Dental Assistant IV - Lead

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the general supervision of the Chief Dental Officer, the Dental Assistant IV - Lead is responsible for patient care, inventory and supply management, dental clinic organization, and ensuring a quality patient experience. The Dental Assistant Lead is responsible for providing ongoing training and mentoring to other dental assistant staff.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides initial and ongoing training for new hires, existing dental clinical and support staff, and ensures competency check off is completed.

Ensures smooth clinic flow with providers and dental assistants.

Creates, maintains and updates the dental assisting and Sterilization procedure manual.

Assists in the coordination of dental equipment repair, and manages supply ordering and inventory, processing lab invoices.

Performs all related dental assistant duties including; operatory set up, Prepares appropriate instruments and set up for procedures, operatory maintenance between patients, ongoing sterilization and disinfection, patient intake including history, records chief complaint, vitals, and dental radiographs/panoramic x-ray under the direction of the Dentist as necessary.

Provides staff training on Cone beam and Prime mill/Prime Scan.

Ensures and assists in the coordination of patient care including scheduling, patient follow-up and patient education including Oral Hygiene Instructions.

Maintains confidentiality of patient information and ensures clinical staff is compliant with HIPAA guidelines

Maintaining waterlines by shocking operatories and hygiene cavitrons monthly and managing and coordinating quarterly water testing.

Records information concisely, accurately, and completely.

Manages daily quality control processes.

Support duties such as assisting other members of the dental staff, stocking and cleaning exam rooms, cleaning, wrapping and autoclaving instruments. Provides back up for Sterilization as needed.

Managing Bi-Annual sterilization of all instruments throughout the dental clinic.

Develop material and take minutes for break out meetings for dental assistants and the sterilization technician

Ensures Sterilization weekly and monthly duties are being efficiently completed.

SUPPORTING

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Maintains clean and orderly work area

May serve on ad hoc committees

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Work Experience:

Must have certification and 3-5 years’ of progressive dental assisting experience required, 8-10 years’ of progressive dental assisting experience may be substituted for education/certification. Community or Rural Dental care experience  addition, Dental Assistant IV meets the following criteria:

Fully competent to perform all requirements of Dental Assistant II, III Maintains clinic inventory

Acts as a mentor and preceptor for Dental Assistant I, II, III Education, Certification and Licensure:
Dental assisting certification from an accredited college or technical school. Cornel polishing certification preferred. Must have and maintain a current Basic Life Support (CPR) certificate.

Additional Skills & Knowledge:
Bilingual preferred PHYSICAL, SENSORY, ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALIFICATIONS:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, see, talk and listen. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color…