POSITION TYPE: Dentistry
SPECIALTY UNIT: Dental Assistant – Level II
LOCATION: Cary, NC
JOB TYPE: Full-Time Permanent, 4 days a week
Hours: Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Job Description:
Dental Career Services is helping a stunning private practice hire a Level II Dental Assistant. We are looking for a dedicated, positive, team player to add to their team. If you are someone who is passionate about your work and loves working with children and adults, this position is perfect for you!
Responsibilities:
- Applies pit and fissure sealants
- Applies interim therapeutic restorations
- Take and document patient dental history and updates, as well as overall health and medication history
- Assist dentist by handling supplies and instruments as requested
- Prepare tables and trays for dentist with necessary instruments and supplies
- Clean and sterilize instruments, and prepare treatment rooms as needed
- Take high-quality digital radiographs
- Perform patient charting as instructed by the dentist
- Welcome patients and get them situated in the appropriate treatment room
- Assist the doctor with all dental procedures and patient charting
- Take high-quality radiographs
- Maintain patient confidentiality through HIPAA compliance
- Follow all OSHA and BBP (Blood borne Pathogen) federal guidelines
- Assist hygienist(s) when requested
Job Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive Health and Dental benefits
- PTO
- Uniform allowance
- Bereavement
- Cover license renewal fee if applicable
- 401k
Requirements:
To perform expanded functions under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist in North Carolina, one must be classified as a DA II. To qualify as a DA II, one must:
1. Hold a current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification, AND
2a. Successfully complete a CODA-accredited dental assisting program or one academic year or longer in a CODA-accredited dental hygiene program, or
2b. Pass the national DANB Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) exam, or
2c. Complete a 3-hour course in sterilization and infection control and complete a 3-hour course in dental office emergencies and, after completing these courses and Item (1) above, receive training in any dental delivery setting and perform the functions of a Dental Assistant II under the direct control and supervision of a licensed dentist.
To qualify to perform coronal polishing, a DA II must:
1. Complete a course in coronal polishing identical to that taught in a CODA-accredited dental assisting program, or by a licensed North Carolina hygienist or dentist lasting at least seven clock hours and meeting content requirements established by the North Carolina Board, before using a slow speed handpiece with rubber cup or bristle brush attachment.
To qualify to monitor patients under nitrous oxide, a DA II must:
1. Successfully complete a North Carolina Board-approved seven-hour course in nitrous oxide-oxygen conscious sedation.