Teaching Dental Assistant

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Posting Details

Position Information

Job Title Teaching Dental Assistant Union Level VI Department Department of Pediatric Dentistry Campus San Francisco Posting Number P Full or Part Time Full Time Number of Months 12 Work Schedule Position End Date Open Date 07/26/2024 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants

For Applicants Seeking Job Opportunities within the University

Internal:
Internal applicants will be considered within the first five (5) business days of the posting period.

External:
External applicants will be considered on the sixth (6) business day of the posting period.

Sponsorship

This position is not eligible for a visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Position Summary Information

Primary Purpose

University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision-making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio-cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and staff.

Under the general supervision of the Pediatric Clinic Manager, demonstrates and instructs concepts of four-handed dentistry in the Pediatric clinical setting to dental students.

Essential Functions

• Instruct and apply principles of efficient, and effective clinical pediatric procedures utilizing appropriate teamwork in a clinical setting:
• Ergonomics.
• Injury prevention.
• Instrument Transfers.
• Dental team positioning.
• Organization/work simplification.
• Infection control.
• Patient and professional communication.
• Instruct students with the use of electronic patient health records to include patient presentation worksheet, treatment plan/options/fees and preventive instruction and intervention.
• Evaluate and grade student’s preparedness and proficiency working with pediatric patients; utilize one-on-one demonstrations, immediate feedback/corrections and faculty collaboration for daily electronic student performance evaluations.
• Support the Humanistic Values of the Arthur
  
  A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.
• Conduct Pediatric Clinic and chair side orientations, training of new staff, and assist in orientation of new faculty.
• Perform outreach responsibilities which result in a positive impact upon the student/clinical experience to include the following:
• Initiate and coordinate a minimum of two pre-approved outreach events per year to pediatric populations of not less than 15 participants.
• Initiate minimum of 1 new outreach opportunity/contact per year.
• Partner with SCOPE in all outreach events.
• Provide summary of event, including contact person, role in event/organization, program evaluation, number of patients and ages reached, and potential impact on clinic, measurement used (i.e. increased patients, contacts made, relationship established with measurable outcomes, etc) to Chairperson and Clinic Manager.
• Efforts made to partner with outside agencies to garner financial and logistic support for outreach activities.

• Perform teaching/training to include:
• Partner with other departments/schools (i.e. Physical Therapy School, CDE) to provide enhanced knowledge and experience with ergonomic issues related to the dental professionals.
• Assist with Just-in-Time Learning Videos.
• Maintain a current knowledge base around ergonomics and enhance materials based on the information.
• Assist with all patients, monitor patient vital signs, assist with special needs and medically compromised patients.
• Provide chairside dental assisting duties as needed for faculty doctors in the Pediatric Clinic and/or in the operating room setting.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by the Pediatric Clinic Manager and/or the Chairperson of Pediatric Dentistry.

• Chairside dental assisting techniques.
• Sterilization techniques.
• Pediatric clinical techniques.
• Emergency procedures (CPR).

• Explain pediatric procedures /…