Practice Assistant, Simulation Clinic- AZ - College of Dental Medicine

Practice Assistant, Simulation Clinic- AZ - College of Dental Medicine

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Summary

The Practice Assistant is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the College of Dental Medicine - Arizona Simulation Clinic, including the management of materials, equipment and supplies. The Practice Assistant works in multiple areas within the Clinic. This position reports to the Associate Dean for Preclinical Education.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Model and ensure professional and collegial behavior
• Maintain a positive working environment
• Provide an environment of high quality, open and respectful communications

• Model and ensure professional and collegial behavior
• Maintain a positive working environment
• Provide an environment of high quality, open and respectful communications

• Participate in the cycle of equipment, instruments and supplies
• Deliver instrument totes
• Check out equipment, instrument and supplies
• Check used instruments and equipment back in
• Deliver instrument totes with used supplies back to the dispensary and return used instruments

• Report malfunctioning equipment to appropriate personnel.
• Identify and report general maintenance problems.
• Assure presence of necessary materials.
• Request and maintain the materials and supplies necessary for day to day operation
• Assure adherence of all clinic policies including infection control guidelines
• Participate in instrument, equipment and supply management.

• Function as an integral component in the quality assurance of College of Dental Medicine - Arizona.
• Work with student dentists, staff and faculty to assure adherence to all clinic policies and regulatory requirements such as infection control guidelines, OSHA standards and HIPAA privacy and security protocols.
• Provide information on violations of clinic policies to management

• Responsible for the dispensing, collecting, and processing of dental instruments, equipment, and consumable supplies utilized in the College of Dental Medicine - Arizona clinics for the treatment of patients, both real and simulated as well as for the education of student doctors.
• Prepare and process instruments, supplies and equipment.
• Clean, disinfect, sterilize, package and restock instruments, supplies and equipment.
• Utilize aseptic techniques when handling instruments, equipment and supplies.
• Track, inventory and dispense dental instruments, supplies and equipment.
• Package and sterilize disposable supplies such as gauze, cotton rolls, and cotton pellets.
• Assist with data entry, ordering and sorting clinical supplies.
• Maintain the organization, cleanliness and general appearance of the sterilizing, and dispensing rooms and their related storage facilities.
• Maintain the stock of supplies needed to properly run the sterilizing and dispensing rooms, such as autoclave bags, tape, towels, patient’s drapes, caps and etc.
• Assist in the training of new employees
• Educate staff, faculty, and students about sterilization and infection control issues

• Provide chair side dental assisting, when required, while following departmental policies and procedures. While this is not an exhaustive list, the Practice Assistant will:
• Transfer dental instruments
• Adjust equipment to proper position
• Manipulate and transfer dental materials
• Make diagnostic quality radiographic images
• Set up and maintain dental cubicles
• Utilize aseptic techniques
• Follow up on proper infection control guidelines
• Demonstrate four-handed dentistry
• Place rubber dams on teeth to isolate them for individual treatment
• Prepare materials for making impressions and restorations and make casts of the teeth and mouth from impressions
• Make temporary crowns

• Assist with shelf organization for dispensary
• Assist in the Sterilization Department, as needed
  • Dispense items to students and clinical instructors as needed.
  • Assist with organization for dispensary and suites
  • Participate in Dental Preclinic meetings.
• Other duties may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. This individual must have the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner and must have regular, predictable, in-person attendance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires a significant amount of interaction with the public and many internal customers and therefore, the individual must be able to develop positive rapport effectively. The ability to maintain a professional demeanor, be detail oriented and promote a welcoming atmosphere is essential. The individual must have the ability to become familiar…