DENTIST

Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Angola, LA
Job Type: Unclassified
Job Number: 402-26-109
Department: DOC-Louisiana State Penitentiary
Opening Date: 10/20/2026
Closing Date: 10/30/2026 11:59 PM Central

Louisiana State Penitentiary is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Dentist to join our professional healthcare team. This position offers the opportunity to provide comprehensive dental services in a structured, secure clinical environment while addressing a wide range of dental needs, including examinations, diagnosis, restorative treatment, extractions, emergency care, preventive services, and ongoing treatment planning. Your expertise will play a vital role in improving oral health, preventing serious complications, and ensuring timely access to essential dental care.

Take the next step in your career with an opportunity that offers professional stability, meaningful work, competitive compensation, and excellent State of Louisiana benefits. Work alongside an established multidisciplinary healthcare team while maintaining high standards of patient care, safety, infection control, and security.
THIS POSITION WILL BE FILLED AS AN UNCLASSIFIED DENTIST
Salary will depend on experience.
JOB DUTIES:

Provide timely and appropriate dental care to incarcerated individuals, including treatment of pain, infection, decay, and dental emergencies.

Prevent serious dental and medical complications through early diagnosis, treatment, follow-up care, and preventive services.

Reduce outside dental transports by providing necessary dental procedures within the maximum-security institution whenever clinically appropriate.

Maintain a safe and secure dental operation by following all institutional security requirements, infection-control standards, and proper accountability of dental tools and equipment.

Maintain continuity and quality of care through accurate dental records, treatment planning, referrals, and coordination with medical and other healthcare staff.
Work with adult male inmates of all custody levels - minimum, medium, maxium (death row) and protective custody.
For further information about this vacancy contact:

Chassity Rheams

Human Resources Department

Chassity.Rheams@la.gov

Ph: (225) 655-2056

Fax: (225) 342-5968
Benefits for unclassified employees are determined by the individual hiring authority.
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Are you currently a permanent classified employee of Louisiana State Government (STATE EMPLOYEE)?

• Yes
• No

02

Are you currently a permanent classified employee of the Department of Corrections/Corrections Services (Adult DOC)?

• Yes
• No

03

If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Corrections Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse.Do you authorize the Human Resources Office of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.Questions should be directed to Human Resources as noted in the Supplemental Information section of this job posting.

• Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.
• No. Do not contact my employers, past or present, and DO NOT CONSIDER ME as a candidate for employment.

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