RDA -PEDIATRIC

Description
Position Summary

This job is responsible for providing dental assistance in support of the pediatric dentistry program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide personal dental assistance to a dentist or other dental clinician for the duration of a procedure.

• Set up and tear down dental operatories between patient appointments according to universal precautions protocol.

• Take dental radiographs according to the dentist's or physician's written or verbal orders while observing safety practices.

• Provide physical restraint during episodes of combative patient behavior.

• Assemble dirty instruments, decontaminate and make ready for retrieval and reprocessing.

• Maintain the functional readiness of dental equipment and emergency resources.

• Teach/reinforce general oral hygiene and home care skills prescribed for patients by dentists

• Provide general unit assistance as required.

•Promote timely progression of care through effective team communication.

Qualifications Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required and completion of an accredited dental assisting school strongly preferred

Licenses & certifications

• Completion of dental radiography course and nitrous oxide monitoring course is required, but may be acquired in the initial year of employment.

• Must be a registered Dental Assistant in the State of Texas, or must be able to obtain license within 60 days of employment.

• Basic Life Support certification required.

Experience

1 year of previous experience as a Pediatric Dentistry Dental Assistant is strongly preferred. Specific knowledge, skills, and abilities

• The ability to hear and communicate with others in a clear, understandable, and professional manner.

• The ability to interact with peers, medical staff, and patients/patient families in a manner that represents Children's positively.

• The ability to interact effectively with varying personalities and in stressful situations.

• Knowledge of dental terminology strongly preferred. Physical demands

• Requires observation of and rapid reaction to changeable operations and patient behavior.

• Requires confined sitting on a regular basis.

• Requires some physical effort for lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling and providing physical restraint for combative patients.

• Requires visual and mental concentration on instruments, dials, readouts, and displays. • This job requires special protective equipment, training and adherence to prescribed rules and procedures to avoid injury/illness from exposure to hazardous chemicals, blood borne pathogens, needle sticks, radiation and nitrous oxide.

• Requires long hours, at times, and physical stamina.
* This job position travels to different locations if needed.

May have emergency occurrences which require the ability to return to work after hours.

Employer Details:
Tiny Teeth Pediatric Dentistry

LOCATION:
2820 N. Beltline Rd Suite 200
Sunnyvale, TX 75182

Employer Details
EMPLOYER NAME
Tiny Teeth Pediatric Dentistry
LOCATION
2820 N. Beltline Rd Suite 200
Sunnyvale, TX 75182