Dental Assistant - Orthodontics, College of Dentistry

Description
The Orthodontics department at the College of Dentistry is looking for a full-time Dental Assistant ! Embrace the opportunity to work in an educational setting where each day offer new challenges and rewards! In this role you will be chair-side assisting, mentoring dental students, and managing digital radiographs! For a full job description, please send an e-mail to .
Responsibilities:

• Keep an efficient orthodontic faculty and/or Graduate clinic flow:
• Assist chairside in the provision of oral/orthodontic healthcare to all patients including young children and children with special needs.
• Assist chairside with banding, bonding and removal of appliances
• Expose/process radiographs and CBCTs as requested under OSHA guidelines
• Help place separators, change arch wires under OSHA guidelines.
• Set up orthodontic trays, instruments, and equipment for procedures.
• Perform routine daily maintenance of dental equipment as well as preparing orthodontics instruments for sterilization per OSHA guidelines.
• Keep faculty and/or orthodontic graduate clinics areas clean including deep cleaning of units.
• Restock sterilized and new equipment/supplies for faculty and/or orthodontic graduate clinic units. Inventory supplies and request reorders as needed.
• Communicate with the lab to ensure that appliances and retainers are ready for delivery and /or follow up with the front desk when patients fail to collect their appliances.
• Explain clinical operation policies and procedures to students, faculty and newly employed dental assistants.
• Direct patients to complete patient consent forms; direct to Ortho Business Office for payments.
• Assist with mixing of materials and facilitate impression taking or intraoral scanning.
• Help direct new patients to the clinics or active patients to available chairs in situations of patient overflow.
• Enter codes for orthodontic procedures.

Dental Assistant - GC25 (Merit)
College of Dentistry - Orthodontics
Dental Science Building
Salary: $44,560.96 (Pay Grade: 08)
An advanced starting salary may be possible based on exceptional qualifications.
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
May require occasional overtime.
Work Location: On-Site
Qualifications
MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
• Successful completion of a CODA accredited dental assistance program or one year full time equivalency in chairside assistant experience assisting in four-handed method of dentistry.
• Must have a current certificate of registration to practice as a dental assistant issued by the Iowa Board of Dental Examiners. (QDA)
• Must possess current Iowa certificate of proficiency in dental radiography. (QDA)
• No additional work experience beyond the requirements for this position.
• May require Expanded Functions (EF-1 and/or EF-2) based on specific needs assigned by provider.
Desirable Qualifications:
• Experience with electronic health record.
• Experience taking digital records (e.g. intraoral scanning).
• Orthodontic experience in a clinic setting.
• Experience with children/adolescents.
• Experience working with individuals with craniofacial anomalies.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload a resume (and mark as "Relevant File") to their submission.
Job opening are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact .
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.