"Expanded Duty Dental Assistant"

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) is seeking an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant for the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

The Expanded Duty Dental Assistant will assist dentists and residents with dental procedures and patient treatment, provides assistance during general anesthesia, cosmetic surgical procedures and implant dentistry procedures and carries out the variety of general office receptionist assignments, including front desk and data entry.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Identifies and pull selected equipment, instruments and supplies needed for oral maxillofacial surgical procedures.
• Prepares and sets up work area and operatory for the scheduled procedure including turnovers, cleaning, restocking, inventory and ordering of supplies and instruments on a regular basis. Assists in gowning and gloving surgeons.
• Escorts patients from waiting area to operatory and prepare patient for procedure like draping, positioning, witnessing patient consent and organizing instrumentation prior to procedure.
• Checks and records vital signs on the charts (e.g., pulse, blood pressure, temperature, respiration and weight) prior to procedure.
• Prepares implant for insertion and I.V. Cases.
• Protects airways during anesthesia by suctioning and proper positioning of head and chin.
• Prepares implants for insertion.
• Assists resident/student cases.

Minimum Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited Dental Assisting program.

City: Newark

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment: PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Position requires standing 2/3 of the time, walking to 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle or feel over 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms, 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 1/3 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. Must be able to lift patients, heavy boxes weighing up to forty (40) pounds, instrument sets weighing up to twenty (20) pounds; must be able to lift surgical supplies above the head.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Clinic and office operations, moderate noise.

About Rutgers University: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.