Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Dental Assistant II
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Allied Health - Dental Assisting
Department	RSDM-Clinical affairs
Overview	New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Dental Assistant II for the Office for Clinical Affairs within Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM).  The Dental Assistant II will support students and faculty in the patient care clinics.  Performs work related to the care, sterilization, packing, and disbursement of equipment and supplies.  Maintains all aspects of sterilization procedures related to dental Instruments and supplies associated with patient care within the various clinical operations. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Issues equipment, instruments and supplies to students and faculty. Performs duties relating to clinic dispensary as assigned. Assists dental students chair-side in the delivery of quality oral health care. Maintains inventory of supplies, loaned instruments and equipment according to department policy. Re-stocks equipment and supplies in the dispensary and clinic, reporting depleted items. Checks returned instruments and prepares them for sterilization.  Delivers and retrieves instruments from Central Sterilization according to department schedule. Examines equipment to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair, verifying that equipment functions properly. Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety and environmental and infection control standards.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Nonexempt
Grade	1550
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	20.560
Annual Mid Range Salary	21.060
Annual Maximum Salary	21.690
Standard Hours	35.00
Union Description	Teamsters, Local 97
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	PERS

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience
Certifications/Licenses	Valid Radiologic Technology license issued by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. Valid American Heart Association CPR Certification.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Knowledge of dental terminology, de-contamination, sterilization, assembly, packing and monitoring of instrumentation required.
Preferred Qualifications	Three (3) years of experience in a dental setting with a combination of dental assisting and sterile processing.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	Must have the ability to lift/push/pull greater than 50 pounds. Noisy, busy, clinical and sterilization area, temperature fluctuations (hot and cold).
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST0808
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Newark (RBHS)
City	Newark
State	NJ
Location Details	Newark, NJ

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