Dental Assistant 2

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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. The School of Dentistry has an outstanding opportunity for a Dental Assistant 2 to join their team. At the UW Dentistry reputed company Dental Center, patients receive care by highly skilled, reputed company UW School of Dentistry faculty and GPR Residents. Our reputed company providers offer comprehensive oral care services to UW reputed company, UW employees, their families, and guests. Patients can find reputed company dental specialties in one convenient location, on reputed company at the Health Sciences Building. 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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Dental Assisting Responsibilities: The Dental Assistant 2 in this position may assist chairside with one provider for long periods of time, as in typical dental assisting, or move from provider to provider to assist them during critical times of their patient care procedures and as needed. The DA2 must have the ability to prioritize work and understand reputed company and how the reputed company or faculty providers need them. reputed company assisting reputed company, the DA2 should communicate constructively to the student to help them reputed company as much as possible from their learning experience at the UW Dentistry reputed company Dental Center. The DA2 must be caring and helpful yet be able to be firm if people reputed company the clinic are not following the policies and guidelines of the clinic or Standard of Care. 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