Lead Dental Assistant

Summary

Lead Dental Assistant position is located at the Lee County Healthcare System - Cape Coral - FL. The Lead Dental Assistant is an integral member of the dental team and facilitates team processes by working collaboratively with team members to ensure that tasks are completed, that good working relationships among team members and with management are maintained, and that team priorities and goals, needs and achievements are coordinated with management.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education and Experience:
  
  Experience
• Six months experience that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work or provides familiarity with the work
• OR - Education
• Successful completion of a 1-year dental assistant program accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)
• OR - Experience/Education Combination
• Equivalent combinations of experience and education are qualifying
• Dental Radiographer Certification:
  Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiologic procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 CFR Part 75
• Essentially you must have successfully completed an educational program that meets or exceeds the standards described in that regulation and is accredited by an organization recognized by the Department of Education and be certified as radiographers in your field
• Provisions for Certification of Radiologic Competence:
  Successful completion of the Dental Radiation Health and Safety Examination administered by the Dental Assisting National Board - Inc.
• OR - Successful completion of the Principles and Practice of Dental Radiology and Radiographic Safety courses and examinations developed by the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry
• OR - Successful completion of a radiation health and safety program or examination approved by a state board of dentistry or the Department of Defense (DoD)
• Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) Certification:
  The American Dental Association (ADA) recognizes DANB as the national certification for Dental Assistants
• DANB certification is required for all positions above the full performance level
• This position is above the full performance level
• English Language Proficiency:
  Dental assistants must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2 - section D - paragraph 5a
• Grade Determinations:
  Experience
• At least 1 year of experience at the next lower grade level (GS-06) that demonstrates the core competencies described is required
• At the GS-06 grade level employees have the ability to perform a full range of duties with some independence in assigned specialties with indirect supervision from the lead dental assistant, dental assistant supervisor, or treating dentist
• Assignments at this level include, but are not limited to: using the concepts of four-handed dentistry, assists with specialty procedures including oral surgery, periodontal therapy, endodontic, prosthodontic and implant placement and restoration, anticipates surgeons/specialists needs at each stage of treatment, takes preliminary impressions, selects and manipulates a variety of gypsums and waxes, pours, trims and evaluates the quality of diagnostic casts, fabricates custom trays
• Additionally, the knowledge, skills and abilities at the GS-06 grade level are:
  Ability to identify normal oral anatomy, advanced knowledge of instruments, materials, and standardized dental procedures used in all phases of restorative, surgical, endodontic and periodontal care and procedures, ability to monitor and perform basic interpretation of vital signs, ability to independently provide procedure-specific patient education and appropriate referral of patient concerns to treating dentist, ability to capture standard and special dental images of good diagnostic quality in traditional or digital formats, ability to perform maintenance on dental equipment used for routine and specialty dentistry, ability to enter and retrieve data utilizing electronic dental records, ability to perform dental assistant-appropriate…