Dental Assistant (Per Diem) – Four-Handed Chairside Support

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

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