Dental Assistant PD

Rutgers University; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Rutgers University, through Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, seeks a per diem Dental Assistant to support Rutgers Health University Dental Associates. The role involves chairside four handed dentistry and sterilization duties, assisting during examinations, and dispensing dental materials and instruments.

The assistant preforms clerical, sterilizing and related tasks for the Rutgers Faculty Practice, preparing rooms, greeting and seating patients, adjusting chairs and lights, and maintaining

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of dental experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares room for each patient, which includes setting up instruments and supplies.
• Greets patients and brings them to treatment room.
• Seats patients, adjusts chairs and light, and drapes patients with protective covers.
• Runs water through lines and hand pieces after every patient, as per ADA recommendations.
• Passes instruments to doctor, using four handed dentistry according to CDA certification, during examination period and treatment of patients.
• Charts results of doctor’s examination.
• Prepares dental materials for the dentists use.
• Pours models, trims and evaluates the quality of diagnostic casts.
• Maintains patient’s records in accordance with Quality Assurance Guidelines.

Skills

Dental experience

Job description

Posting Summary

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine ( RSDM ) is seeking a Dental Assistant (Per Diem) for Rutgers Health University Dental Associates. The Dental Assistant performs chairside four handed dentistry and sterilization duties for Rutgers Health University Dental Associates. The position assists providers during the examination and treatment of patient and dispenses dental materials and instruments. The Dental Assistant preforms clerical, sterilizing and miscellaneous tasks for the Rutgers Faculty Practice. Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Prepares room for each patient, which includes setting up instruments and supplies.
• Greets patients and brings them to treatment room.
• Seats patients, adjusts chairs and light, and drapes patients with protective covers.
• Runs H20 through lines and hand pieces after every patient, as per ADA recommendations.
• Passes instruments to doctor, using four handed dentistry according to CDA certification, during examination period and treatment of patients.
• Charts results of doctor’s examination.
• Prepares dental materials for the dentists use.
• Pours models, trims and evaluates the quality of diagnostic casts.
• Maintains patient’s records in accordance with Quality Assurance Guidelines.

Overview

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating universitywide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum of 3 years of dental experience is highly preferred.