Community Health Dental Hygienist

About the role

Guided by our mission to improve the health of American Indian and Alaska Native people, you will help deliver safe and effective dental services while creating healthy smiles, restoring confidence, and promoting overall wellness in the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Help Provide advanced prophylactic, periodontal, and preventive oral care for patients of all ages.
• Conducts preliminary dental screenings and reviews patient medical/dental histories.
• Performs intraoral and extraoral examinations, including periodontal charting, oral cancer screening, and evaluation of soft/hard tissues for evidence of disease or pathology.
• Captures and interprets digital dental radiographs within scope; identifies periodontal status, caries, calculus, bone levels, and abnormalities for dentist review.
• Instructs patients, families, staff, and community partners in oral hygiene techniques using demonstrations, visual aids, and culturally appropriate materials.
• Plan, deliver, evaluate, and document preventive oral health programs that enhance population health.

Requirements

• Help Conditions of employment: Selectee may be subject to a probationary period, ESEP appointees typically serve a two year trial period.
• ESEP appointees typically serve a two year trial period.
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children.
• The program offers preventive, diagnostic, restorative, periodontal outreach services in clinics, schools, and community settings.
• Serves as principal advisor for dental health promotion and disease prevention efforts across the service unit.

Qualifications

• License: Applicants for all grade levels must be currently licensed to practice as dental hygienists in a State or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• Radiological Certification: Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiological procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 CFR Part 75.
• Minimum Qualifications GS-9: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the private or public sector) performing the following type of work and/or tasks:

Benefits

• To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.
• Final determination will be made at the time of appointment.

Pay

Details of pay will be provided upon selection.

Schedule

Details of schedule will be provided upon selection.