Job Description
Job Title: Certified Dental Assistant
Location: Durham, NC
Employment Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday–Friday | 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM | No Weekends or Federal Holidays
Pay: $27 – $28 per hour
About the Role:
Put your chairside skills to work in a setting where dental care truly matters. We're hiring Certified Dental Assistants to join the Health Services Department at a Federal Facility near Durham, North Carolina. You'll work side by side with Dental Officers across restorative, oral surgery, periodontal, prosthetic, and emergency care, keeping treatment rooms ready, records accurate, and patients prepared and informed. With a steady Monday–Friday daytime schedule, no weekends, and federal holidays off, this full-time role offers the stability and work-life balance you've been looking for in a structured federal healthcare environment.
Position Offers:
- Pay of $27 - $28 per hour
- Consistent Monday–Friday daytime schedule, 40 hours per week
- No weekends and no federal holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Sick Time Off (STO)
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Health Benefit
- Stable, long-term opportunity with a federal healthcare facility
- A structured, professional clinical team environment
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist Dental Officers with restorative, oral surgery, periodontal, prosthetic, examination, and emergency procedures
- Retrieve patient records, escort and seat patients, and provide clear post-treatment instructions
- Prepare dental instruments, materials, medications, and treatment rooms for daily clinical operations
- Pass instruments, retract tissues, irrigate, operate suction, and assist with periodontal procedures
- Take dental radiographs, apply prescribed medications and anti-cariogenic agents, place temporary fillings, and manage rubber dams and packs
- Assist with denture and prosthesis fabrication and repairs
- Maintain confidential electronic and paper dental records, perform dental and periodontal charting, and document treatment
- Track patient scheduling and care data in the facility's electronic system
- Clean, sharpen, sterilize, inspect, and maintain dental equipment and instruments, and report any defective equipment
Qualifications:
- At least 2 years of experience providing Dental Assistant services
- Specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school, including dental radiology and radiology safety
- Bilingual communication skills (preferred)
Apply Today!
Ready for a stable, full-time Dental Assistant role with a Monday–Friday daytime schedule, weekends and holidays off, generous PTO, sick time, 11 paid holidays, and a health benefit? Apply today and join a dedicated federal healthcare team in Butner, where your clinical skills and attention to detail support quality dental care every day.
Valerie Kramer
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