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Full-Time
Dental Assistant 4
College of Dental Medicine
Posted on 12/13/2025
Medical University of South Carolina
No salary listed
Charleston, SC, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Requirements
- A high school diploma is required.
- Completion of formal training in an American Dental Association accredited dental assisting course.
- One year of dental assisting experience OR a high school diploma and three continuous years of dental assisting experience.
- Certification in Radiation Safety required for positions responsible for dental x-rays.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to work rotating shifts.
- Ability to work overtime as required.
- Ability to learn and use new processes, tools, equipment as required.
- Ability to perform job functions while standing.
- Ability to perform job functions while sitting.
- Ability to perform job functions while walking.
- Ability to climb stairs.
- Ability to work indoors.
- Ability to work from elevated areas.
- Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces.
- Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions.
- Ability to bend at the waist.
- Ability to twist at the waist.
- Ability to squat and perform job functions.
- Ability to pinch with hands.
- Ability to fully use both hands/arms.
- Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders.
- Ability to fully use both legs.
- Ability to reach in all directions.
- Possess good finger dexterity.
- Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions.
- Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function.
- Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds unassisted.
- Ability to lift/carry patients to 350 pounds (assisted).
- Ability to lift objects from floor level to height of 36 inches, to 50 pounds, unassisted.
- Ability to lower objects to 50 pounds from height of 36 inches, unassisted.
- Ability to push/pull objects to 350 pounds (assisted).
- Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected.
- Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand.
- Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance.
- Ability to match or discriminate between colors.
- Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception.
- Good peripheral vision capabilities.
- Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction.
- Ability to hear and understand whispered conversations at a distance of 3 feet.
- Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements.
- Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and annually.
- Additional New Requirements: Computer literacy.
- Ability to work rotating shifts.
- Ability to work overtime as required.
- Ability to learn and use new processes, tools, equipment as required.
Responsibilities
- Performs chairside assisting with four handed dentistry techniques for faculty providers as they treat patients; these procedures may range from general dentistry to advanced specialty care requiring general anesthesia management; this position assists with all specialties of dentistry; responsible for updating patient information in and utilizing the Electronic Health Record as needed for patient care.
- Responsible for setting up operatory for dental and surgical procedures; must maintain a high level of knowledge of all clinical procedures and instrumentation to ensure rooms are set up accurately; break down and clean operatory after procedures are complete; maintain and sterilize all dental instruments and equipment; follow all infection control policies and protocols set forth by MUSC, CDM and the clinic manager; maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with OSHA’s procedures, rules and regulations.
- Acquire or assist in acquiring all necessary radiographs (i.e. periapical, panoramic, cephalometric, and 3-D imagery, intra oral scans, etc.) while adhering to all x-ray safety standards; these images are captured according to treatment plans or at the direction of CDM Providers.
- Assist with all areas of patient care including transport/assistance to and from the waiting area as well as monitoring surgical patients to ensure their safety after receiving anesthesia; maintain patient confidence and privacy by keeping information confidential.
- Maintains dental supplies and inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies and verifying receipt of supplies; ensures instruments and supplies are maintained and stocked in dental operatories and other areas of the clinic; provides administrative support in the clinic to include maintaining MSDS notebook, reporting equipment problems and filling out exposure and incident forms.
- Contribute to the team effort by assisting in other clinics and by accomplishing related duties as needed as well as any other duties as directed by the clinic manager/supervisor.
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