and processes
* PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental
conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue
risk
* PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety
concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
* PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in
their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or
situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
QualificationsEducation:
Essential:
* High School or GED Equivalent
Experience:
Essential:
1 year directly realated experience
Nonessential:
Dental assistant experience
Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo
Bilingual English/Spanish
Credentials:
Essential:
* New Mexico Dental Assisant License
* CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
* MDC CLEARANCE
Physical Conditions:
Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of
force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or
more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are
in excess of those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or
standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the
time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls;
and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the
constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight
of materials is negligible.
Working conditions:
Essential:
* Med Haz: Mod exposure to chemicals/dangerous equip/materials
* May be subject to initial & ongoing security clearance req
Department: Clinical Nursing Support
Keywords: University of New Mexico - Hospitals, Rio Rancho , DENTAL ASSISTANT - PRN, Healthcare , Algodones, New Mexico
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