RDA - Oceanview
$62,088,000–$78,998,400 year
On-siteSan Diego, California, United States
Job Summary
Assist the dentist at chairside using four-handed dentistry concepts, including fabricating, cementing, and adjusting temporary crowns, placing rubber dams, and administering nitrous oxide. Manage patient intake by recording vital signs, medical history, and treatment planning while maintaining smooth flow across multiple operatories. Operate X-ray equipment for oral radiographic services and prepare instruments, materials, and sterilization equipment. Coordinate reports and documentation for state and federal agencies, ensuring compliance with OSHA policies, infection control standards, and HIPAA regulations. Maintain inventory of supplies and forms, restock operatories, and review patient records for accuracy.
Required Qualifications
- 1 year of experience as dental assistant with Dentrix workflow
- Post High School Vocational/ Specialized Training
- Current RDA License
- Radiation Safety Certificate
- Coronal Polish Certificate
- CPR/BLS certificate
- Excellent communication skills
- Bilingual helpful (English/Spanish)
- Ability to put patients at ease and give clear understandable directions of treatment recommended by dentist
- Four handed dentistry
- full scope dentistry procedures
- oral radiographic services
- Computer skills involving word processing, email and dental management programs such as EPIC
- You will be required to engage in prolonged, extensive, frequent, and repetitive standing, sitting, walking, stooping, twisting, kneeling, reaching, crouching, bending, and position changes to examine and service patients, which may involve getting into awkward positions to access patients' teeth
- You must be able to lift up to 30 pounds occasionally
- Protective gear, including masks, safety glasses, and rubber gloves, is mandatory
- Working in close quarters and near other people with little space between yourself and others is a necessity
- Exposure to radiation, mercury, and anesthetic gases is a possibility
- Manual dexterity and mobility are crucial, including the ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving, quickly move your hand, grasp and manipulate objects, and demonstrate exceptional hand-eye coordination, control, and finger dexterity to use dental implements for exams, mixing, placing materials on dental tools, products, and in mouths, and assemble very small objects
- Occasional travel
- May be required to work evenings and or Saturdays, and attend meetings outside clinic working hours
- Will on occasion work at schools or WIC sites
- Will work with blood and blood-borne pathogens and will require OSHA training on a yearly basis
- Compliance with all mandated vaccinations and all boosters is a term and condition of employment
- Pre-employment PPDs
Desired Qualifications
- Computer skills involving word processing, email and dental management programs such as EPIC are preferable
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