Senior Dental Assistant - Orlando Health Cancer Institute

Orlando Health · United States

A Brief Overview

What you will do

• Circulates during oral and maxillofacial operations or restorative procedures and hands instruments and supplies to surgeons as needed.
• Assists in changing intra-oral and extra-oral dressings.
• Sets up sterile instrument trays for operations and ensures that standard trays are ready for emergencies.
• Sterilizes and gives routine care to clinical instruments, linens and auxiliary supplies, including spray valves, compressed air apparatus, syringes, fountain cuspidors and suction equipment.
• Maintains a functional inventory of supplies.
• Performs dental x-rays and maxillofacial radiology including in office CT scans.
• Responsible for processing copies of imaging for referring physicians and other outside providers of the care team.
• Performs duties according to established clinic rules and regulations based upon standards of the dental profession.
• Document services provided.
• Serves as clinical lead in the practice.
• Helps develop and coordinate the orientation process for clinical team, Acts as preceptor in collaboration with nursing/clinical leadership.
• Supports and helps develop quality strategies within the practice.
• Education consultant for the practice and OHMG specialties, trains clinical team on Surgical procedures, sterile technique, and autoclave process.
• In collaboration with nursing staff helps maintain surgical code cart maintenance.
• Maintains supply and monitors safe storage of medical gases according to proper protocols.
• Patient education facilitator pre- and post-surgery.
• Attends multi-disciplinary care conferences and communicates regularly with multi-disciplinary team to coordinate and update on plan of care.
• Enters orders as needed for appropriate follow-up with providers.
• Enters treatment plans as needed to ensure appropriate coding to generate quotes for services and necessary authorization for procedure approvals.
• Assists in the dental lab as needed.
• Coordinates patient care with scheduling team.
• Establish and maintain positive relationship with referring dental providers, point of contact for regular patient updates on surgical planning status.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and have the ability to assess data appropriate to the age-specific needs of the patients on his or her assigned department and/or unit.
• Monitors vital signs as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Graduate of a CODA-accredited dental assisting program, provided that it included appropriate training in the expanded function –OR-
• Successful completion of a Florida Board-approved expanded duties training program.
• Five (5) years Dental Assistant (with Expanded Functions) experience in a Maxillofacial Surgery office.
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider Certification.
• If assigned to OHPG – Craniofacial Specialty, must maintain current State of Florida Dental Radiographer license.