Dental Assistant Registered

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 0000173359
Category: Dental
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day
Facility: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Department: Dental Department

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Three to five years dental experience preferred, good organizational and communication skills required. Prior experience of digital radiology needed.
• Knowledge of medical/dental terminology and billing preferred.Licensure: NJ Dental Xray License mandatory.
• NJ RDA when hired or within 1 year of hire date. If not, employee will be terminated. All NBIMC Dental Assistants are expected to be NJ Registered Dental Assistants and maintain their RDA registration with the State of NJ in order to maintain employment.
• Failure to maintain RDA certification and/or NJ Dental Xray license is grounds for termination.
• Educational benefits are available only once per employee for the RDA certification course.
• Dental Assistants who were beyond their probationary period prior to November 10, 1995 and who were not RDA certified are exempt from this requirement.
• NBIMC personnel designation of Level I Dental Assistant:
• A Dental Assistant who is not NJ RDA certified.
• Payroll of a Level I Dental Assistant is lower than that of a Level II Dental Assistant.
• Promotion to Level II is automatic upon presentation of NJ State RDA RegistrationNBIMC personnel designation of Level II Dental Assistant:
• A Dental Assistant who is NJ RDA certifiedthere is no “"Certification payroll bonus"” for RDA’s since they are compensated at a higher rate.

Preferred:

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS (NON-EXEMPT POSITIONS):

• Day
• Per Diem

• Assure instrument sterilization and organization within the Dental Dept as well as through Central Supply
• Assure that a doctor-signed chart note has been made for each visit before the chart is returned to reception desk including documentation of 2 forms of patient identification and surgical time out for surgeries.
• Assure that patient’s required forms, e.g. health history, consent, a written entry on B.P., pulse, etc. are completed. the DA is responsible to take and record these vital signs.
• Chairside assisting, instrument passing, retraction, suctioning, and maintaining clear field of vision for the dentist. This includes laboratory procedures. Assist in operating room when necessary.
• Competency Standards: H0154 - NJAC 13:30-2.3 & 2.6 DA (Not an RDA) H0975 - NJAC 13:30-2.3 & 2.6 NJ State RDA
• Keeps dental units, cabinets and carts appropriately supplied clean, neat, orderly as described in the policy manual, performing routine unit maintenance and reports all equipment repair needs to the supervisor
• Must be able to accept direction from the dentist with whom she is working at chairside. If more than one chair is to be covered, she is to keep alert to the needs of each dentist.
• Take diagnostic quality xrays and have full ability and knowledge of all xray procedures