Initial Posting Date:

07/28/2026

Application Deadline:

08/09/2026

Agency:

Department of Corrections

Salary Range:

$5,723 - $6,903

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Dental Assistant 2 (Wilsonville) Underfill option available

Job Description:

Dental Assistant 2 (Wilsonville) Underfill option available

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility – Wilsonville, Oregon

Oregon Department of Corrections

We have an exceptional opportunity for a Dental Assistant 2 position at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) in Wilsonville, Oregon. The shift hours are Monday through Friday from 6am - 2:30pm.

This position has an underfill opportunity available. This means if you do not meet the minimum qualifications for the Dental Assistant 2 classification, you may be able to be hired as a Dental Assistant 1. If hired as an underfill in the lower classifications, you will receive the salary range of the lower position until you meet the qualifications for the regular position. When you meet the qualifications, you will be automatically reclassified as the higher regular position.

Preference may be given to candidates who can meet the full qualifications.

About the Job – Your Role

Your primary duties will be to facilitate patient dental care by providing direct assistance to the dentist while performing chairside procedures and to assure instruments, supplies, and equipment are properly maintained and available for patient care.

Duties

In this position you will provide direct chairside assistance to the dentist during dental procedures. Assures chairside skills conform and are optimized to treatment methodology of the assigned dentist, assuring patient safety, and maximizing clinic productivity. Frequent conversations regarding the dentist’s chairside expectations may be required resulting in immediate procedure modifications on the part of the assistant.

Records dental pathology and conditions on appropriate forms as assessed by the dentist. Performs the following EFDA duties as assigned by treating dentist:

• Remove temporary crowns and prepare teeth for permanent crown cementation

• Preliminary fit crowns and make adjustments outside the patient’s mouth

• Place and remove matrix retainers for alloy and composite restorations

• Remove excess cement from crowns (dentist must check afterwards)

• Fabricate temporary crowns. Cement temporary crown with temp cement after approval from dentist. Dentist must check before patient released

• When dentist is not available, re-cement temporary or permanent crown that has dislodged with temp cement. Dentist must check as soon as dentist is back in office

Manages dental materials, instruments, and equipment. Assures proper cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilization procedures for instruments and equipment. Assures adequate stock of dental materials with proper expiration dates. Maintains dental hand pieces. Manages instrument inventory and security counts. Assures security is maintained over all instruments and equipment. Maintains dental burs as directed by assigned dentist. Prepares the dental operatory for patient treatment, assuring all infection control guidelines are followed; Assures proper instruments and supplies are set up in a neat and orderly fashion for specific dental procedures as directed by assigned dentist. Displays a working knowledge of all necessary den