Dental Assistant Pool Jobs

Assist dentist in providing direct dental evaluations, care and treatment such as fillings or extractions. Performs dental x-rays, answer
phones, schedules appointments, coordinate clinic activities with hospital unit staff and other specialty clinic staff. Provide oral hygiene and dental problem prevention education to patients/ residents. Maintain hospital dental clinic records and assure completion of those records. Maintain dental clinic supplies and equipment. Decontaminates and cleans instruments after use, prepare instruments for sterilization, sterilizes and stores instruments and supplies for future use.

• Maintain hospital dental clinic records and assure completion of those records.
• Maintain dental clinic supplies and equipment. Decontaminates and cleans instruments after use, prepare instruments for sterilization, sterilizes and stores instruments and supplies for future use.
• Provide oral hygiene and dental problem prevention education to patients/ residents.
• Assist dentist in providing direct dental evaluations, care and treatment such as fillings or extractions. Performs dental x-rays.
• Answer phones, schedules appointments, coordinate clinic activities with hospital unit staff and other specialty clinic staff.

Dental Assistant Certification and 2+ years of experience. Ideally the successful candidate will have strength to deal with physical situations involving patient care.

Arizona Radiological Proficiency Certification & relevant work experience
A State Hospital employee must be able to obtain a valid Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1758.07.

• If employee does not work 30 hours in a pay period the employee will have the options to pay both the employee and employer portion of any benefit premiums for that pay period should they elect benefits.
• Employee will not accrue paid time off (annual or sick leave) while working pool.
• In accordance with State Personnel Rules (R2-5A-307), a pool employee may not work more than 1,500 hours in a calendar year.

For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Employees who work less than 20 hours per week for more than 20 weeks do not meet the eligibility requirement to contribute to the Arizona State retirement System (ASRS).

Arizona State Government is an EOE/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 542-1085. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. DHS is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All newly hired employees will be subject to E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.