Dental Assistant - Detention Center Los Angeles - Fidelity Partners

Dental Assistant Detention Center Los Angeles

Work Location

Bureau of Prisons

Metropolitan Detention Center Los Angeles

535 N Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

• Citizenship Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Clearance Requirements: National Background Check with Inquires, Fingerprints and Drug Screen.
• Type of Employment: Full-Time, 40 hours per week.
• Estimate Pay: $27.27/hour.
• P aid Time Off per Year: 80-hours per year, accruing from day of Hire.
• Sick Leave per Year: 56-hours per year, accruing from day of Hire.
• Paid Federal Holidays: Eleven (11) Paid Federal Holidays.
• Period of Performance: 01 October 2024 30 September 2029.

Working Hours

The Dental Assistant will normally work Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays), normally between the hours of 07:00 AM and 03:30 PM, with a 30-minute unpaid lunch period. A session will be equal to one (1) hour. The facility is expected to require an average of 8 sessions per day. The Dental Assistants schedule shall not exceed 40 hours per week. The actual hours of work will be determined by the Health Services Administrator.

Summary of Duties

The Dental Assistant will provide Services for the prison population at the Metropolitan Detention Center Los Angeles. Services include full service supporting the prison Dental Officer, including specialty areas such as restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, and prosthetics.

Qualifications for the Dental Assistant:

• Possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school. Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
• Have a minimum of two (2) years of experience providing Dental Assistant services.
• Be Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certified though the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

**Copies of all training is required to be submitted with the resume.

Preferred qualifications and experience include:

• Bilingual oral communication skills
• Experience in a clinical correctional setting.

Attire

The contractor is expected to wear professional clothing while on duty. The contractor is responsible for providing his/her own smocks, laboratory coats, and scrubs. The attire worn shall also be appropriate for the correctional environment in which the contract employee will be performing.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations.
• Retrieve patients records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepares patient for attending Dental Officer.
• Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, dru.gs, and medications.
• Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator.
• Observes patients responses and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic.
• Gives instructions for subsequent dental appointments.
• Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records).
• Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient.
• Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
• Provides dental health education.
• Dental prophylaxis.
• Dental screening examination.
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery.
• Dental and periodontal charting.
• Prepares places and removes packs.
• Places temporary fillings.
• Places and removes rubber dams.
• Maintains dental equipment.
• Cleans, sharpens, and sterilizes instruments.
• Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs.
• Reports defective equipment or utilizes corrective action.
• Performs routine oral prophylaxis of the clinical crowns of teeth.
• Uses dental hand instruments, mechanical instruments (including ultrasonic), oral hygiene aides and prophylaxis paste to provide necessary oral prophylactic services.
• Prepares entries for patients records.
• Selects and applies medication in proper portion and anti-cariogenic agents to surface of teeth Applies medication prescribed by a Dental Officer to gingiva to promote healing.
• Fabricates and repairs dental prosthesis and appliances under supervision.
• Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prosthesis and removable partial prosthesis.
• Uses acrylic resins and porcelain as basic materials.
• Takes radiographs of patients using standard and digital dental radiographic, panelipse, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment.
• Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and panographic radiographs.
• Correctly positions patient and film.
• Determines level of radiation intensity to minimize radiation exposure of patients.
• Processes and saves digital radiographs to patient medical records.
• Performs quality assurances on radiographic and developing equipment and safelight.
• Maintains proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques.
• Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinic.
• Places and finishes dental restorations, including bases and liners.
• Make primary impressions and pours cast.
• Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

• Competitive Compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision options.
• Outstanding career growth potential.

ABOUT US:

Fidelity Partners is a Inc. 5000, USA company that provides medical, technical, logistical, and administrative services to the federal government and commercial Clients across the country. Fidelity offers competitive salaries and benefits packages.

Qualified applicants are encouraged to learn more about us at www.fidelitypartners.org or or call us at

(210) 822-4005 or apply at https://www.careers-page.com/fidelity-partners-medical-staffing-llc#openings

Fidelity Partners provides equal employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or in accordance with applicable federal state, and local laws (EoE).