Job Details

Job Type

Full-time

Description

The Dental Assistant assists the Dentist(s) on all routine and chair-side duties for dental procedures. The Dental Assistant will work as part of a dental team servicing the Klamath Tribes and other eligible Native Americans. Training may be provided as needed. Routine duties shall include providing health care related services to individuals eligible for services provided by Klamath Tribal Health & Family Services in homes, schools, clinics, alternate job sites and other community locations within the Klamath Tribes' Service Unit.

Requirements

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Assist Dentist/Hygienist in seating and preparing patients for treatment.

2. Prepare dental trays according to Dentist's instructions.

3. Correctly expose, develop, and mount radiographs.

4. Assist the Dentist/Hygienist in procedures by retracting patient's cheek, tongue, or other tissue during an operation, handing Dentist appropriate hand instrument, and removing debris created during operative procedures with a vacuum device, compressed air, mouth washes, or water upon Dentist direction.

5. Assist Dentist/Hygienist in applying topical fluoride, anesthetic, and desensitizing agents to patient's mouth.

6. Assist Dentist in removal of dressing and sutures.

7. Sterilize instruments, operatories and machines on a daily basis.

8. Serve as back up to Dental Office Clerk.

9. Like all employees of the Klamath Tribes, the incumbent will be called upon to accomplish other tasks that may not be directly related to this position, but are integral to the Klamath Tribes' broader functions, including but not limited to, assisting during Tribal sponsored cultural, traditional, or community events that enable the successful operation of programs and practices of The Klamath Tribes as aligned with The Klamath Tribes' Mission Statement. Some of these tasks may be scheduled outside of regular work hours, if necessary.

Salary Description

$37,020 - $64,915