What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant - Sedation Casual position at Hennepin County Medical Center?
Located in downtown Minneapolis, Hennepin Healthcare is Minnesota's premier Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. Committed to creating a culturally competent and inclusive work and care environment for patients, families and staff, Hennepin Healthcare offers primary care and retail clinics throughout the Hennepin County metro area. We partner with our community, our patients and their families to ensure access to outstanding care. Our mission is to improve health and wellness through patient and community education, teaching and research.
SUMMARY
Under immediate supervision, performs work involving routine dental procedures, as well as IV sedations in clinic.
We are currently seeking (six) Dental Assistants, working days, 8 hour shifts.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participates in a minimum of five IV Sedations in clinic per quarter, including documentation in Epic
- Reviews patient chart and prepares instruments and equipment
- Performs procedures such as mixing impression material, taking impressions, pouring models, preparing base plates, preparing acrylic trays and bleaching trays
- Performs mechanical polishings
- Performs fluoride treatments
- Places rubber dam
- Removes sutures or excess cement from inlays, crowns and bridges
- Charts patient treatment received
- Provides dental hygiene instruction
- Performs x-ray procedures and develops film
- Provides dental chair assistance during oral surgical procedures, operating suction equipment, arranging lighting, sponging operative area and supplying instruments and materials
- Schedules patient appointments
- Cleans and maintains equipment and work area
- Sterilizes and wraps instruments
- Orders supplies
- Prepares and maintains records
- Administer and monitor nitrous oxide. To administer, dental assistant must have completed a course on Nitrous Oxide administration
- Re-cement intact temporary restorations and place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and bridges) to promote palliative treatment
- Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants. Dental Assistant must have completed course on Sealant placement
- Perform restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival composite restorations (class I & V) and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns. To perform Dental Assistant must have completed Restorative Expanded Functions training
- Place and remove matrix bands
- Fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary restorations extraorally or intraorally
- Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only
- Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns not including instrumental
- Apply topical mediations such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride, bleaching agents, and cavity varnishes in appropriate dosages or quantities as prescribed by a dentist.
- Take impressions for cast and appropriate bite
- Dry root canals with paper points
- Place cotton pellets and temporary restorative materials into endodontic openings
- Performs related work as required, but only after appropriate training
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Education/ Work Experience:
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Completion of an accredited dental assisting program
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Documentation of an accredited IV sedation course
License/Certifications:
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Current license as a Dental Assistant through the State of Minnesota Board of Dentistry, or must pass the Minnesota Licensure Examination within 90 days of employment.
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Maintain DAANCE (Dental Anesthesia Assistant National Certification Examination) Certification - renewed every 5 years
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Dental Assistant must have completed a course on nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia Basic Life Support
You've made the right choice in considering Hennepin Healthcare for your employment. HCMC offers a wealth of opportunities for individuals who want to make an impact in our patients' lives. We are dedicated to providing Equal Employment Opportunities to both current and prospective employees. We're driven to connect talented individuals with life-changing career opportunities, enabling you to provide exceptional care without exception. Thank you for your consideration in submitting an application.
Please Note: Offers of employment from Hennepin County Medical Center are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background checks and pre-employment requirements.
Primary Location: MN-Minneapolis-Downtown Campus
Standard Hours/FTE Status: FTE = 0.01 (casual)
Shift Detail: Day
Job Level: Staff
Employee Status: Regular
Eligible for Benefits: No
Union/Non Union: Union
Job Posting: Aug-07-2023
EEO/Disability/Veteran employer.