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Department

• Help Implement and evaluate daily lesson plans for students to include scheduled activities and materials of modules (15%)
• Helps plan instruction to achieve specific objectives based upon student need and established curriculum. (15%)
• Monitor the attendance of students in the program and coordinate with Program Director when absences occur two days in a row. Prepare attendance reports weekly for the Program Director. (10%)
• Meet with the Program Director to review student success rates and implement plan to reduce student withdrawals. Meet with students to encourage them to stay in the program. Maintain an 80% student success rate for all classes taught in the program. (10%)
• Helps to maintain student grades in accordance with established policies. Prepare final grades at the end of each module to update student records and transcripts (5%)
• Acts as a resource to students for clinical, clerical, operational and administrative questions. (5%)
• Help evaluate the performance of students regarding achievements in curriculum and activities and make necessary provisions to meet learning needs. (5%)
• Help Program Director arrange and coordinate guest speakers, community service field trips, and visits to clinics and dental offices. (5%)
• Helps Prepare lectures and practical demonstrations for students in class and individually. (5%)
• Assist and advise student with Dental Assistant program curriculum. (5%)
• May assist with the inventory and ordering of supplies and equipment. (5%)
• Monitor students in the laboratory. Demonstrate and assist students with lab procedures and ensure safety precautions are adhered to. (5%)
• May assist and coordinate schedules for Dental Assistant students. (5%)
• Mentors students to help achieve professional growth and development. (5%)
• Remains current on all job-related knowledge, skills and continuing education. (0%)

• High School Diploma or GED Required

• 4-6 years A minimum of Five (5) years of job-related training and experience for those instructors who are not graduates from an accredited Dental Assistant program. Required and
• 4-6 years Five (5) years occupational (i.e., practical) experience in Dental Assisting.. Required

• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required

• Ability to perform duties of a Dental Assistant.
• Knowledge of registration process, scheduling, fee schedule and insurance plans.
• Ability to teach chairside and how to assist a dentist in the examination & treatment of Pedodontics, Endodontics, Prosthetics, Oral Surgery, & other dental procedures.
• Ability to teach students how seats patients, reviews Health History, instruct on how to take x-rays with good visibility, dental set-up, special treatment procedures, organizes and has operatory stocked with needed dental instruments & materials
• Ability to be in Dental clinics when Dental Assistant students are present in the clinics
• Ability to Instruct the students with the standards on sterilization for all dental instruments, handpieces, and counter-tops, & operatory's
• Ability to Instruct the students with the care for Dental Equipment according to manufactures directions.
• Ability to teach the guidelines of hospital policy for infection control.
• Ability to Instruct students on how to schedule patients for re-visit appointments.
• Ability to Instruct students on how to maintain patient records and indicates the type of work done.
• Ability to Instruct students on how to review patient record to determine the instruments needed by the Dentist.
• Demonstrate knowledge and competence using the current electronic medical record system for documentation, report management, and patient access.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For more about our commitment to diversity visit: