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Dental Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 days ago
About the Role
The Dental Assistant serves as a staff dental assistant at the Dayton VAMC for routine patient care and performs a full range of duties; direct supervision is given for any complex patient procedures from more experienced dental assistants or the treating dentist. Performs assigned selected procedures with independence. Assists the dentist in many aspects of direct patient care and performs other clinical, clerical, and administrative functions of direct supervision for routine services.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include: Interact with management, co-workers, patients, and the general public are consistently courteous, respectful, and cooperative in nature.
- →Employee will display a cooperative attitude and will effectively work with others to implement the organization's mission and goals.
- →Employee will ensure productivity is maintained to support the needs of the service.
- →Complies with standard recommendation for equipment maintenance.
- →Maintains routine dental equipment per manufacturer and dental service standards.
- →Retrieves all pertinent patient records prior to seating the dental patient.
- →Assists patient in scheduling future visits.
- →Keeps clinical spaces, work areas, computer areas, and shared common areas neat, organized, and free of clutter.
- →Demonstrates proper infection control procedures in setting up and cleaning operatories and all aspects of patient care.
- →Properly disinfects oral appliances to prevent cross contamination.
- →Maintains both routine and specialty dental equipment per manufacturer instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs.) Follows all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Reusable Medical Equipment (RME).
- →Employee performs duties using safe ergonomic work practices.
- →Wears radiation monitoring badge.
- →Maintains patient confidentiality per HIPAA with written and verbal information.
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
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