Traveling Registered Dental Hygienist – Nursing Home Care

About the role

Aria Care Partners is a national provider of onsite dental, vision, hearing, and podiatry care to skilled nursing facilities. The role involves providing treatment to patients in these facilities under the supervision of a DDS and clinical coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Review patients lists prior to visit and ensure all supplies/equipment are available for all patients.
• Arrive on time, check in with dental contact, and review list of patients to be seen.
• Transport, set-up and take down equipment and supplies in room designated as workspace by facility.
• Work with contacts at nursing home to coordinate transfer or patients and their chart to and from the treatment room.
• Perform required care including taking X-rays, cleaning teeth and dentures, applying sealants, assess patient’s oral health to report findings to dentist, following all ADA and Company standards of care.
• Explain procedures as they are completed to patient. Follow up with staff at facility to review recommendations for patient.
• Enter chart notes for treatment provided into Salesforce at the time of treatment.
• Ensure that OSHA safety and cleanliness regulations are followed during patient treatment.
• Ensure that disposables are handled correctly before leaving facilities.
• Check out with dental contact at facility, including review of chart notes. Leave printed copies of chart notes with facilities for patient charts.
• Work with clinical support manager on schedule and follow up of patient care and treatment.
• Maintain dental equipment through regular cleaning and maintenance routines.
• Inventory supplies and order as needed.
• Follow regulated OHSA guidelines in handling and sterilization of instruments.
• Utilize personal vehicle for equipment/supply transport and traveling to scheduled facility visits.
• Be available via cell phone during workday.
• Willing and able to expense purchases for office needs, unforeseen supply purchases and other reimbursable business-related expenses.

Requirements

• Current Registered Dental Hygienist license in the state in good standing and 5 years’ experience.
• Valid Driver’s License with no moving violations in the last 5 years.
• Willing to travel within a 3-hour radius.
• Must have own reliable transportation.
• Ability to push/pull +/- 200 lbs. (ex. patients in wheelchair).
• Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 50 pounds in and out of your vehicle and roll in and out of home/facilities.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Customer Service Skills – must be able to work with staff at nursing home to ensure that their dental needs are being met.
• Computer Skills – must be able to log chart notes at time of visit.
• Organization – must keep RDH supplies and dentures organized. Must also keep daily schedule organized and updated with most recent schedule changes.
• Multi-Tasker – ability to prioritize and address multiple demands concurrently.
• Communication – must be able to communicate effectively with clinical coordinator, patients, responsible parties and facility staff as necessary.
• Fitness for duty – must fit with core values: Care Fully, Strive for Excellence, Team Works.
• Team Mindset – ability to work within a team for the good of the customer.
• Positive Problem-Solver – ability to think on your feet and find solutions to a variety of unique issues.
• Openness to continuous improvement of process and customer service experience.

Physical Efforts & Working Conditions

• Able to lift, transport, set-up and take down individual pieces of mobile equipment and supplies weighing up to 50 pounds, which are utilized in the delivery of dental treatment.
• Able to push/pull + or - 200 lbs. (ex. patients in wheelchair).
• Able to drive to locations withing 2.5 hours or stay overnight with company-provided lodging and travel meals for locations up to 3 hours.