Dental Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

An excellent opportunity exists to work for a government contractor with competitive compensation and work-life balance. Posterity Group is seeking experienced Dental Assistant at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

Locations include:

• VA Greater Los Angeles Hospital 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073
• VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center 16111 Plummer Street North Hills, CA 91343
• Bakersfield CBOC 1801 Westwind Drive Bakersfield, CA 93301
• Santa Maria CBOC 1550 East Main Street Santa Maria, CA 93454
• Los Angeles ACC 351 East Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner Outpatient Clinic 5250 Ralston Street Ventura, CA 93003

• The Dental Assistant shall perform chairside assistant duties in all phases of dentistry including but not limited to, prosthodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and endodontics.
• The Dental Assistant shall be responsible for assisting dentists by preparing patients and instruments for dental treatment, measure and record vital signs, respond to basic medical emergencies, prepare surgical dressings and specimens, adjust treatment as needed to account for age specific needs of geriatric patient, perform laboratory duties as needed, and operate dental x-ray equipment, including evaluating images for diagnostic quality and utilizing dental imaging safety techniques.
• The Dental Assistant shall learn how to operate new and existing equipment for patient treatment. The Dental Assistant shall maintain and clean dental equipment, instruments and assigned spaces according to current Infection Control policies, Reportable Medical Events (RME), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines. This includes, but is not limited to, dental chair/unit maintenance, equipment inventory, instrument inventory, and supply management in the operatory and supply rooms.
• The Dental Assistant shall be responsible for receiving routing patients, recording information related to patient care, utilization of all dental programs, and providing patient with education material related to their care. Following surgical procedures, the dental assistant shall provide proper verbal and written post-op instructions.
• The Dental Assistant shall protect printed and electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable laws, Federal regulations, VA statutes and policy, and VHA policy. The Dental Assistant shall protect data from unauthorized release, loss, alteration, or unauthorized deletion. The Dental Assistant shall follow applicable regulations and instructions regarding access to computerized files, release of access codes, etc.; enter and retrieve data utilizing electronic dental records; learn and utilize software programs used within VHA such as word processing software to store and retrieve electronic documents and files, activate printers, insert and delete text, format letters, reports, and memoranda and transmit and receive email. The Dental Assistant shall learn and use the Veterans Health Information and Technology Architecture (VistA), Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), and Dental Record Manager Plus (DRM+) to access information in the facility computer system.
• The Dental Assistant shall instruct, assist, and answer questions for a variety of dental trainees in the Dental Clinic.

• A current unrestricted license by the Committee on Dental Auxiliaries (COMDA) for the state of California
• A minimum of 1 year experience as a dental assistant
• A Dental Radiological Certificate
• A current BLS and or/CPR card
• A valid TB test