Senior Dental Assistant (Ras Tanura)📣 إعلان

About Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH)

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) is a healthcare organization committed to delivering high-quality medical services. Operating in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia, JHAH focuses on providing comprehensive and patient-centered care within its facilities.

The Senior Dental Assistant Role

JHAH is seeking a Senior Dental Assistant to join its dental team in Ras Tannurah. This full-time position involves performing specialized dental assistant tasks to support dentists and dental therapists. The primary objective of this role is to ensure efficient and effective patient care during a wide range of clinical procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist dental therapists and dentists in various procedures, including diagnostic, operative, surgical, periodontal, preventive, orthodontic, prosthodontic, endodontic, and pedodontic treatments during patient examinations and procedures.
• Place and remove rubber dams, temporary restorations, and polish restorations.
• Apply periodontal dressings, matrices, intracoronal provisional restorations, and retraction cords and bases/liners.
• Take alginate impressions for study models and remove surgical sutures.
• Apply topical fluoride, including foam and varnish.
• Polish clinical crowns to remove stains, and fabricate and cement provisional crowns and bridges, including the removal of excess cement.
• Process preliminary charting and suture removal.
• Perform clinical supportive functions such as preparing and dismissing patients, sterilizing and disinfecting instruments and equipment, providing postoperative instructions, maintaining supplies, and keeping accurate records.
• Fully participate in four-handed dentistry, working closely with the dentist to enhance procedural efficiency.
• Provide guidance and support to Associate Dental Aides.

Required Experience

Candidates for the Senior Dental Assistant position are required to have 5 to 10 years of experience in a relevant dental assistant role.

Work Environment and Supervision

The Senior Dental Assistant will work across various Dental Services facilities as assigned. The role involves receiving direct supervision and technical guidance from the dentist, with reporting responsibilities to the Supervisor of Dental Support.

Application Details

This is a full-time opportunity. Salary information for this position will be disclosed during the interview process.