Lead Dental Surgical Assistant

Come join the staff at OU HSC and become a part of Oklahoma's premier research university which leads the state in education and career opportunities. OU HSC is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges. We are currently building world-class institutes for the treatment of diabetes and cancer. We are looking for a Lead Dental Surgical Assistant to join the Surgical Sciences team! This position serves as a lead dental surgical assistant and unit leader: developing staff schedules, training new staff, and monitoring staff performance during surgical procedures.

Duties:

• Provides surgical assistance to faculty, residents, and dental students and supervises other dental staff
• Assists surgeon with the placement of implants during surgical procedures
• Prepares patients for procedures with proper monitors for sedation
• Reads and notates monitor readings from the procedure
• Prepares surgical trays with instrumentation for basic extractions, IV extractions, biopsies, and implants
• Also prepares trays with needed materials such as anesthesia, implants, bonding agents, bone grafting, and collagen membrane
• Sterilizes instruments
• Prepares surgical rooms for the proper procedures
• Performs a wide range of tasks such as providing patient care, preparing and sterilizing instrumentation, taking x-rays, maintaining records, consent forms, and other documentation, and performing basic administrative office procedures
• Maintains awareness of emergency situations and responds according to departmental policy
• Recovers patients from sedations, and cleans/sanitizes rooms after patient treatment
• Continues dental surgical education by attending training sessions to learn concepts of sterile procedures, sterilization, radiology, dental record keeping, fire and safety procedures

Attachment Requirements:

• Resume
• Current Dental License + Current Certifications