Dental Assistant - School Based Program

Pillar Health, A Division of Kenosha Community Health Center, Inc
. is seeking for a dedicated and compassionate Seasonal Dental Assistant to join our Seal-a-Smile program, a school-based initiative providing essential dental care to students across Kenosha County. This seasonal position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on children's oral health while working within a supportive and dynamic team environment.

• Duration:
  September through May (Based on school schedule and volume)
• Hours:
  
  Monday through Thursday, 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
• Location:
  
  Various schools within Kenosha County.

The Dental Assistant is to provide exceptional patient care by creating a patient service experience that is phenomenal for every patient visit or encounter. The primary responsibility of the clinical dental assistant is to assist the dentist with clinical procedures. This includes chair side assisting, x-rays, taking alginate impressions, and screening emergency patients. The assistant will be expected to assist in four-handed dental procedures including, but not limited to: initial exams, periodontal maintenance, amalgam and composite restorations, endodontics, oral surgery, crown and bridge fixed prosthodontics, and removable prosthodontics.

The Seal-A-Smile assistant will work directly with the Seal-a-Smile Coordinator and carry out all responsibilities assigned by the School-Based Health Care Coordinators.

• Serve as Seal A Smile (SAS) Assistant
• Work closely with Seal a smile Coordinator
• Order supplies/maintain closet for SBHC program
• Set up/break down SBHC equipment
• Dental Assistant duties where needed
• Reports directly to and assists the Dental Clinical Staff (Back Office) Manager and any Staff Dentist
• Assist Dental Director on assigned clinical projects
• Responsible for checking in patient
• Chart oral condition as dictated by dentist
• Seat and dismiss patient
• Identify patient needs using appropriate forms of communication
• Explain postoperative and preoperative instructions to the patient
• Obtain, interpret, and evaluate personal, medical and dental histories
• Maintain patient records
• Demonstrate four-handed instrument transfer
• Apply topical anesthetic
• Prepare and assist with administration of local anesthesia
• Prepare mounting and articulation of study models
• Fabricate temporaries for crowns and bridges
• Prepare handpieces for laboratory and operatory use
• Demonstrate knowledge of rotary instruments
• Demonstrate clinical proficiency in selection and transfer of instruments in operative dentistry
• Prepare tray setups for specialty dental procedures
  
  Prepare for a medical emergency
• Demonstrate knowledge of all the specialties of dentistry and the procedures used
• Pour and trim cast/model
• Prepare and assist with composite resin restorations
• Prepare and assist with amalgam restorations
• Prepare and assist with varnish and fluoride applications
• Prepare and assist with minor oral surgery procedures
• Prepare and assist with alginate impressions
• Take digital x-rays
• Practice patient and operative safety measures for radiation
• Practice patient and operative safety measures for BBP and OSHA compliance

• Assist in training new clinical Dental Assistants
• Receive and stock all packages/items purchased and delivered to the dental clinic
• Conduct scanning of documents
• Track invoices/log dentures for patients
• Serve as a Spanish language translator
• Serve as a back-up for patient services
• Perform other related duties as required

• Maintain personal safety and hygiene according to CDC and OSHA guidelines
• Must adhere to CDS, OSHA guidelines
• Must dispose of waste and hazardous materials in compliance with OSHA regulations, EPA, FDA, NIOSH
• Maintain infection control of work area according to OSHA guidelines
• Must maintain proper infection control protocol of casts/models and prostheses when sending or accepting from the dental laboratory
• Must prescribe to and maintain MSDS guidelines
• Must maintain instruments, equipment and supplies in conditions that follow CDC and OSHA guidelines
• Troubleshoot computer charting problems, problems with x-ray and dental equipment/instruments
• Demonstrate excellence…