Lead Dental Assistant

Lead Medical Support Assistant

The incumbent will perform a variety of duties, including but not limited to the following:

• Providing instructions for other assistants in achieving diagnostic quality radiographs.
• Providing instructions on maintenance of all dental service equipment.
• Supporting the chief for daily delivery of department programs, reporting, staffing and scheduling, coordinating patients' care plans to reduce redundancy and delay in patient treatment.
• Assisting customers with questions or concerns, providing service recovery.
• Setting up operatory and/or surgery suites for planned dental procedures and cleaning the dental unit for timely turnover.
• Passing instruments safely, accurately, and efficiently.
• Keeping operative field clear of debris and retracting oral tissues effectively and comfortably.
• Preparing dental medicaments and impression materials per manufacturer's instructions.
• Accomplishing all intra-operative procedures within standard infection control protocols.
• Exposing stand and special dental imaging (i.e. TMJ, ceph, cone beam) in traditional and/or digital formats.
• Demonstrates proper infection control procedures in setting up and cleaning operatories.
• Maintaining scheduling keys and all related training regarding scheduling.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality per HIPAA with written and verbal information.
• Modifying care as necessary with patient's age and ability (patient transfer and position).
• Pouring impressions and preparing study models and making final denture impression trays and preparing bite rims.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: Lead Dental Assistant/54195-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized