Dental Assistant II

Recruitment/Posting Title Dental Assistant II

Job Category Staff & Executive – Allied Health – Dental Assisting

Department RHUDA – New Brunswick

Overview 

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting SummaryRutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) is seeking a Dental Assistant II for the Rutgers Health University Dental Associates (RHUDA) located in New Brunswick, NJ. 

The Dental Assistant II provides support to faculty at RHUDA-New Brunswick and performs work related to the care, sterilization, packing, and disbursement of equipment and supplies. The Dental Assistant maintains all aspects of sterilization procedures related to dental instruments and supplies associated with patient care within the various clinical operations, provides chair side dental assisting to providers in all disciplines, and takes various dental x-rays as assigned by providers.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Seats patients, adjusts chairs, and drapes patients with protective covers.
• Lays out dental instruments and supplies.
• Hands instruments to doctor during examinations and treatment of patients.
• Operates suction equipment.
• Mixes filling and impression materials.
• Maintains all dental equipment.
• Maintains patient records (individual, daily, monthly and yearly).
• Develops and mounts x-rays.
• Contacts patients for appointments personally, by telephone and mail.
• Charts examinations under the direction of the doctor.
• Files all records.
• Serves as sterilization assistant.
• Restocks equipment and supplies.
• Maintains enough supplies on hand to efficiently run the clinic.

Position Status Full Time

Hours Per Week 

Daily Work Shift 

Work Arrangement 

This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

FLSA Nonexempt

Grade 1550

Position Salary 

Annual Minimum Salary 21.030

Annual Mid Range Salary 21.530

Annual Maximum Salary 22.180

Standard Hours 40.00

Union Description Teamsters, Local 97

Payroll Designation PeopleSoft

Benefits 

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.

Seniority Unit 

Terms of Appointment Staff – 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility PERS

Minimum Education and Experience 

Certifications/Licenses 

• Must possess certification as a Dental Assistant (CDA).
• Valid Radiological Technology License issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
• CPR Certification.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Knowledge of dental Terminology, decontamination, sterilization, assembly, packing and monitoring of instrumentation required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to multi task and prioritize assigned work.
• Preferred QualificationsThree (3) years of experience in a dental setting with a combination of dental assisting and sterile processing.

Equipment Utilized

• Physical Demands and Work Environment
• Sitting/standing for prolonged periods, frequently walking, bending and reaching (overhead, extensive, and repetitive).
• Must have the ability to lift/push/pull greater than 50 pounds.

Special Conditions

Posting Number 24ST0830

Posting Open Date

Special Instructions to Applicants

Regional Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus Newark (RBHS)

City Newark

State NJ

Location Details

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