Dental Assistant

Hennepin Healthcare; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Minneapolis is seeking a Dental Assistant for a full-time position. The role involves performing various dental procedures and assisting with patient care. Ideal candidates will have completed an accredited dental assisting program and hold a current license. A $2500 hiring incentive is available for eligible candidates.

Benefits

Hiring Incentive of $2500

Qualifications

• Must have current license as a Dental Assistant or pass exam within 90 days.
• Certification in Basic Life Support required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare instruments and equipment for dental procedures.
• Perform x-ray procedures and develop film.
• Provide dental chair assistance during surgeries.

Skills

Basic Life Support

Nitrous Oxide Administration

Education

Accredited Dental Assisting Program

Job description

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Summary

We are currently seeking a Dental Assistant to join our organization. This position is full-time, working 80 hours per 2 week pay period. It works days Monday -Friday.

Purpose of this position: Under immediate supervision, perform work involving routine dental procedures.

A $2500 hiring incentive is available for eligible external candidates (current employees, contract/temporary workers, and former employees returning to HHS within one year are ineligible).

Responsibilities

• Review patient chart and prepare instruments and equipment
• Perform procedures such as mixing impression material, taking impressions, pouring models, preparing base plates, preparing acrylic trays and bleaching trays
• Perform mechanical polishings
• Perform fluoride treatments
• Place rubber dam
• Remove sutures or excess cement from inlays, crowns and bridges
• Chart patient treatment received
• Provide dental hygiene instruction
• Perform x-ray procedures and develop film
• Provide dental chair assistance during oral surgical procedures, operating suction equipment, arranging lighting, sponging operative area and supplying instruments and materials
• Schedule patient appointments
• Clean and maintain equipment and work area
• Sterilize and wrap instruments
• Order supplies
• Prepare and maintain records
• Administer and monitor nitrous oxide (must have completed a course on Nitrous Oxide administration)
• Re-cement temporary restorations and place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and bridges)
• Etch enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants (must have completed course on Sealant placement)
• Perform restorative procedures such as placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival composite restorations (class I & V) and cementing stainless steel crowns (must have completed Restorative Expanded Functions training)
• Place and remove matrix bands
• Fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary restorations
• Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only
• Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns
• Apply topical medications as prescribed by a dentist
• Take impressions for cast and bite
• Dry root canals with paper points
• Place cotton pellets and temporary restorative materials into endodontic openings
• Perform related work as required, after appropriate training

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited dental assisting program
• Current license as a Dental Assistant through the State of Minnesota Board of Dentistry, or must pass the Minnesota Licensure Examination within 90 days of employment
• Basic Life Support certification

License/Certifications

• Current license as a Dental Assistant through the State of Minnesota Board of Dentistry, or must pass the Minnesota Licensure Examination within 6 months of employment
• Course on nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia completed

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Temporary

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care