Dental Health Assistant and Educator 2025-57

3 weeks ago

Fort Frances, Canada Northwestern Health Unit Full time

Dental Health Assistant and Educator 2025-57

Published on 22 October 2025 • Updated 6 November 2025

- Terms: Full Time, 35 hrs per week COPE Local 521

- Salary: $37.57 - $44.35 per hour dependent on experience

- Position Summary:

Reporting to the Manager of Dental Health, the Dental Health Assistant and Educator will work within a public health team to support and deliver dental and surveillance activities. The Dental Health Assistant and Educator delivers relevant health education and health promotion messages in a variety of community settings. This position also supports the public health dental clinics and outreach clinical services.

Benefits:

- Health and Dental benefits

- Life insurance

- LTD coverage

- Employee and Family Assistance Program

- OMERS Defined Benefit Pension Plan

- Starting 4 weeks vacation per year

- 13 paid Statutory Holidays per year

- Personal and family sick leave coverage

- Qualifications:

- Graduate from an approved dental assisting program Level 1 and 2 and membership with Ontario Dental Assistants’ Association (ODAA) in good standing; or Graduate from an accredited educational program of Dental Hygiene and registered with College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario (CDHO) in good standing.

- CPR and AED certification or willingness to obtain required.

- Experience working with a variety of age groups and cultures in diverse settings and a minimum of three years related dental experience preferred.

- Knowledge and/or experience with principles of child and adult education, community development and mobilization considered an asset.

- Knowledge of workplace conduct and activities in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act considered an asset.

- Knowledge of all Public Health Dental programs considered an asset.

- Supporting public health community and mobile dental clinics and assisting within hospital environment.

- Clinical side chair assisting.

- Operate, set-up (jacks, pylons, etc.), take-down, schedule the mobile dental office(s) to required locations.

- Participates and provides dental health instruction, teaching lessons, and health fairs

- Demonstrated computer skills: Office 365, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail and the Internet

- Ability to work well independently and as part of multi-disciplinary teams

- Willingness to work irregular hours and travel out of town.

- Other:

- All new Northwestern Health Unit employees are required to be fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of hire, unless medically exempt or otherwise exempt under the Ontario Human Rights Code

- Access to transportation. Mileage allowance provided.

- Successful candidate requires a clear Criminal Reference Check prior to start of work

- As part of the application process, along with your resume, please complete and submit the NWHU Application Form; please include the Job Posting number as part of your submission

- We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted

- Deadline for Applications: Accepting applications until filled

- Accessibility Statement:

We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation at any stage of the process we will work with you to meet your needs; contact careers@nwhu.on.ca .

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