Dental Hygienist

About the role

Join Harbor Health, a growing, innovative community health organization, as a Dental Hygienist at the Geiger Gibson Community Health Center. Flexible schedules, strong support, and fantastic benefits are available.

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 during oral exams, including oral cancer screening, preliminary examinations, periodontal charting, evaluating occlusion and parafunctional habits, screening for orthodontic, periodontal, etc., and charting dental restorations, etc.
• Instructs patients 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 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.

Requirements

• B.A. preferred with current M.A. Dental Hygiene license required.
• Certified in Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (BLS).
• One year of experience in a professional clinical setting, three years preferred (two years of Dental Assisting experience may substitute one year of experience as a Dental Hygienist).

Qualifications

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.

Skills

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Benefits

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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). As such, most offers will not be at the top of the salary range.

Schedule

Flexible schedule available, ranging from part-time (20-40 hours) to full-time (40+ hours).

Sign on Bonus

A sign-on bonus of $2500 is offered upon hire, with half paid on hire and the remainder at 90 days in good standing. Former employees of HHSI are not eligible for this offer.