Sterling Medical has an opening for a Dental Assistant in Portsmouth, VA working for the US Coast Guard.

• Excellent Pay & Benefits. $24.98/hr.
• Schedule: Mon-Fri. day shift (no nights or weekends)
• Full Benefits include Health Care, dental, vision, 401K w/ company match.
• 15 days PTO
• 11 paid holidays

Qualifications:

• Certificate or Associate degree as a Dental Assistant or 3 yrs. experience working in private practice.
• Minimum of 1 yr. experience working as Dental Assistant
• Certification or permit to use X-ray equipment
• BLS

Job Description

• 1. Dental Assistant shall perform a full range of comprehensive Dental Assistant/Technician procedures and practices on site, using Government furnished facilities, equipment and supplies to a variety of patients. All aspects of Dental Assistant/Technician service shall be commensurate with the capabilities of the healthcare worker and the Dental Clinic including but not limited to the items listed below and in the PWS.
• A. Routine workload will be in response to government demand in the form of Dental Officer prescription and the regularly scheduled dental checkups and maintenance program of all residents. Primary workload is a result of appointments for outpatient and inpatient clients in response to the dental clinic's approved dental treatment schedule.
• B. The work environment involves risks typically associated with the performance of clinical dental procedures. The health care worker will maintain the concept of universal precautions.
• C. The healthcare worker is responsible for a full range of dental assistant procedures in support of the Dental Office: examinations, delivery of treatment under the "four handed dentistry" format within the personnel and equipment capabilities and limitations imposed by the Dental Assistant Practice Acts, or similar regulations, of the state of the facility. Additionally; the healthcare worker shall aid in the provision, and within the limitations imposed by the Dental Assistant Practice Acts, or similar regulations, of the State where services provided, of mandated dental surveillance and preventive services and the quality and timeliness of treatment records and reports required to document procedures performed and care provided. The healthcare worker shall refer patients who present with a complaint to staff dentists for evaluation and continuation of care and shall attend multidisciplinary treatment team meetings on behalf of the dental officers.
• D. To treat all Active Duty beneficiaries presented for care.
• E. Actual healthcare worker clinical activity will be a function of the overall demand for dental assistant services. Healthcare worker productivity is expected to be comparable to that of other dental assistants assigned to the same facility and authorized the same scope of practice.
• F. Provide for the examination, treatment, and disposition of patients compatible with the Dental Clinic's operating capacity and equipment