Registered Dental Assistant (On-Call)

Essential Job Functions

• All duties of a Dental Assistant including the ones listed below:
• Setting up
• Helping patients feel comfortable before, during, and after dental treatment
• Asking about or verifying when necessary a patient’s medical history and taking blood pressure and pulse
• Taking and developing dental radiographs (x-rays)
• Chairside assisting
• Providing patients with instructions for oral care following dental treatment procedures
• Teaching patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health (like tooth brushing, flossing, and nutritional counseling
• Serving as an infection control officer, developing infection control protocol and preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment, and the patient’s area
• Keeping operatories stocked and sterile
• Maintaining dental equipment
• Taking impressions of patient's teeth for study casts (models of teeth).
• May apply non-aerosol and non-caustic topical agents
• May remove post-extraction and periodontal dressings
• May place and remove elastic orthodontic separators
• May hold anterior matrices
• May remove sutures
• May apply topical fluoride after scaling and polishing by the Dentist, Hygienist, or Dental Supervisor RDA-Clinic Coordinator
• May place and remove rubber dams
• Other dental or chairside duties assigned by the supervisor.
Under general supervision, a Registered Dental Assistant may perform:
• Mouth mirror inspecting oral cavity to include charting of obvious lesions, existing restorations, and missing teeth
• Placement and removal of temporary sedative dressings
• Under direct supervision, a Registered Dental Assistant may perform the following procedures:
• Obtain endodontic cultures
• Dry canals previously opened by the Supervising Dentist, with absorbent points
• Test pulp vitality
• Place bases and liners on sound dentin
• Remove excess cement from gingival surfaces of teeth with a hand instrument or fluoride
• Size stainless steel crowns, temporary crowns, and bands
• Temporary cementations and removal of orthodontics bands
• Placements of orthodontic separators
• Placements and litigations of archwires
• Placement of post-extraction and periodontal dressings
• Coronal polishings if certified
• Removal of excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth using an ultrasonic scaler

Other Duties

• Observe professional and ethical standards of the job.
• Follow clinic protocols.
• Comply with OSHA regulations.
• Comply with AHS health and safety rules and procedures.
• Comply with Human Resources requirements such as attending periodic in-service training, meeting annual health exam requirements, submitting proof of CME and license renewals, etc.
• Assist in providing orientation to new employees including newly-employed front desk assistants, Dental Assistants, Registered Dental Assistant, Dental Hygienist, Dentists, etc.
• Be willing to assist in other tasks as requested when appropriate and time allows.
• Attend regular department meetings and organization-wide staff meetings.
• Promote teamwork and a positive work environment in the department.
• Participates in agency-wide quality improvement program processes and performance improvement teams to ensure excellence in the quality of services provided across the agency.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must show proof of high school diploma
• Ability to speak any Asian languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Khmer, Mien, Tagalog, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of one year paid professional dental assisting work experience

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid Registered Dental Assistant California License
• CDA for Supervising Dental Assistant
• Passage of Radiation Health and Safety examination
• Passage of Infection Control examination
• Current coronal polishing certificate
• Current CPR card
• Valid X-ray certificate