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Dental Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
About the Role
The Dental Assistant assists the dentist in many aspects of direct patient care and performs other clinical and clerical functions independently of direct supervision. Dental assistants at this level serve in dental assistant positions independently performing more complex work in assigned specialties while receiving general supervision.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Functions and Scope of duties: Customer Service: Shows courtesy, respect, and positive attitude for Veterans, co-workers and the public.
- →Provides assistance to customers with questions or concerns, provides service recovery.
- →Display a cooperative attitude and will effectively work together to implement the organization's mission and goals.
- →Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills.
- →Chairside Assisting: Sets up operatory for planned dental procedure and cleans dental unit, dental equipment and countertops for timely turnover.
- →Passes instruments safely, accurately, and efficiently.
- →Keeps operative field clear of debris and retracts oral tissues effectively and comfortably.
- →Prepares dental medicaments and impression materials per manufacturer's instructions.
- →Accomplishes all intra-operative procedures within VA mandatory infection control protocols.
- →Assists in routine general procedures using concepts of four-handed dentistry.
- →Assist in specialized dental procedures such as, bunt not limited to, oral surgery, prosthodontics, endodontics, periodontics, and implant surgery and restoration. other duties as assigned.
- →Dental Imaging: Images are characterized by diagnostic quality, accurate orientation and proper exposure.
- →Proficiently exposes standard and specialty intraoral and extraoral images [periapical, bitewing, occlusal, panoramic, TMJ, sinus cephalometric, 3D cone beam, et.] in traditional and/or digital formats as requested by the doctor.
- →Modifies settings to achieve images as requested by the provider.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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