Expanded Duty Dental Assistant

Expanded Duty Dental Assistant

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant within the Rutgers Health University Dental Associates (RHUDA) at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Chairside assists providers during standard and complex procedures.
• Anticipates the providers needs during procedures. Hands instruments to provider during examinations and treatment of patients.
• Manages post-operative patient care.
• Monitors anesthesia patients in recovery, when necessary.
• Serves as sterilization assistant. Cleans and sterilizes room after each use; prepares treatment room based on scheduled procedures.
• Seats patients, adjust chairs, drapes patients with protective covers, communicate patient concerns with staff nurse and/or treating provider.
• Knowledgeable of and initiates emergency procedures as established by Rutgers Health.
• Lays out dental instruments and supplies. Develops and mounts x-rays. Operates suction equipment. Mixes filling and impression materials.
• Maintains all dental equipment to ensure they are fully operational pre and post procedures.
• Works closely with office staff and providers to ensure accuracy in patient records (individual, daily, monthly and yearly). Files all records.
• Contacts patients for appointments personally, by telephone and mail. Charts examinations under the direction of the oral surgeon.
• Maintains inventory, restocks equipment and supplies to ensure efficient clinic operations. Works closely with staff nurse to assist with accurately documenting the use of clinic narcotics.

FLSA - Nonexempt

Grade - 182

Salary Details

Minimum Salary - 28.390

Mid Range Salary - 28.890

Maximum Salary - 29.760

Benefits - Rutgers provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The specific benefits vary based on the position and may include: Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable) Life insurance coverage Employee discount programs

Position Status - Full Time

Working Hours

Standard Hours - 40.00

Daily Work Shift - Day

Work Arrangement - This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

Union Description - Teamsters 97

Payroll Designation - PeopleSoft

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment - Staff - 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility - PERS

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience - Satisfactory completion of a formal dental assisting program in an ADA approved program and certification as a dental assistant and expanded duty assistant in the State of New Jersey. A minimum of two (2) years of prior dental assistant experience required.

Certifications/Licenses - Must possess a valid dental technology license and CPR issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Preferred Qualifications

Equipment Utilized

Physical Demands and Work Environment - PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Position requires standing 2/3 of the time, walking to 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle or feel over 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms, 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 1/3 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. Must be able to lift patients, heavy boxes weighing up to forty (40) pounds, instrument sets weighing up to twenty (20) pounds; must be able to lift surgical supplies above the head. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Clinic and office operations. Moderate noise.

Special Conditions