Dental Assistant

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performs as a dental assistant, which includes assisting the staff dentists and residents in the general practice of dentistry performed in the dental clinic and is directly supervised by an assigned staff dentist.
• Takes blood pressures, medical histories and assists providers in examining patients and recording information in the dental, medical and other pertinent clinical or administrative records. Consults and requests for a variety of tests may be entered for providers.
• Confirms appointments and schedules patients for examination, treatment and post-operative appointments.
• Receives, positions, disinfects and drapes all patients as appropriate for treatment procedures. Provides proper instrumentation, obtains and checks medical records for treatment contraindications. Also ensures that necessary laboratory tests, prophylactic medications and paperwork (i.e. surgical consent) are in order before the appointment and/or specific procedure(s).
• Directly assists the staff dentists, trainees and dental hygienists at the general dentistry and expanded function levels in operative, prosthodontics, endodontics, periodontics and oral surgery using four handed dentistry techniques.
• Places rubber dams, retracts tissue, cuts sutures, irrigates operative sites and suctions secretions, gives preventive dentistry instructions and monitors vital signs.
• Packages and routes specimens for proper pathologic evaluation.
• Cleans, prepares, maintains, sterilizes, disinfects dental unit water lines and arranges dental and expanded function instruments and equipment. Orders, stocks and stores dental supplies in operatories and storage areas.

Work Schedule: 8:00a-4:30p Monday-Friday

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 92855A, 92856A, 92857A,92858A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized