Teaching Dental Assistant

Teaching Dental Assistant

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, San Francisco. Full‑time (7.5 hours per day, 5 days per week). May include work at off‑site locations such as the operating room.

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Under the general supervision of the Pediatric Clinic Manager, the Teaching Dental Assistant demonstrates and instructs concepts of four‑handed dentistry in the Pediatric clinical setting to dental students.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Instruct and apply principles of efficient, and effective clinical pediatric procedures utilizing appropriate teamwork in a clinical setting:
  • Ergonomics
  • Injury prevention
  • Instrument transfers
  • Dental team positioning
  • Organization/work simplification
  • Infection control
  • Patient and professional communication
• Instruct students with the use of electronic patient health records to include patient presentation worksheet, treatment plan/options/fees and preventive instruction and intervention.
• Evaluate and grade student preparedness and proficiency working with pediatric patients; utilize one‑on‑one demonstrations, immediate feedback/corrections and faculty collaboration for daily electronic student performance evaluations.
• Support the Humanistic Values of the Arthur
  
  A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.
• Conduct pediatric clinic and chairside orientations, training of new staff, and assist in orientation of new faculty.
• Perform outreach responsibilities which result in a positive impact upon the student/clinical experience to include the following:
  • Initiate and coordinate a minimum of two pre‑approved outreach events per year to pediatric populations of not less than 15 participants.
  • Initiate minimum of 1 new outreach opportunity/contact per year.
  • Partner with SCOPE in all outreach events.
  • Provide summary of event, including contact person, role in event/organization, program evaluation, number of patients and ages reached, and potential impact on clinic, measurement used (i.e. increased patients, contacts made, relationship established with measurable outcomes, etc.) to Chairperson and Clinic Manager.
  • Efforts made to partner with outside agencies to garner financial and logistical support for outreach activities.
• Perform teaching/training to include:
  • Partner with other departments/schools (i.e. Physical Therapy School, CDE) to provide enhanced knowledge and experience with ergonomic issues related to the dental professionals.
  • Assist with Just‑in‑Time Learning Videos.
  • Maintain a current knowledge base around ergonomics and enhance materials based on the information.
• Assist with all patients, monitor patient vital signs, assist with special needs and medically compromised patients.
• Provide chairside dental assisting duties as needed for faculty doctors in the Pediatric Clinic and/or in the operating room setting.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by the Pediatric Clinic Manager and/or the Chairperson of Pediatric Dentistry.

• Knowledge of:
  • Chairside dental assisting techniques
  • Sterilization techniques
  • Pediatric clinical techniques
  • Emergency procedures (CPR)
• Ability to:
  • Explain pediatric procedures / four‑handed principles.
  • Work well with children.
  • Organize, coordinate, and conduct professional outreach programs.
  • Perform effective teaching / training to other departments/schools within the University.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of three years chairside dental assisting in a pediatric private dental practice or dental clinic setting.
• Education/Licenses:
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Current RDA license.
  • Current California X‑ray license.
  • Current CPR certification.
• Working Conditions:
  • Position is full‑time, 7.5 hours per day, 5 days per week.
  • May require working at off‑site location if assigned to operating room.
  • Occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens may…