Dental Assistant I (Emergency & DMD Oral Surgery)

Department:

Location:

Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R108740

Minimum Requirements:

High school diploma or GED and 6 months of dental assisting experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and work experience. Completion of a formal dental assisting training program and externship acceptable. CPR certification. Grade 2 (Hourly)

Position Description:

The University of Louisville School of Dentistry prepares students for a career in Dentistry. Dental Clinic Staff are an integral part of that preparation in that they facilitate the interface between student providers and their patients during a critical time in their studies, within the clinic setting. While their first two years are spent in a traditional classroom setting, student providers spend their last two years in a dental clinic setting learning hands on. All Dental Clinic Staff directly support the work of the students as they progress towards completion of their clinical requirements.

This position specifically supports the work of DMD students as they rotate through the DMD Oral Surgery and Emergency clinics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Works with the Dental Clinic Manager, peers and faculty to deliver customer service oriented and patient centered care within the Emergency and DMD Oral Surgery clinics.

• Monitors the schedule of operatories, collaborating with staff, students and faculty as needed.

• Take attendance and assign students to patients as appropriate.

• Set up operatories, seat patients, and serve as chairside assistant as needed.

• Enters treatment plans and prepares cost estimate for referrals to Grad Oral Surgery.

• Schedules patients in Grad Oral Surgery as needed.

• Maintains cleanliness of operatories and checks that equipment is functional properly.

• Stocks operatories, tables, and maintain overall inventory, including rolling gauze for kits, the preparation of post op kits, anesthesia kits and the folding of barriers.

• Assist DMD students to complete and record their extracted teeth requirements.

• Assists the students with accuracy of interdepartmental paperwork as well as treatment notes and corresponding codes.

• Duties performed for other clinics as needed: running Kasper reports, schedule patients in Oral Pathology.

• Assist faculty in the emergency clinic to deliver patient care when the students are not in session.

• Cross trained to cover in all other areas in the department, including the lobby.

• Maintains HIPAA, OSHA and Infection Control compliance at all times.

• Other duties as assigned.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

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Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone 502-852-6258.