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About the Role

As a Regional Hygiene Mentor of Operations, you will ensure your hygiene colleagues are connected to world-class education, enabling them to provide patients with the care they need, desire, and deserve. This unique role combines clinical practice with leadership responsibilities.

• Coach and grow sub-regional hygiene mentors while partnering with Operations to identify priority hygiene initiatives and incentives.
• Practice clinical hygiene 16 hours per week while supporting the Regional Director of Operations by leading the business of hygiene in your sub-region.
• Build a strong regional culture among hygienists in collaboration with the Regional Mentor of Operations.
• Identify, build, and support a sub-regional hygiene mentor team.
• Prioritize focuses and oversee hygiene initiatives and incentives.
• Ensure each newly hired hygienist receives a world-class onboarding experience.
• Collaborate with other RHMOs and the hygiene leadership team through individual and group meetings (in-person or virtual).
• Serve as the liaison between hygienists in your region and operational business partners to maintain a high focus on managing patient periodontal health and growing the business of hygiene.
• Other projects as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional lifetime patient care with clinical autonomy.
• Deliver world-class education to enhance clinical skills for yourself and your team.
• Ensure adherence to doctors’ Treatment Plan for Predictability guidelines.
• Manage and grow the business of hygiene in your sub-region.

Qualifications

• Current Heartland Dental supported hygienist.
• Valid dental hygienist license in the state of Pennsylvania.
• Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree in dental hygiene.
• Excellent working knowledge of overall dentistry and dental hygiene procedures, dental patient screening, and medical history documentation.
• CPR Certification.
• Mastery-level proficiency in clinical skills, including Velscope or Vizilite Pro, Diagnodent, digital scanner, digital x-rays, and electronic medical record systems.
• Desire to continue learning and growing clinical skills to meet patient needs.

Requirements

• Availability to attend virtual or in-person training sessions periodically throughout the year.
• Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Prolonged periods of sitting and standing.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds at times.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits including health insurance and retirement savings plans.
• Six paid holidays and PTO.
• Continuing education opportunities to develop your full potential.
• Access to an expansive network of hygiene mentors for support and networking.
• Unparalleled business support with the highest quality supplies and labs.
• Laptop provided.
• Eligibility for a cell phone or monthly cell phone reimbursement of up to $60.
• Company policy applies for all travel-related expenses.

About Heartland Dental

Heartland Dental is the largest and one of the fastest-growing Dental Support Organizations, providing exceptional service to over 1,600 supported doctors, hygienists, and teams across 38 states and 1,150+ supported offices. Founded by a doctor for doctors and their teams, Heartland Dental supports dentists in delivering high-quality dental care and experiences to their communities while offering exceptional career opportunities.