Job Description: Dental Hygienist
General Overview of Duties:
The Dental Hygienist provides professional dental hygiene care to the patient. Contributes to the goal that patients are treated with courtesy and respect in a professional manner by all dental staff.
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Requirements:
Minimum Requirements
- Requires diploma from a recognized Dental Hygiene Program
- Requires license to practice in the State of Illinois
- A minimum of 1 year of supervised experience providing direct service in a dental clinical setting
- Maintains certification through appropriate credentialing bodies
- Must possess professional knowledge of oral health principles, practices, and processes. Must also maintain dental knowledge through ongoing education and/or training.
- Computer knowledge beneficial
- Good organization skills and communication skills required
- Ability to deal tactfully with patients and others in various situations
- Ability to handle instruments and materials carefully and safely
- Ability to work with others as a team to provide competent care
- Physical Requirements
- This position requires the ability to be mobile without any limitations and to stand for long periods of time
- Ability to handle intermittent sitting, bending, reaching
- May be exposed to bodily fluids during routine duties; must always wear gloves, safety goggles and other related safety equipment and follow proper exposure safety procedures.
- Deals with radiography procedures and must follow related safety guidelines
- Must be current on all vaccinations and immunizations
Illustrative Examples of Work
- Set up treatment room and seat patient
- Perform dental prophylaxes on children and adults
- Perform scaling and rood planning on children and adults
- Place dental sealants on children, as prescribed by the dentist
- Perform periodontal charting as needed
- Demonstrate and/or provide oral hygiene instructions to scheduled patients
- Have attending dentist perform exams on all patients
- Take and develop x-rays as prescribed by the dentist
- Take impressions, as prescribed by the dentist
- Make entries in patient chart of all treatment performed and conditions noted.
- Clean up the treatment room and set up for the next patient
- Maintain instruments for peak performance and in compliance with OSHA standards
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Dental Program Coordinator
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $31.00 - $33.00 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work Location: Multiple locations
