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About the Facility: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is a large integrated healthcare system within the Department of Veterans Affairs serving veterans in Southern California and Southern Nevada. It's one of the largest facilities in the VA network and offers a wide range of medical services, including primary care, specialized care, and research programs. The following locations within the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have a current need for dental assistants:

VA Greater Los Angeles Hospital – 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073
VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center – 16111 Plummer St, North Hills, CA 91343
Bakersfield CBOC facility – 1801 Westwind Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Santa Maria CBOC facility – 1550 E Main Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Los Angeles Client facility – 351 E Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Dental Hygienist - RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)

• Examine the patient's oral cavity to include the mouth, throat, and pharynx, and record conditions of teeth and surrounding tissues. Refer patients to a dentist who have abnormalities to include cavities, defective fillings, suspicious growths, or periodontal disease.
• Apply desensitizing and other topical agents to treat abnormalities to include caries prevention, gingivitis, and oral ulceration.
• Instruct patients, individually and in groups, in proper oral hygiene care using materials to include teeth models, displays, slides, toothbrushes, dental floss, disclosing tablets, and mirrors. Demonstrate proper techniques of brushing, flossing, and the use of necessary periodontal aids. Explain the common causes of tooth decay and its relationship to the general diet.
• Take impressions and construct sports/safety mouth guards and soft night guards for vital bleaching.
• Polish restorations and apply pit and fissure sealants.
• Chairside dental assisting when directed by the Officer-In-Charge of the dental clinic.
• Record patients treated. Check and maintain instruments to ensure working condition. Clean, sharpen, and sterilize instruments.
• Patient Workload, Readiness, and Scheduling. Utilizes the Corporate Dental Application to enter patient-specific workload and readiness status, and also for patient scheduling.

Dental Hygienist - REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Dental Hygiene.
• Must have successful completion of a dental hygiene program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA).
• Must have and maintain certification in radiography.
• Must have at least two (2) years of experience as a Dental Hygienist.
• Must have a current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Dental Hygienist in the State of California.