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DENTAL ASSISTANT,SDM Dental Health Center

Employer
Boston University
Location
BOSTON, United States

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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DENTAL ASSISTANT,SDM Dental Health Center

Tracking Code0711 Job Description

The Dental Assistant provides clinical support by assisting the dentist in various dental procedures, exposing radiographs, taking impressions, fabricating and cementing temporary crowns, ensuring optimal patient comfort, sterilizing instruments, practicing infection control and OHSA standards in the operatory prior, during and after said procedures. Ensures assigned operatories are cleaned and disinfected. Additional Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Collects patient data by reviewing medical history, taking blood pressure and pulse, and charting clinical findings as directed by the dentist
  • Contacts patients as needed and reviews schedules for optimal utilization
  • Reviews and enters treatment plans
  • Organizes lab cases by monitoring completion dates
  • Ensures each assigned operatory is set-up and ready prior to seeing each patient
  • Provides patient education by giving pre and post operative instructions including oral hygiene instructions
  • May be responsible for the ordering supplies as needed
Required Skills

1-3 years of experience and Tech or Vocational training required.

Individuals seeking employment with BU may be subject to the following suitability requirements. Failure to meet any of these requirements may result in ineligibility for employment:

  • Basic Background Check: Includes, but is not limited to, verification of:
    • Social Security Number;
    • Academic history
    • Past employment;
    • Licenses and credentials, if applicable
    • documented proof of immunizations for:
      • Two Measles, Mumps Rubella (MMR) - live vaccine or titers indicating immunity to Measles , Mumps and Rubella
      • Three Hepatitis B - recombinant vaccine and a Hep B Surface Antibody titer indicating immunity or a signed declination for Hepatitis B Vaccine
      • Two Varicella-zoster live-virus vaccine, or Varicella IGG AB titer indicating immunity
      • TDAP (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis i.e. whooping cough) within last ten years
      • Influenza vaccine or signed declination
      • IGRA Tuberculosis blood test.
    • Positive TST with Chest Xray and treatment information
  • Medical Clearance Process: Medical Clearance Process: includes Occupational Health evaluation and immunization/titer level review. Must be eligible to receive required vaccinations as needed.
  • References: We require 2-3 professional references (no friends or family) with at least 1 previous supervisor.

Continued employment/ affiliation is contingent upon strict adherence, at all times, to all applicable safety and security rules, procedures, and protocols, as well as required training regimens.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Job Location BOSTON, United StatesPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular

Organization

The Difference Is Our DNA

What compelled the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to award Boston University a grant to fight newborn mortality in Zambia? Why did Martin Luther King, Jr. adopt BU as a place where he could hone his message of justice and equality? And what is the catalyst that prompts 32,557 students from 135 countries to call BU their home every semester? It’s in our DNA: an inherent desire in each of our students, faculty, and staff to vigorously and dauntlessly pursue knowledge—and embrace the unlimited possibilities that come with it.

A Community Unlike Any Other

As you can see below, it takes people, ideas, and a little luck (Boston, you’re our town) to make BU what it is today: one of the most dynamic universities in the world.

Celebrated thinkers: On any given day, students will find themselves mesmerized by Nobel Prize winners, a poet laureate, and the first biomedical engineer ever to receive a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award,” among others.

Extraordinary teaching: When a classroom starts to percolate with new ideas, it’s because our faculty of scholars and accomplished practitioners know how to ignite students’ imaginations. That’s why we reward our best teachers with BU’s most prestigious honor: The Metcalf Cup and Prize.

Groundbreaking research: With faculty dedicated to a creative, interdisciplinary approach to problem solving, BU has become a leading global research institution—propelled forward by over $350 million a year in sponsored program revenue.

World-class students: Elite students from all 50 states and 135 countries pursue higher education on BU campuses in Boston and at programs in L.A., D.C., and more than 30 other cities on six continents.

A city within a city: Today, 80% of our undergrads live on campus, which could explain the 525 student activity groups alone.

The greatest college town in the world: Boston. ’Nuff said.

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