Dental Surgical Technologist - Dental Surgery Center

About the role

Job Description Summary: Provides assistance to the surgical staff and physicians during dental surgical procedures, ensuring availability and proper handling of the instruments, supplies, and equipment. Job Description: Essential Functions: Prepares dental instruments for sterilization. Assists the dentist during surgery by passing instruments and materials. Coordinates and performs the requisitioning of instruments, supplies, and equipment for dental surgical cases. Maintains a clean and organized surgical environment. Documents patient care and maintains accurate records. Orders and maintains inventory of surgical supplies and equipment. Education Requirement: Graduate from an approved dental assistant program or equivalent experience, required. Licensure Requirement: Radiographer license, required. Certifications: Dental Assistant Certification, preferred.

Requirements

• Demonstrates manual dexterity.
• Demonstrates versatility and adaptability.
• Demonstrates a theoretical and clinical ability to conform to standards of asepsis and infection control.
• Possess ability to hear and respond appropriately to surgeon and co-worker requests.
• Demonstrated and documented competency in the scrub role
• One year of Dental Assistant experience, required.
• Operating or delivery room experience, preferred.
• Physical Requirements:
• FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Interpreting Data, Loud Noises, Machinery, Power Tools, Problem solving, Walking
• CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Depth perception, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing - Far/near, Standing
• Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:
• Must be able to stand a minimum of 5 hours consecutively, frequently.
• Must be able to move or reposition patients of any weight or size with the assistance of another person(s) and/or equipment.

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