• Perform patient care duties related to hospital dentistry to include schedule operating room cases, organize and prioritize awaiting cases, schedule OR screenings, place confirmation telephone calls, retrieve/dispense charts, file x-rays.
• Work with care providers and regional centers for paperwork and consent.
• Explain Special Care Clinic policies/procedures as they relate to dental treatment and financial obligations.
• Put together patient chart with all appropriate paperwork to include medical history/physical results; fax information to hospital as needed; set up appointment for pre-operative physical exams as needed.
• Work with appropriate hospital personnel to order hospital supplies; clean and maintain dental/hospital inventory and equipment.
• Dental assist in the operating room; take and mount x-rays; maintain and sterilize dental instruments.
• Perform chairside duties in the Special Care Clinic to include four-handed dentistry.
• Pour diagnostic models and perform minor laboratory procedures.
• Assist with and conduct Special Care Clinic and community public relations projects.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by the Clinic Manager, Special Care Clinic.

• Dental terminology and treatments.
• Dental insurance billing procedures.
• Chairside dental assisting.
• Dental assisting in a hospital environment
• Sterilization and infection control procedures.
• Emergency procedures including CPR.
• General office methods.

• Communicate effectively with students, faculty, staff and patients.
• Apply patient management and time management skills.
• Project a professional image.
• Work in fast paced environment and maintain professional composure and demeanor.
• Manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.

• Minimum of one year increasing responsibility in a dental office or dental school to include chairside dental assisting.
• Minimum of one year experience in hospital dentistry.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Current RDA license.
• Current California x-ray license.
• Current CPR certification.

• Experience in Medi-Cal billing strongly preferred.

• Current CDA license desirable.

• Experience and sensitivity in working with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Demonstrated experience in advancing social justice, equity, and inclusion in a university setting.
• Ability to engage and integrate culturally responsive practices and knowledge in their work.

• Position requires standing during the majority of working hours.
• Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens may reasonably be anticipated. Personal protective equipment will be provided to reduce or eliminate exposure to routine or limited infectious agents.

University of the Pacific is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. In compliance with applicable law and its own policy, Pacific is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff and does not discriminate in its hiring of faculty and staff, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability.