Job Description
We are seeking a Dental Assistant to join our team!
Pay & Benefits
- Estimated Salary (including benefits): $23.77/hour
- $2,000 Sign On Bonus!
- Health Insurance Benefit
- Paid Time Off - One (1) hour accrual per every 30 hours work up to 56 hours per year.
- Vacation - effective after one year of service with Nitelines USA, Inc Two (2) weeks paid vacation after one (1) year of service with a contractor or successor, three (3) weeks after five (5) years, and four (4) weeks after 15 years.
- Flexible work schedule: Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
Place of Performance
- The Dental Assistant Services will be performed on-site in the Health Services Department at the FCC Butner located at Old Hwy 75, Butner, NC.
Education and Experience
- The Dental Assistant shall possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school.
- Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
- The Dental Assistant shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association
- minimum of two (2) years of experience providing Dental Assistant services.
- Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical correctional setting are preferred but not required.
Schedule
- DA will normally work Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays), normally between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., with a 30 minute unpaid lunch period. The facility is expected to require an average of 6 sessions per day. Each Dental Assistant's schedule is 32 hours per week.
Description of Duties
- Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations.
- Retrieve patient's records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepares patient for attending Dental Officer
- Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications
- Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator
- Observes patient's responses, and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic
- Gives instructions for subsequent dental appointments
- Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records)
- Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient
- Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
- Provides dental health education
- Charting for dental screening exams
- Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery
- Dental and periodontal charting
- Places temporary fillings
- Prepares places, and removes packs
- Places and removes rubber dams
- Maintains dental equipment
- Cleans, sharpens, and sterilizes instruments
- Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs
- Reports defective equipment, or utilizes corrective action
- Prepares entries for patient's records
Job Types: Contract, Full-time
Salary: $22.00 - $23.77 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Butner, NC: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Dental assisting: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- X-Ray Certification (Preferred)
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, For contractors, Relocation, Relocation bonus, Flexible hours, Shift work, Monday to Friday,