Dental Technician I-Restorative Lab-School of Dentistry

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Job Requisition ID:

R00029620

Job Category:

Clinical (Non-Faculty Only)

Organization:

SOD - Restorative Lab - Director

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Dental Technician I-Restorative Lab-School of Dentistry

Job Summary:

Assist dental students in appropriate phases of their clinical and pre-clinical education. Contributes to dental student education alongside faculty, participating in pre-clinical and clinical courses.

Education & Experience

High School Diploma/GED and seven (7) years of related experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:  NA

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Serve as a novice technology expert in order to assist faculty and students

Responsibilities

• Assist students in clinic with set up of teeth, wax rims, final molds and fabrications in the lab.  Provides these services as a lab technician.
• Show students how to engage implant abutments and fabricate surgical guide.
• Assist with dentures set ups and polishing.
• Coordinates cases with outside laboratories.
• Learn how to read and interpret dental and laboratory prescriptions.
• Collaborate with other technician educators to troubleshoot problems.
• Inspect equipment and request repairs or upgrades when necessary.
• Assist in the planning and implementation of laboratory exercises to be performed by dental students, residents and faculty.
• Assists the tech educator III with the routine supervision of students and employees of the clinical laboratory.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, constant reaching, constant sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and occasional walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Benefits Eligible

Job Posting Date:

05/30/2023

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):