Dental Hygienist

About the role

Bring your talent and passion for oral health to a growing, innovative community health organization. Harbor Health is seeking a dedicated Dental Hygienist to join our Dental team at the Ellen Jones Community Dental Center in Dennis.

Responsibilities

• Takes and records vital signs and reviews medical chart for medications, medical history and allergies for procedures.
• Aids in the detection of oral diseases or conditions; performs certain clinical procedures and provides patient education and reviews treatment plans.
• Instructs patient on proper dental care including proper diet, brushing, flossing, adjunct tools, fluoride rinses and makes recommendations for fluoride prescriptions and antibacterial agents; records instructions given in the medical record.
• Performs authorized procedures such as but not limited to sub-gingival and supra-gingival scaling, root planning and curettage, application of fluoride varnish and topical anesthetics while accurately recording treatments in the medical record.
• May perform dental assisting duties as needed such as infection control, triage of emergency patients, and set up and breakdown of operations before and after patients.
• Re-assignment to other Harbor dental clinics may be indicated during any operational challenges.

Requirements

• Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's degree in Dental Hygiene from an accredited program
• Limited License Eligible Dentists with an interest in preventative oral health services may also be considered, previous dental hygiene experience preferred
• Current Massachusetts Dental Hygiene license or Massachusetts Limited License for Limited License Eligible Dentists
• MCSR (Mass Controlled Substance Registration) required for Limited License Eligible Dentists
• Anesthesia permit L for Registered Dental Hygienist preferred
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a professional clinical setting required, 3 years of professional Dental Hygiene experience preferred; 2 years of Dental Assisting experience may be substituted for 1 year of experience as a Dental Hygienist
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status

Benefits

Flexible schedule, strong support, and FANTASTIC benefits await!

Pay

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement. When determining actual base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, years of relevant experience, education, training, and other factors as permissible by law).

Schedule

Schedule will include Monday evenings and Saturdays 8:00 AM Noon. 30 hours weekly

Sign on bonus

Half on hire and remainder at 90 days in good standing, former employees of HHSI not eligible.