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Teaching Dental Assistant Mobile Clinic
University of the PacificSacramento, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Jul 2026
💰 $60,080/yr
About the role
Position Information
Job Title
Teaching Dental Assistant Mobile Clinic
Union Level
Department
Dental Administration
Campus
Sacramento
Posting Number
201304336P
Full or Part Time
Full Time
Number of Months
12
Work Schedule
Position End Date
Open Date
Close Date
Open Until Filled
No
Special Instructions to Applicants
For Applicants Seeking Job Opportunities within the University
Internal: Internal applicants will be considered within the first five (5) business days of the posting period.
External: External applicants will be considered on the sixth (6) business day of the posting period.
Sponsorship
Internal: Internal applicants will be considered within the first five (5) business days of the posting period.
External: External applicants will be considered on the sixth (6) business day of the posting period.
This position is not eligible for a visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Position Summary Information
Primary Purpose
Under the general supervision of the PHCC Clinic Manager and Attending Dentist, this position assists faculty in all clinical aspects of patient care and treatment within both university and mobile dental clinic environments. The Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) provides chairside assistance, demonstrates and instructs concepts of four-handed dentistry, supports sterilization and infection control, performs radiographic procedures, provides patient care support, outreach coordination, and administrative functions within pediatric and mobile dental clinic settings. The RDA must be adaptable, organized, and comfortable working in both traditional academic settings and community-based outreach locations.
University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision-making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio-cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and staff.
Essential Functions
University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision-making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio-cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and staff.
- Instruct and apply principles of efficient, and effective clinical procedures utilizing appropriate teamwork in a clinical setting:
- Ergonomics
- Injury prevention
- Instrument Transfers
- Dental team positioning
- Organization/work simplification
- Infection control
- Patient and professional communication
- Instruct students with the use of electronic patient health records to include patient presentation worksheet, treatment plan/options/fees and preventive instruction and intervention.
- Evaluate and grade student’s preparedness and proficiency working with all patients. Utilize one-on-one demonstrations, immediate feedback/corrections and faculty collaboration for daily electronic student performance evaluations.
- Support the Humanistic Values of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.
- Conduct Mobile Clinic and chair side orientations, training of new staff, and assist in orientation of new faculty.
- Perform outreach responsibilities which result in a positive impact upon the student/clinical experience to include the following:
- Initiate and coordinate a minimum of two pre-approved outreach events per year to pediatric populations of not less than 15 participants.
- Initiate minimum of 1 new outreach opportunity/contact per year.
- work in tandem with Student Community Outreach for Public Education (SCOPE) for outreach events.
- Provide summary of event, including contact person, role in event/organization, program evaluation, number of patients and ages reached, and potential impact on clinic, measurement used (i.e. increased patients, contacts made, relationship established with measurable outcomes, etc.) to Chairperson and Clinic Manager.
- Efforts made to partner with outside agencies to garner financial and logistic support for outreach activities.
- Perform teaching/training to include:
- Partner with other departments/schools (i.e. Physical Therapy School, CDE) to provide enhanced knowledge and experience with ergonomic issues related to the dental professionals.
- Assist with Just-in-Time Learning Videos.
- Maintain a current knowledge base around ergonomics and enhance materials based on the information.
- Assist with all patients, monitor patient vital signs, assist with special needs and medically compromised patients.
- Provide chairside dental assisting duties as needed for faculty doctors in the Pediatric Clinic and/or in the operating room setting.
- Perform RDA functions and tasks at the PHCC, and ASC as needed, when the mobile clinic is not in use
- Perform all other duties as assigned by
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