Job description

UHP Dental Services provides preventive, urgent and routine dental care to MSU students.

Duties and Responsibilities
Assists dentist with dental procedures. This involves exposing and developing appropriate x-rays, seating patients, answering patient questions, transcribing appropriate chart entries, disinfecting operatories, sterilizing instruments, and maintaining inventory of appropriate dental materials.
Other dental assisting functions may include temporary crown placement, removal of excess cements, alginate full arch impressions, placement of matrix bands, curing light-activated resins, removal of sutures, placement of other medicaments, and other functions as directed by the dentist.
Assists office manager and hygienists as needed.
Participates in University Health Partners (UHP) meetings and serves on UHP committees as assigned.

Secondary duties:
Potential to be cross trained with office manager duties for fill in work as needed.
Involvement with student orientations advertising our services to incoming student population.

Required Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills
High School diploma or GED.
Current Montana X-ray certification.
One year of experience as a dental assistant or completion of a dental assistant training program.

Preferred Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills
Completion of an accredited dental assisting training program.
Experience working with college students or young adults.

The Successful Candidate Will
The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers in a team-oriented environment
The ability to maintain excellent customer relations.
The ability to represent the UHP Dental Clinic and its programs in a professional and courteous manner.
Demonstrated excellent skills in dental assisting techniques and dental treatment procedures.

• Demonstrated excellent skills in communicating with dental staff and patients.

Position Special Requirements/Additional Information

• Radiology Certification required

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts Montana State University’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in typical dental treatment postures for extended time periods.
• Exposure to blood-borne pathogens (Employees are provided with training and equipment that complies with OSHA requirements for a dental health care setting)
• Exposure to other pathogens of all kinds that is inherent to working in a dental health care setting.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

This position has supervisory duties? No
Posting Detail Information

Number of Vacancies 1
Desired Start Date Upon successful completion of a search.
Position End Date (if temporary)
Open Date
Close Date

Applications will be:
Screening of applications will begin immediately; however, applications will continue to be accepted until an adequate applicant pool has been established.

Special Instructions
Diversity Statement

Montana State University values diverse perspectives and is committed to continually supporting, promoting and building an inclusive and culturally diverse campus environment. MSU recognizes the importance of work-life integration and strives to be responsive to the needs of dual career couples. https://www.montana.edu/hr/recruitment/dualcareer.html.

In compliance with the Montana Veteran’s Employment Preference Act, MSU provides preference in employment to veterans, disabled veterans, and certain eligible relatives of veterans. To claim veteran’s preference please complete the veteran’s preference information located in the Demographics section of your profile. https://www.montana.edu/hr/recruitment-guidelines/affirmative_action_plan.html.

MSU’s Non-Discrimination Policy and Discrimination Grievance Procedures can be located on the MSU Website: https://www.montana.edu/policy/discrimination/index.html.

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