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GLC Government Services is seeking a Dental Assistant to work at a Federal Correctional facility in Victorville, CA. 11.282022

Practice Name
  GLC Group
Dentist’s Name
  NA
Position details:
  GLC Government Services is seeking a Dental Assistant to work at a Federal Correctional facility in Victorville, CA.
Schedule/Hours: 8-40 hours per week part time, Monday-Friday, between the hours of 6:00am- 4:00pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. The schedule is subject to changes based on the needs of the facility.
Qualifications:
• Must have at least two or more years of experience as a Dental Assistant.
• Must have a current copy of a current Dental Assistant license and/or certification.
• Must be Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certified, in accordance with the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
• Documentation of your graduation from an accredited school of Dental Assistant.
• The contractor must be able to work with an inmate population from a variety of cultural, regional, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical correctional setting are desirable.
Job Description:
• Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations.
• Retrieve patient’s records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepares patient for attending Dental Officer
• Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications
• Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator
• Observes patient’s responses, and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic
• Gives instructions for subsequent dental appointments
• Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records)
• Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient
• Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
• Provides dental health education
• Dental prophylaxis
• Dental screening examination
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery
• Prepares places, and removes packs
• Maintains dental equipment • Places and removes rubber dams • Places temporary fillings • Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs • Performs routine oral prophylaxis of the clinical crowns of teeth • Uses dental hand instruments, mechanical instruments (including ultrasonic), oral hygiene aides and prophylaxis paste to provide necessary oral prophylactic services • Prepares entries for patient’s records • Takes radiographs of patients using standard and digital dental radiographic, panelipse, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment • Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and panographic radiographs • Other duties will be determined by the dentist.

Benefits:
• 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year
• Health, dental, vision and short-term disability insurance available
• 401K available
• Weekly Pay
• Direct Deposit

City/State
  Victorville, California
Compensation:
  $18.00/hr.
Benefits:
  Yes. I will explain it. We health, dental, vision, 401k, sick time, PTO, federal holidays, and direct deposit.
Contact’s Name
  Wesley Jackson
Contact’s Phone
  (877) 782-3345
Contact’s Email
  wjackson@glcgroup.com
Company Website
  https://glcgroup.com/
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