Dental Surgical Assistant - Surgical Sciences

Schedule: Full-time

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OU HSC) is one of the nation's few academic health centers with all health-related colleges - Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and the Graduate College. OU HSC serves approximately 4,000 students in more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs on campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Duties:

Assists faculty, residents, and dental students with oral surgery procedures

Provides surgical assistance to faculty, residents, and dental students

Assists surgeon with the placement of implants during the surgical procedure

Prepares patients for the procedure with proper monitors for sedation

Prepares surgical trays with instrumentation for basic extractions, IV extractions, biopsies, and implants

Sterilizes instruments.

Reads and notates monitor readings from the procedure.

Maintains awareness of emergency situations and responds according to departmental policy

Exposes and develops x-rays

Recovers patients from sedations

Gives prescriptions from the surgeon with dosage instruction and proper home care instructions

Cleans and sanitizes rooms after patient treatment

Completes paperwork for surgeries and sedations including anesthesia records, drug cards, and consent forms

Properly completes all paperwork from the procedure

Performs basic administrative office procedures such as chart management, seating and dismissing patients, etc.

Continues dental surgical education by attending training sessions to learn concepts of sterile procedures, sterilization, radiology, dental record keeping, fire and safety procedures, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, nitrous oxide administration, and basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position

Attachment Requirements:

Resume

Current OMS Assistant (Preferred) / Dental Assistant License + Current Certifications

Required Education: High School Diploma or GED AND:

12 months experience as a Dental Assistant

Preferences: 6 months experience in Oral Surgery is preferred

Certifications:

Dental Assistant Certification or OMSDA with the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry

Radiology

Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Skills:

Able to keep hand and arm steady while moving arm or while holding arm and hand in one position

Able to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate or assemble very small objects

Able to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact positions

Able to bend, stretch, twist and/or reach with your body, arms and/or legs

Must possess good multi-limb coordination i.e. the ability to coordinate two or more limbs while sitting or standing

Must possess good trunk strength i.e. the ability to use abdominal or lower back muscles to support part of the body continuously or repeatedly over time without giving out or fatiguing

Able to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information

Good manual dexterity required to enable safe, skillful use of instruments while working in the mouth

Working Conditions:

Physical: Standing for long periods of time. Manual dexterity. Speaking, bending, and reaching.

Environmental: Clinic Environment. Exposure to infectious diseases and radiation from x-ray.

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