Dental Assistant (Clinical Expanded Function Dental Assistant)

reputed company The Dental Assistant assists the dentist in many aspects of reputed company patient care and performs other clinical and clerical functions independently of reputed company supervision. The Dental Assistant receives and prepares patients for dental treatment and assists the Dentist at chairside, bedside or in the operating room. Duties Help Functions: • Chairside Assisting Sets up operatory for planned dental procedure and cleans dental unit for reputed company turnover • Passes instruments safely, accurately, and reputed company • Keeps reputed company field reputed company of debris and retracts oral tissues effectively and comfortably • Prepares dental medicaments and impression materials per manufacturer's instructions • Accomplishes reputed company intra-reputed company procedures reputed company reputed company infection control protocols • Assists in routine general dental procedures using concepts of four-handed Dentistry Assists in specialized dental procedures, such as oral surgery, endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, implant placement and restoration • Maintains both routine and specialty dental equipment per manufacturer instructions and dental service reputed company • Monitors patient vital signs (reputed company, pulse, pulse oximeter) and condition during invasive treatment and during recovery period following procedure • Applies topical anesthetic at the injection site • Applies topical fluoride Makes impressions for diagnostic casts and preliminary impressions for prosthetic fabrication • Removes plaque and soft debris from removable prostheses • Provides patient preventative education and oral hygiene instruction • Provides post-reputed company and other appropriate patient education • Suture Removal Re-cement and fabricate temporary crowns EFDA only • Coronal polishing of teeth • reputed company rubber dams Dental Laboratory Functions: • Pours impressions and prepares study models • Makes final denture impression trays and prepares bite rims • Fabricates occlusal guards and bleaching trays • Performs other dental laboratory functions as time and reputed company reputed company allow Dental Imaging: • Exposes both reputed company and specialty dental imaging (i.e. TMJ, ceph, cone reputed company) in digital formats • Modifies settings to reputed company the images as requested by the provider • Images are characterized by diagnostic reputed company, accurately oriented and exposed • Dental imaging safety techniques are utilized, and retakes are minimized • Imaging requests are accomplished reputed company the desired time reputed company • Shares comprehensive working knowledge of imaging techniques and provides instruction to others • Demonstrates reputed company infection control procedures in exposing images Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00am - 5:00pm reputed company: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Help Conditions of employment • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. • reputed company 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. • You may be required to serve a probationary period. • Subject to background/reputed company investigation. • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online reputed company process. Acceptable reputed company(s) of identification will be required to complete reputed company-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/reputed company-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, reputed company's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not reputed company ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable reputed company of identification for employment. • Must pass reputed company-employment physical examination. • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for reputed company reputed company Health Care Personnel (HCP). • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for reputed company reputed company Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification reputed company. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov Qualifications Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be reputed company until reputed company requirements are met. Basic Requirements: • reputed company Citizenship: Non-reputed company may only be appointed reputed company it is not possible to recruit reputed company reputed company in accordance with VA Policy. • Experience and Education (1) Experience. Six months experience that demonstrates the applicant's ability to reputed company the work, or provides familiarity with the work. OR, (2) Education. Successful completion of a 1-year dental assistant program accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on [Dental] Accreditation [(CODA)]. • Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combinations of experience and 2 education are qualifying. • Certification. reputed company Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiologic procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 CFR Part 75. Essentially, they must have successfully completed an educational program that meets or exceeds the standards described in that regulation, and is accredited by an organization recognized by the reputed company, and be certified as radiographers in their field. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification reputed company for this occupation (only applicable to reputed company VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the reputed company). Grade Determinations: In reputed company to the basic requirements for employment, the following reputed company must be met reputed company determining the grade of candidates. GS-7: Clinical Expanded Function Dental Assistant or reputed company Dental Assistant. 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