Dental Assistant (Per Diem)

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Summary:
Assists dentist by performing patient care duties during dental procedures.

Responsibilities:
1. Cleans and sterilizes instruments. Prepares and arranges instrument trays and conducts inventory and restocks supplies.
2. Completes patient records and schedules reappointments.
3. Explains procedures and provides support to patients. Instructs patient, family, and/or healthcare staff in basic oral hygiene.
4. Mixes impression and filling material.
5. Performs chair-side duties of patient care such as passing instruments to the dentist during dental procedures operates oral evacuation equipment, retractors, and water and air sprays monitors the patient's behavior and vital signs upon request of the dentist takes routine x-rays such as bite wings.
6. Processes and mounts x-ray films.

Other Information

Other information:
Education Requirements:
• Graduation from an approved dental assistant course (or equivalent combination of education, training and experience).
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
• No licensure or certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
• If graduation from an approved dental assistant course: No prior experience required.
• If a High School diploma or GED: One (1) year of on-the-job training as a dental assistant.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Diagnostic Radiology


Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range: $19.12 - $27.17 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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