Dental Assistant 2; Umatilla)

Initial Posting Date: 10/16/2026 Final date to receive applications: 10/26/2026 Agency:
Department of Corrections Salary Range: $5,723 - $6,903 Position Type:
Employee

Position Title:

Dental Assistant 2 (Umatilla)

Job Description:

Dental Assistant 2, Dental Care Coordinator (Umatilla) with Underfill option available Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI) – Umatilla, Oregon Oregon Department of Corrections

We have an exceptional opportunity for a Dental Assistant 2 position at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, Oregon. Umatilla, Oregon is a historic city sitting at the meeting point of the Columbia and Umatilla rivers in the eastern part of the state. Our positions work within our secure healthcare and dental units. Enjoy our secure opportunity, along with amazing benefits in this great opportunity!

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.

• 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 dental materials.
• Coordinates maintenance and repair of equipment with DOC staff and contracted technicians.
• Conducts inventories; order tools and supplies as needed to assure adequate quantities available.
• Responds to written and verbal requests for treatment or coordinates response from provider.
• Assures treatment lists are accurate and current – Lists and other data may be kept in Microsoft word or excel formats, requiring the assistant to learn the applicable software.
• Schedules patients to be seen by providers.
• Assures information in the Electronic Health Records and Inmate Health Plan (DOC 400) is accurate; reflects patients seen and treatments provided using appropriate predetermined dental abbreviations.
• Submits statistical data as directed by the provider.
• Coordinates with security staff to treat patients in isolated populations.
• Responds to requests for emergency treatment.
• Addresses questions from other DOC staff about dental treatment.

This position is represented by American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). This…