Dental Hygienist

About the role

Brief Summary: Provides preventive dental services and dental health education.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Essential Job Functions

• Obtains and records medical and dental histories.
• Examines teeth and periodontium for abnormalities of the mouth.
• Completes oral prophylaxis, and removes Supra and Subgingival accretions from the teeth.
• Completes root planing and gingival curettage under the direction of the dentist.
• Administers local anesthetic.
• Provides oral hygiene instruction, tooth brushing instruction, flossing instruction and other dental aides as needed.
• Provides dental health education to patients and staff.
• Congresses and presents dental education at North Slope Borough Schools, Career Fairs, and Health Fairs and for other community organizations or events as might be appropriate.
• Administers fluoride treatments, trays, varnish and rinse.
• Applies sealants.
• Coordinates and presents sealant clinics and other prevention programming.
• Exposes and develops dental x-ray films, periapical, occlusal and panoramic films.
• Places, smooths, polishes and re-contour temporary and sedative dental restorations.
• Places antimicrobials and antibiotic chips into the gingival sulcus.
• Provides chair-side assistance when necessary.
• Travels to villages to provide dental hygiene and preventative services, and dental education.
• Keeps inventory of all dental hygiene supplies and instruments.
• Maintain recall system in Barrow.
• Partakes in radio programs with Dental Director or other dental staff as indicated.
• Maintain bulletin board(s) with oral health-related topics in villages and/or at schools.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

• Graduate from an accredited U.S. dental hygiene program.
• Two or more years of Dental hygiene work experience are strongly preferred.

Certification/Licensure

• Unrestricted State Dental Hygiene license required from any US State (Alaska license preferred).
• Unrestricted State Local Anesthetic License from any US State (Alaska license preferred).
• Nitrous Oxide Certificate/License Endorsement if indicated by the state licensing authority is preferred.
• Restorative Function Endorsement preferred.
• Current CPR/BLS.

About Arctic Slope Native Association

Arsht Arctic Slope Native Association manages the Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital (SSMH). SSMH is a Joint Commission Accredited Critical Access Hospital located in Utqiagvik, Alaska (formerly known as Barrow, Alaska). From this hub, ASNA provides a full array of health services at both local facilities and in remote surrounding villages. If you are interested in joining our amazing team please check out our website at www.arcticslope.org