Dental Hygienist
About the role
Committed to bringing healthcare into communities and communities into healthcare since 1978, NEW Health is rural northeast Washington’s leading non-profit primary care provider. We treat all patients with the respect they deserve while providing high-quality, integrated medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services.
NEW Health has been named one of the best places to work in the Inland Northwest! We set the standard to advance employees within our organization and hold ourselves accountable by tracking employee advancement as one of our key performance indicators. Our workforce development program, NEW Health University, is nationally recognized for developing local career pathway training. We provide all of our staff with paid, on-the-job training to ensure you are confident and successful in your position.
Your Career Pathway with NEW Health: We create pathways for career growth within NEW Health. To support this, we provide all employees with monthly paid training and additionally offer tuition reimbursement and one-on-one career planning. There are many paths to grow your career within NEW Health; here are some examples:
- Front Desk → Medical Assistant Apprentice → Certified Medical Assistant → Assistant Operations Manager → Clinic Operations Manager
- Dental Assistant Trainee → Dental Assistant → Assistant Operations Manager → Care Coordination Manager
- Pharmacy Assistant → Pharmacy Technician Apprentice → Pharmacy Technician → 340B Specialist
Responsibilities
- Performs scaling/root planning, cleaning, polishing of teeth as required.
- May provide sealants, screenings/radiographs, restorative fills, etc. as needed.
- Administers local anesthesia.
- Records evaluations of oral condition on dental charts.
- Gives oral hygiene instructions, dietary advice and provides information about necessary dental care