Dental Assistant

*_JOB DETAILS_*
*Department:* Dental Clinic
*FTE:* 1.0 (80 hours per pay period)
*Workdays:* Monday - Friday
*Shift(s):* Days
*Shift Length:* 8 hours
*Sign-On Bonus:* $2,500*
/*Sign on bonus is available for eligible external candidates (current employees, contract/temporary workers, and former employees returning to HHS within one year are ineligible)./

*Purpose of this position:** *Under immediate supervision, performs work involving routine dental procedures.

*_RESPONSIBILITIES:_*

* Reviews patient chart and prepares instruments and equipment
* Performs procedures such as mixing impression material, taking impressions, pouring models, preparing base plates, preparing acrylic trays and bleaching trays
* Performs mechanical polishings
* Performs fluoride treatments
* Places rubber dam
* Removes sutures or excess cement from inlays, crowns and bridges
* Charts patient treatment received
* Provides dental ...