Job Description

The research, educational and clinical duties of the Research Educational Dental Assistant include:

• Conducting continuous quality improvement by participating in the development, implementation, and monitoring of quality metrics in research, education and clinical patient care.
• Refining and enhancing a dental diagnostic terminology in an electronic health record by using the terminology for research, education and patient care, investigating its validity and use from a research perspective.
• Research the dental aspects of patient safety by using patient safety triggers and verifying the triggers accuracy through chart audit.
• Identification, development and use of Dental Quality Improvement in research, education and patient care.
• Assist in educational planning, implementation and teaching dentistry to predoctoral dental students and residents (Advanced Education in General Dentistry).
• Assist faculty in educational activities, preparation and implementation in individual concepts/topics, sections and courses in Preclinical Education, Biomaterials & Education and AEGD.
• Utilize Clinical Decision Support in an electronic health record to improve knowledge of informatics science as it applies to dentistry.
• Adhering to high standards in research, education and clinical care.
• Limited Dental Assisting chair-side to dental providers in the provision of general dental care to patients
• Taking ordered dental x-rays.
• Chart dental findings, input medical and dental histories, and general duties of dental assisting including the overall quality of care tasks associated with patient care.
• Adhering to standards of research, education and patient care as defined by the UCSF Institutional Review Board, HIPPA, Infection control.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $27.33 - $34.03 (Hourly Rate).

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