Dental Assistant (Non Certified) - Dental Clinic Winston

Nationwide Children's Hospital; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH is seeking a qualified Dental Assistant to support pediatric dental care. You will prepare treatment rooms, take x-rays, assist dentists, and help educate patients and parents as part of the care team.

Responsibilities include preparing rooms and instruments, sterilizing and delivering tools, charting procedures, and ensuring patient comfort. The role requires an accredited training program, Ohio radiography licensure within two weeks of hire, and

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited dental assistant training program or equivalent experience.
• Licensed to practice dental radiography in Ohio within two weeks of hire.
• Two years of chairside assistant experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepare patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping patient.
• Sterilize and deliver instruments; position for dentist's access; suction and pass instruments.
• Select, mix, and place materials on instruments and in the patient's mouth.
• Chart dental care services in patient records.

Skills

Communication skills

Patient education

Manual dexterity

Nitrous oxide monitoring

Education

Dental assistant training program

Equivalent experience

Job description

Job Description Summary: Assists in providing dental care to pediatric patients by preparing treatment rooms, taking x-rays, assisting dentists, and educating patients and parents.

Overview: Job Description Summary: Assists in providing dental care to pediatric patients by preparing treatment rooms, taking x-rays, assisting dentists, and educating patients and parents.

Job Description: Essential Functions:

• Prepares treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepares patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping patient.
• Provides instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area; positioning instruments for dentist's access; suctioning; passing instruments.
• Provides materials by selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in the patient's mouth.
• Documents dental care services by charting in patient records.

Education Requirement: Graduate of an accredited dental assistant training program or the equivalent in applicable experience, required.

Licensure Requirement: Licensed to practice dental radiography in the State of Ohio within two weeks of hire, required.

Skills:

• Robust communication skills, required.
• Demonstratedability to treat and teach healthy and medically compromised patients.
• Possesses good manual dexterity.
• Abilityto monitor nitrous oxide and patient after analgesia is administered.

Experience: Two years of experience as a chairside assistant, required.

Physical Requirements: OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Climb stairs/ladder, Cold Temperatures, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hot Temperatures, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Machinery, Power Tools, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs
FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Flexing/extending of neck, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Loud Noises, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing
CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Color vision, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Patient Equipment, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing - Far/near, Walking

Additional Physical Requirements Performed But Not Listed Above:

• Potential for Radiation Exposure,
• Demanding environment.
• Will need to be able to multitask
• Talking on phone/in person Constantly (67-100%)

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet