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Expanded Function Dental Assistant (General)

Apply to this opportunity here: www.phila.gov/jobs

All applications will be accepted from 4/15/2024- 5/3/2024.

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General Job Description:

This is technical dental work of limited scope in the care and treatment of the teeth and gums of patients in the City’s dental health clinics. Employees in this class assist dentists and hygienists as they examine and treat patients during the provision of preventive maintenance and restorative services. Employees additionally provide some direct technical dental treatment to patients.

All applications must be submitted at www.phila.gov/jobs by 5/3/2024.

EDUCATION

Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade.

AND
Completion of a formal expanded function dental assistant training program at a two-year college or other accredited institution which has included a Completion Certification program of at least 200 hours of expanded function clinical and didactic instruction in restorative functions.
OR
Graduation from an accredited school of dental hygiene which has included completion of formal clinical and didactic instructions in expanded functions dental assisting training of at least 75 hours.

Possession of valid licensure issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry as an Expanded Function Dental Assistant at the time of application, at the time of appointment and during tenure of employment.

NOTE: Please attach transcript and licensure with application.