Part-Time Dental Assistant

Initial Posting Date: 10/15/2026

Final date to receive applications: /

Agency:
Oregon Youth Authority

Salary Range: $4,738.00 - $5,988.00

Position Type:
Employee

Position Title:

Part-Time Dental Assistant

Job Description:

OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY DENTAL ASSISTANT 2 Woodburn, Oregon - MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY CLINIC

Hourly Rate: $27.34 - $34.55 hourly non-PERS

Put your full expanded-function skill set to work where it helps change young lives.

The Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) is seeking a Dental Assistant to join the dental clinic at Mac Laren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn. Working chairside with our dentist, you will deliver preventive, restorative, and oral health education services to youth ages 12 through 24 in OYA's care. You will regularly practice the expanded functions you trained for, from coronal polishing and temporary crowns to digital radiographs, in a focused clinic with a consistent patient population and a collaborative health services team.

Just as important, you will help young people build healthy habits and confidence they carry with them when they return to their communities. OYA's culture of positive human development is grounded in integrity, professionalism, accountability, and respect, and we value the perspectives that people of all backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences bring to our work.

• Assist the dentist chairside with examinations and restorative, surgical, and preventive procedures, and chart exam findings as relayed by the dentist.
• Position sensors and expose digital radiographs following Oregon Board of Dentistry standards.
• Perform expanded functions, including coronal polishing, placing and removing matrix bands, fabricating and recementing temporary crowns, taking preliminary impressions and bite registrations, removing sutures, and replacing orthodontic elastic ties.
• Provide oral hygiene instruction and fluoride treatments that help youth build lasting oral health habits.
• Prepare operatories, instruments, and materials; sterilize instruments; maintain daily instrument counts and sterilization logs; and keep the dentist informed of supply needs.
• This is a part-time position.
• The posted salary/pay range for this announcement is based on full-time hours; the salary will be prorated for part-time hours.

The Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) is a national leader in the juvenile justice field, pioneering the implementation of a positive human development framework for its work with staff and youth, and using data to match the right youth with the right services. We seek to foster cultural competence and pursue equitable solutions to support youth under our care. Our agency mission is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.

If you are looking to join a team that values individual and cultural differences and the opportunity to contribute in the success of youth reformation by enriching our workforce with diversity, OYA wants to hear from you! People of color, women and other members of historically underserved communities are strongly encouraged to apply! For more information please visit www.oregon.gov/oya.

• One year of support experience (six months of which must be chairside dental assisting experience); OR A graduate of a dental assisting program AND possession of a valid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation card AND Certification for Radiologic Proficiency AND certification by the Dental Assisting National Board for expanded functions (EFDA).
• Special Qualifications Certification for Radiologic Proficiency from the Oregon State Board of Dentistry.
• Expanded Functions certified, EFDA, by the Oregon State Board of Dentistry.
• Must have and maintain a valid Healthcare Provider level CPR card.

Note:

You do not need to have all of these qualities to be eligible for this position.

• Experience using electronic dental records or practice management software and digital radiography or imaging software.
• Experience performing Oregon expanded functions on patients in a clinical work setting, such as coronal polishing, placing and removing matrix bands, fabricating temporary crowns, and taking preliminary impressions.
• Experience applying infection control and sterilization monitoring procedures, including instrument processing, sterilization logs, and instrument counts.
• Experience providing dental care in a correctional, juvenile justice, community health,…