UNIV - Dental Assistant IV - College of Dental Medicine - Pediatrics

Company: Medical University of South Carolina
Location: Charleston
Posted on: September 24, 2022

Job Description:

**Job summary:** Under the supervision of a dentist or dental department head in a teaching institution, supervise and train professional and nonprofessional dental care personnel. Provide technical support and chair side four-handed assistance in the clinic and operating room for all types of dental patients, whether healthy, medically compromised, or carriers of infectious diseases.

**Payscale Salary Range:** UNIV-Band 4: $27,527.00 - $39,228.00 - $50,930.00 (min - mid - max)

**FLSA:** Hourly

**Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:** A high school diploma, two years of formal training in an ADA accredited dental assisting course and one year of dental assisting experience OR a high school diploma and three years of dental assisting experience. Certification in Radiation Safety required for positions responsible for dental x-rays.

**Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred:** Successful completion and certification from an accredited Dental Assistant program. Certification for Basic Life Support, nitrous oxide monitoring, conscious radiation for dental x-rays, and sedation / analgesia protocols must be current. Experience assisting in a Pediatric dentistry setting is preferable.

**Physical Requirements:** Ability to perform job functions while standing. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while sitting. (Infrequent) Ability to perform job functions while walking. (Frequent) Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work from elevated areas. (Infrequent) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) Ability to bend at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to twist at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Infrequent) Ability to perform 'pinching' operations. (Infrequent) Ability to fully use both hands/arms. (Continuous) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous) Ability to reach in all directions. (Continuous) Possess good finger dexterity. (Continuous) Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry 50# , unassisted. Ability to lift/carry patients to 350# (+/-), assisted. Ability to lift objects from floor level to height of 36 inches, to 50#, unassisted. Ability to lower objects, to 50#, from height of 36 inches, unassisted. Ability to push/pull objects to 350#(+/-), unassisted. Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance. (Continuous) Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous) Ability to hear and understand whispered conversations at a distance of 3 feet. Must be ambidextrous. Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous) Ability to be qualified physically (by medical personnel) for respirator use, initially and annually.

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