Job Description
Job Description
Place of Performance
Services will be performed on-site in the Dental/Health Services Department: FCI Gilmer, 201 FCI Lane, Glenville, WV 26351.
Schedule
The contractor will normally provide 8 (1) hour sessions per day, 3-5 days per week, excluding Federal Holidays. A session is defined as one hour. Work hours will normally be between 7:30am and 4:00pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. The contractor shall not normally exceed 40 hours per week.
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 and have a minimum of one (1) year of experience providing Dental Assistant services.
The contractor is responsible for provision of the services as listed:
• 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
• Dental prophylaxis
• Dental screening examination
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery
• Dental and periodontal charting
• Prepares places, and removes packs
• Places temporary fillings
• 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
• Performs routine oral prophylaxis of the clinical crowns of teeth
• Uses dental hand instruments, mechanical instruments (including ultrasonic), oral hygiene aides and prophylaxis paste to provide necessary oral prophylactic services
• Prepares entries for patient’s records
• Selects and applies medication in proper portion and anti-cariogenic agents to surface of teeth Applies medication prescribed by a Dental Officer to gingiva to promote healing
• Fabricates and repairs dental prosthesis and appliances under supervision
• Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prosthesis and removable partial prosthesis
• Uses acrylic resins and porcelain as basic materials
Hourly Pay:
$17.75 per hour plus an additional $4.93 per hour for Health & Wellness. This of it as $22.68 per hour
Company DescriptionWe are a healthcare company located in The Great United States of America with over 25 years experience placing healthcare workers in Federal facilities Nationwide.
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Company Description
We are a healthcare company located in The Great United States of America with over 25 years experience placing healthcare workers in Federal facilities Nationwide.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.seabornhc.com\r\n\r\nhttp://www.facebook.com/SeabornHealthCare