Dental Assistant

Hennepin Healthcare is an integrated system of care that includes HCMC, a nationally recognized Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and acute care hospital, as well as a clinic system with primary care clinics located in Minneapolis and across Hennepin County. The comprehensive healthcare system includes a 473-bed academic medical center, a large outpatient Clinic & Specialty Center, and a network of clinics in the North Loop, Whittier, and East Lake Street neighborhoods of Minneapolis, and in the suburban communities of Brooklyn Park, Golden Valley, Richfield, and St. Anthony Village. Hennepin Healthcare has a large psychiatric program, home care, and operates a research institute, philanthropic foundation, and Hennepin EMS. The system is operated by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County.

Equal Employment Opportunities: We believe equity is essential for optimal health outcomes and are committed to achieve optimal health for all by actively eliminating barriers due to racism, poverty, gender identity, and other determinants of health. We are committed to equitable care and working in an environment that celebrates, promotes, and protects diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We are committed to bringing in individuals with new cultural perspectives to assist in creating a more equitable healthcare organization.

JOB DETAILS

Department: Dental Clinic

FTE: 0.6 (48 hours per pay period)

Workdays: varied

Shift(s): Days

Shift Length: 8 hours

Location: In-Person

Sign-On Bonus: $2500*

Sign on bonus is available for eligible external candidates (current employees, contract/temporary workers, and former employees returning to HHS within one year are ineligible)

Purpose of this position: Under immediate supervision, performs work involving routine dental procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reviews patient chart and prepares instruments and equipment

Performs procedures such as mixing impression material, taking impressions, pouring models, preparing base plates, preparing acrylic trays and bleaching trays

Performs mechanical polishings

Performs fluoride treatments

Places rubber dam

Removes sutures or excess cement from inlays, crowns and bridges

Charts patient treatment received

Provides dental hygiene instruction

Performs x-ray procedures and develops film

Provides dental chair assistance during oral surgical procedures, operating suction equipment, arranging lighting, sponging operative area and supplying instruments and materials

Schedules patient appointments

Cleans and maintains equipment and work area

Sterilizes and wraps instruments

Orders supplies

Prepares and maintains records

Administer and monitor nitrous oxide. To administer, dental assistant must have completed a course on Nitrous Oxide administration

Re-cement intact temporary restorations and place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and bridges) to promote palliative treatment

Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants. Dental Assistant must have completed course on Sealant placement

Perform restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival composite restorations (class I & V) and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns. To perform Dental Assistant must have completed Restorative Expanded Functions training

Place and remove matrix bands

Fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary restorations extraorally or intraorally

Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only

Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns not including instrumental

Apply topical mediations such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride, bleaching agents, and cavity varnishes in appropriate dosages or quantities as prescribed by a dentist

Take impressions for cast and appropriate bite

Dry root canals with paper points

Place cotton pellets and temporary restorative materials into endodontic openings

Performs related work as required, but only after appropriate training

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited dental assisting program

Current license as a Dental Assistant through the State of Minnesota Board of Dentistry, or must pass the Minnesota Licensure Examination within 90 days of employment

Basic Life Support

License/Certifications:

Current license as a Dental Assistant through the State of Minnesota Board of Dentistry, or must pass the Minnesota Licensure Examination within 6 month of employment.

Dental Assistant must have completed a course on nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia

You've made the right choice in considering Hennepin Healthcare for your employment. We offer a wealth of opportunities for individuals who want to make an impact in our patients' lives. We are dedicated to providing Equal Employment Opportunities to both current and prospective employees. We are driven to connect talented individuals with life-changing career opportunities, enabling you to provide exceptional care without exception. Thank you for considering Hennepin Healthcare as a future employer.

Please Note: Offers of employment from Hennepin Healthcare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background checks and pre-employment requirements.

Total Rewards Package:

We offer a competitive pay rate based on your skills, licensure/certifications, education, experience related to this position, and internal equity.

We provide an extensive benefits program that includes Medical; Dental; Vision; Life, Short and Long-term Term Disability Insurance; Retirement Funds; Paid Time Off; Tuition reimbursement; and license and Certification reimbursement (Available ONLY for benefit eligible positions).

For a complete list of our benefits, please visit our career site on why you should work for us.

Primary Location: MN-Minneapolis-Downtown Campus

Standard Hours/FTE Status: FTE = 0.60 (48 hours per pay period)

Shift Detail: Day

Job Level: Staff

Employee Status: Regular

Eligible for Benefits: Yes

Union/Non Union: Union

Min: $26.82

Max: $33.69

Job Posting: Aug-20-2026