Role: Dental Assistant IJob Location: 234 E 149th Street, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY 10451Pay Range: $ 31/ Hr - $ 35/ HrJob Duties:
- Assists in providing dental services including:
- Preparing patients for exam/treatment.
- Sterilizing instruments, maintaining equipment, mixing amalgams, cements, composites.
- Taking dental x-rays, maintaining records.
- Performing assigned lab procedures.
Skills:
Education:
- Valid certification to practice as a Dental Assistant issued by NYSED.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by a course of study consisting of at least 600 instructional hours at an approved school for Dental Assistants;
- A four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by a course of study consisting of at least 300 instructional hours at an approved school for Dental Assistants plus six months full-time satisfactory experience as a Dental Assistant performing all of the following duties: taking, developing, and mounting dental radiographs, assisting dentist at chairside, sterilizing dental instrument using autoclave; or
- A four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent plus one year of full-time satisfactory experience as a Dental Assistant performing the duties described in 2 above; or
- A satisfactory combination of education and experience which is equivalent to 1, 2, or 3 above. However, all candidates must have at least a four year High School diploma or its educational equivalent.
- Experience as a receptionist or clerk in a dentist's office is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.
Languages:
- English - Read/ Write/ Speak
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