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Correctional Dental Assistant – Colorado Department Of Corrections (Cdoc)

WSi Healthcare Personnelplatteville, CO

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Overview

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Job Description

Looking for something different from the traditional dental office?

WSi Healthcare Personnel is seeking experienced Dental Assistants to join our correctional healthcare team supporting the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC).

Correctional dentistry offers the opportunity to use your clinical skills in a unique healthcare environment while working alongside dental providers to deliver essential general and emergency dental care to an adult patient population.

If you're dependable, confident in your chairside skills, and ready to take your Dental Assistant experience into a setting where your work truly matters, we'd love to connect with you.

Why Consider Correctional Dentistry?

  • Consistent and structured clinical environment
  • Opportunity to expand your Dental Assistant experience
  • Work alongside experienced dental providers
  • General dentistry and emergency dental care
  • Serve a unique adult patient population
  • Gain valuable correctional healthcare experience
  • Weekly pay through WSi Healthcare Personnel
  • Multiple CDOC facilities throughout Colorado

What You'll Do

As a Correctional Dental Assistant, you'll assist the dentist in providing routine and emergency dental care within a CDOC clinical setting.

Responsibilities may include:

  • Provide chairside assistance during general dentistry procedures
  • Prepare treatment areas, instruments, and materials for dental procedures
  • Obtain digital dental X-rays
  • Set up and assist with restorative procedures
  • Select and pass instruments during treatment
  • Sterilize dental instruments and equipment
  • Maintain proper infection-control practices
  • Follow radiation safety and exposure-control procedures
  • Properly handle and dispose of biohazardous and medically contaminated waste
  • Assist with dental clinic scheduling and daily operations
  • Maintain appropriate tool, chemical, and supply controls
  • Educate patients on preventive dental care and oral health
  • Maintain accurate clinical documentation
  • Work collaboratively with the dentist and CDOC healthcare team

If you've never worked in corrections before, don't automatically count yourself out. Strong general dentistry, chairside assisting, infection control, X-ray, and patient-care experience can translate well into the correctional healthcare setting.

We're looking for Dental Assistants who are adaptable, professional, and ready for something different. Apply Now!

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