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Application Status
Your application status will be updated throughout the review process. If your application is still in progress, your application has not been reviewed by the hiring department.
Terms of Employment
Requires flexible work schedule to meet program needs, which may include working days, evenings and/or weekends.
Essential Job Duties
The lab assistant will provide supervision and coordination in the lab setting for students in the Dental Assisting Program. The lab assistant will assist the Dental Assisting instructor during lab, competencies, evaluations, and open lab. Assist the Dental Assisting instructor with lab instruction, student supervision, skills practice, competencies, evaluations, and open lab activities at assigned times and locations. Monitor student performance, provide timely feedback, support student engagement and success, and refer students to appropriate academic or college resources as needed. Prepare, organize, maintain, and inventory lab supplies, equipment, instruments, dental manikins, sterilization/autoclave equipment, dental x-ray units, suction systems, software, and other lab resources to ensure readiness for instruction. Assist with course materials, assessments, records, reports, and technology used to support lab instruction, course objectives, program outcomes, and institutional requirements. Maintain current knowledge of dental assisting practices, lab equipment, instructional methods, technology, and applicable college procedures through ongoing professional development. Communicate professionally and build positive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, college administration, and community partners. Participate in recruitment, retention, program, departmental, institutional, and community activities as assigned. Follow Alvin College policies and procedures, attend required meetings, and submit required reports, forms, and recommendations in a timely manner. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
A graduate of Alvin College's Dental Assisting Program. Must have current AHA BLS certification.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, as well as intermediate computer skills. Working knowledge of Blackboard course management system.
Preferred Qualifications
Current Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) credential. At least one year non-teaching work experience in the field of Dental Assisting, preferably with clinical preceptorship experience. Bilingual - English/Spanish (Speak).
Work Environment
The employee typically works in a dental assisting laboratory, classroom, and office environment and uses a computer, telephone, dental instruments, lab equipment, sterilization/autoclave equipment, dental manikins, x-ray units, and other instructional resources as needed to perform duties. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and may vary during lab instruction, skills practice, competencies, and open lab activities. Employee may encounter frequent interruptions throughout the workday while assisting students, faculty, and staff.
Physical Demands
The employee is regularly required to walk, stand, sit, talk, and/or listen; frequently required to use repetitive hand motions, reach, bend, or lift up to twenty (20) pounds. Duties may also require prolonged standing during lab instruction and skills practice.
AI Statement
Working knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and the ability to use them responsibly, ethically, and in compliance with organizational guidelines.
