Dental Assistant Trainee career at Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage

Southcentral Foundation is hiring Dental Assistant Trainee on Fri, 10 May 2013 01:02:22 GMT. Summary of Job Responsibilities: Learn the skill and ability to achieve a career as a dental assistant. Successful completion of program and program milestones is required for continued employment. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Outline of Essential Job Responsibilities/Functions to Include but Not Limited to: Customer Care & Relationships: Creates, develops, and nurtures culturally...

Dental Assistant Trainee

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Description: Southcentral Foundation is hiring Dental Assistant Trainee right now, this career will be delegated in Alaska. More complete informations about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Summary of Job Responsibilities:
Learn the skill and ability to achieve a career as a dental assistant. Successful completion of program and program milestones is required ! for continued employment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Outline of Essential Job Responsibilities/Functions to Include but Not Limited to:

Customer Care & Relationships:
Creates, develops, and nurtures culturally appropriate interactions and connections with each other, customer-owner-owners, and the community.
Maintains customer-owner confidentiality and proper customer-owner management.

• Remains highly motivated to gain further knowledge required to become a dental assistant.
• Accepts and acts upon constructive feedback and continually improves professional skills and knowledge.

Ability to work with customer-owners in a positive and courteous manner to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Communications & Teamwork:
Shares and receives information, opinions, concerns, and feedback in a supportive manner.
Works collaboratively by building bridges, a! nd creating rapport with team members within departments and a! cross the organization.
Ability to work as an active participant in a team environment.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Improvement & Innovation:
Makes meaningful improvement to services, program, and processes and/or organizational effectiveness that creates new value for customer-owner-owners and employees.

Workforce Development Skills & Abilities:
Seeks out additional learning opportunities to continue to develop the technical and professional skills needed now and in the future.
Takes responsibility for all work activities and personal actions by following through on commitments.
Learns and performs basic dental assistant duties.

• Learns and practices Infection Control protocol during various procedures and throughout the clinic.
• Learns instruments, materials and techniques for general chairside procedures.
• Learns dental anatomy, charting examinations and! record keeping.
• Prepares and arranges all instruments and materials needed for treatment; preparing operatory.
• Passes instruments utilizing the four-handed technique, keeping area of operation clear using high-speed evacuator, suction tip and irrigation.
• Assists the dentist as directed.

Travels to the villages as directed.

• Assists in setting up and breaking down field gear at the village sites.
• Performs routine chairside dental assistant duties.

Completes homework on time. Passes midterm and final with a minimum of 70% in order to continue in the program.
Knowledge and ability to learn to operate dental equipment.
Organizational skills to accomplish a variety of concurrent tasks on a day-to-day basis and make appropriate decisions in performing duties independently to meet the needs and goals of the clinic.
Completes tasks in a timely, organized and professional manner ensuring adequate! follow-up.
Knowledge of the Privacy Act of 1974 to maintain and sa! feguard confidentially of customer-owners medical and personal records.
Knowledge of or ability to learn policies and procedures necessary for preparing records, documentation and mandated reports for department’s programs.
Ability to adapt to changes in a positive manner.
Ability to receive routine feedback on performance.
Ability to maintain quality, safety and infection control standards.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Qualifications:
SCF programs are established for the purpose of serving a primary population comprised of Alaska Natives who are affiliated with the Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), and Alaska Natives and American Indians within SCF’s geographical service area. Employees should have a thorough understanding of the cultures and the needs of the CIRI members, and of the general culture and needs of Alaska Natives and American Indians. Such knowledge is critical in order to ensure the achievement of the mission and vision of ! SCF: working together with the Native community to provide the best services with Native staff who value the family and family wellness as the heart of the Native community.
1. High school diploma or GED.

Working Environment:

• Employee may be exposed to: wet or humid non-weather (to 2/3 time), work near moving mechanical parts (to 2/3 time), exposure to bloodborne pathogens (over 2/3 time), hazardous waste (under 1/3 time), fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time), toxic or caustic chemicals (to 2/3 time), risk of radiation (under 1/3 time)
• Noise level: moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers and printers, light traffic)

Physical Demands:

• Position requires: stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear (over 2/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time)
• Weight lifted or force exerted: up to 10 pounds (over 2/3 time), up ! to 25 pounds, up to 50 pounds (under 1/3 time)
• Special vision ! requirements: close vision (clear at 20 inches or less), color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point), depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships), ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)
• Additional physical demands: Employee may be required to work holidays, evenings, weekends and nights. Employee must be able to respond when needed by prompt appearance at a required location. Travel may be required. The employee is able to work under physically and emotionally stressed conditions.

Age and Customer-Owner Population(s) Served:
ANMC Dental

Age of Customer-Owner Population Served

Population

• Neonate (birth â€" 28 days)
• Infant (29 days â€" less than 1 y! ear)
• Pediatric (1-12 yrs)
• Adolescent (13-17 yrs)
• Adult (18-64 yrs)
• Geriatric (65 yrs & older)
• Customer-owner with exceptional communication needs
• Customer-owner with developmental delays
• Customer-owner under isolation precautions

Fireweed Dental

Age of Customer-Owner Population Served

Population

• Adult (18-64 yrs)
• Geriatric (65 yrs & older)
• Customer-owner with exceptional communication needs
• Customer-owner with developmental delays
• Customer-owner under isolation precautions

INTERESTED APPLICATIONS:
Please complete an online application by clicking the 'Apply' button at the top/bottom of this page. For more information contact Human Resources via the SCF Contact page or (907) 729-4977 or Toll free at 1-800-478-3343

NATIVE PREFERENCE UNDER P.L. 93-638.

Preference will not be given unless certif! ication is submitted to Human Resources (a copy is acceptable).
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Southcentral Foundation.

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This career will be opened on: Fri, 10 May 2013 01:02:22 GMT

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