Dental Hygienist
Iowa Department of Administrative Services
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Iowa Department of Administrative Services is hiring a Dental Hygienist. The Dental Hygienist at Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility provides dental care to incarcerated individuals. This role involves maintaining a biological monitoring sterilizing system, utilizing communication principles, and applying learning and education methods in dental health. The hygienist is expected to demonstrate initiative, effort, and commitment while working with minimal supervision.
Key focus areas include Understand dental terminology, instruments, equipment, procedures, and oral hygiene, Maintain biological monitoring sterilizing system as required, and Use basic principles of communication in dental health education.
Successful candidates bring Iowa Dental Board License, X-Ray Licensure, and Dental Hygienist Licensure In The State Of Iowa. Important skills include Dental Terminology, Dental Instruments, Dental Equipment, Dental Procedures, Oral Hygiene, and Biological Monitoring Sterilizing System.
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Dental Hygienist
Salary
$59,009.60 - $89,835.20 Annually
Location
Mount Pleasant - 52641 - Henry County, IA
Job Type
Full-time
Job Number
27-00186
Agency
246 Corrections - Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility
Opening Date
07/21/2026
Closing Date
9/2/2026 11:59 PM Central
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Point of Contact
Sara Menke - [email protected]
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Job Description
The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is a minimum custody, male facility that houses approximately 1150 incarcerated individuals.
Our goal is to offer treatment, work, education and apprenticeship opportunities in order to prepare them for their entry back into the neighborhoods of Iowa.
Duties include:
Need to have understanding of dental terminology, dental instruments, equipment and procedures and oral hygiene.
Maintain biological monitoring sterilizing system, assuring it is completed as required.
Use of basic principles of communication and basic theories of learning and education methods in dental health.
Display a high level of initiative, effort and commitment towards completing assignments efficiently; works with minimal supervision and demonstrates responsible behavior and attention to detail; responds appropriately to supervision.
Must be licensed with the Iowa Dental Board and X-Ray licensure.
E-Verify and Right to Work
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federalRight to Worklaws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visitwww.e-verify.gov.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Licensure as a Dental Hygienist in the State of Iowa.
NOTE: Please include your State of Iowa license information with your application.
For additional information, please click on thislink to view the job description. (https://das.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/hr/documents/class\_and\_pay/JobClassDescriptions/DentalHygienist-02222-82222.pdf)
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Are you licensed as a dental hygienist in the state of Iowa and have you included your license information with your application?
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State of Iowa
Agency
246 Corrections - Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility
Address
1200 E Washington St
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 52641
Website
https://doc.iowa.gov/find-facility/iowa-doc-districts-and-facilities/mpcf
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