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Correctional Dental Assistant – Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC)
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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Job Requirements
What We're Looking For
- Professional Dental Assistant experience
- Strong chairside assisting skills in General Dentistry
- Dental X-Ray experience
- Dental Assistant certification
- Knowledge of infection control, sterilization, and dental safety procedures
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively with an adult correctional patient population
- Dependable, professional, and detail-oriented
- Comfortable working within the policies and security requirements of a correctional healthcare environment
- Ability to pass Drug Screen and background
Additional Information
About WSi Healthcare Personnel
Winner of Clearly Rated's ‘Best in Staffing for Talent’ for 4-years in a row! (2020 - 2023) - WSi has been committed to providing complete job placement services in healthcare to the western region since 1988 while providing the best for both our candidates and clients.
Due to the outstanding placement services, pay rates, and opportunities, healthcare professionals trust their careers to WSi. Contact WSi Healthcare Personnel today for more information on how you can join our esteemed team of healthcare professionals.
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WSi Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are also a Drug-Free Workplace and will require all candidates to submit to a pre-employment screening test prior to employment. Should you need reasonable accommodations to complete the application process, please contact us for assistance.
Meet Your Recruiter
Sicily Bailey
Account Manager
Sicily Bailey is an Account Manager for Allied Statewide with six years of experience in healthcare recruiting. She brings a relationship-driven, detail-oriented approach to every client and candidate partnership, focused on understanding unique needs and delivering dependable staffing solutions. Passionate about recruiting and service excellence, Sicily is committed to building trust, maintaining consistency, and supporting healthcare teams with care and professionalism.