Dental Assistant Jobs in Kentucky

Department:

Location:

Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R108751

Minimum Requirements:

High school diploma or GED and two or more years of dental assisting experience. One year of surgical assisting experience and/or Expanded Duties Dental Assistant (EDDA) or Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary (EFDA), radiology certification, CPR certification. Additional certification may be required based on dental specialty. Grade 3 (Hourly)

Position Description:

The University of Louisville School of Dentistry is seeking a Dental Assistant II. This position works chairside with the residents in our General Practice Residency clinic with various dental and surgical procedures. Located in UofL Health Jackson Street Outpatient Center.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the faculty, peers, and supervisors to deliver customer service oriented and patient centered care within our Grad Oral Surgery and our Hospital Dentistry clinics.
• Serve as chairside assistant to residents in operating room with four handed, sedated, comprehensive dentistry.
• Stock, prepare, organize, and clean operatories and laboratories.
• Capture four types of radiographs: periapical, bitewings, panoramic, CBCT.
• Sterilize clinic instruments following appropriate infection control procedures.
• Maintain stock of supplies throughout the clinic, and order as needed.
• Greet and seat patients as needed.
• Maintain HIPAA, OSHA, and Infection Control compliance at all times.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Requirements:

• Surgical assisting experience
• Intravenous Access Lines certification.
• One year of surgical assisting experience

Target Compensation Maximum:

$28.55

Target Compensation Minimum:

$19.03

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

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Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.