Dental Assistant

## Description

PT Day: Friday 8:30 am-4 pm

**Position Summary**

The Dental Assistant is responsible for assisting the Dentist in dentistry and services while ensuring effective inmate patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes of the assigned correctional facility consistent with current CFG clinical guidelines, community standards of care, and contractual obligations.

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## Qualifications

**Position Requirements**

**Minimum Education**

• High School Diploma
• Completion from an academic dental program through a community college, vocational school, technical institute, university or dental school.
• Completion of Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) exam.
• Current X-Ray license in the state the facility is located.

**Minimum Work Experience**

• Previous clinical experience in a dental office preferred.

**Required Skills**

• Good interpersonal communication and customer service skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Must be reliable and detail oriented.
• Principles and methods of sterilization.
• Knowledge of the common dental instruments, equipment, and materials.
• Dental hygiene and prophylaxis.
• Dental office procedures and principles of modern dental record keeping.
• Names of teeth and various surfaces of the crown of the tooth.
• Maintains an active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

**Functional Demands**

• Ability to pass all required health and other screening tests.
• Stand for long periods of time.

**Physical Demands**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made upon written request to your supervisor for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities functions.

• May regularly be required to stand, sit, walk, reach, bend, kneel, crouch, or stretch, for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to communicate and understand written and verbal communication.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.