Dental Assistant - Correctional Health Team

VitalCore Health Strategies; Pearl (MS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

VitalCore Health Strategies is hiring a Dental Assistant at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, MS. The role supports dentists, prepares operatory materials, and ensures sterile, compliant patient care in a correctional environment.

Applicants should have at least one year of dental assisting experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and current CPR certification. Position is full-time and on-site with standard work duties and security requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one-year dental assistant experience required.
• Must have current CPR certification.
• High school diploma or equivalent; security clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Prepares operatory with instruments and materials for the patients scheduled to be seen.
• Assists dentist during treatment, providing instruments, material retraction or suction; sterilizes instruments.
• Schedules patients for dental appointments and maintains dental charts.
• Develops and mounts routine radiographs and assists in prosthetic dentistry procedures.
• Inventories and orders supplies; adheres to infection control practices.

Skills

Dental assisting experience

Infection control

Safety procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

CPR certification

Job description

VitalCore Health Strategies is hiring a Dental Assistant at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, MS. The role supports dentists, prepares operatory materials, and ensures sterile, compliant patient care in a correctional environment.

Applicants should have at least one year of dental assisting experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and current CPR certification. Position is full-time and on-site with standard work duties and security requirements.