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Dental Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 115 days ago
On-site North Little Rock, AR $36K – $59K Apply by Jun 22, 2026 Dental Assistant ESFJESFPISFJ Healthcare
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The Staff Dental Assistant assists the dentist in many aspects of direct patient care and performs other clinical and clerical functions independent of direct supervision. They receive and prepare patients for dental treatment and assist the dentist at chairside, bedside or in the operating room. They independently perform more complex work in assigned specialties, or in lead dental assistant positions.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties for the Dental Assistant include but are not limited to Direct Patient Care - Assists in Routine Dental Procedures/ Restorative Sets up operatory/surgery suite for planned dental procedure and cleans dental unit for timely turnover.
- →Passes instruments safely, accurately and efficiently.
- →Keeps operative field clear of debris and retracts oral tissues effectively and comfortably.
- →Accomplishes all intra-operative procedures within standard infection control protocols.
- →Selects, adapts and places matrix bands and wedges to normal and abnormal teeth.
- →Places cavity liners and bases on prepared teeth.
- →Prepares a wide variety of dental materials for permanent and temporary restoration of teeth.
- →Fabricates, places, finishes and removes all types of provisional restorations to include temporary crowns/bridges.
- →Applies topical anesthetics and desensitizing agents.
- →Accomplishes coronal polishing of teeth.
- →Direct Patient Care - Assists in Specialized Dental Procedures, such as Oral Surgery, Periodontics (including Laser and Implant Surgery), Endodontics, and Prosthetics (including Implant Surgery)/Oral Surgery Prepares IMED consent appropriate to surgery procedure.
- →Appropriately labels and dates all medicaments placed on the sterile surgery field.
- →Removes sutures.
- →Properly trained to assist in the operating room setting.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 93dfed30-fcf2-4b24-8256-03de5c516a0f
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