Dental Hygienist with $10,000 signing bonus!

Triangle Family Dentistry • Full-time • Apex, North Carolina, United States • $45 - $60 / hour • 2w ago

Triangle Family Dentistry in Apex is looking for a motivated and friendly candidate to add to our team. If those qualifications describe you, then you may have just found your forever dental home. Our office is brand new with state of the art technology. We thrive on providing the best patient care while building lifelong relationships with the team as well as our patients. We believe in maintaining a low-stress environment, and getting out on time to see our families. If that sounds good to you, no need to look any further -- come and join a winning team of dental professionals!

Position Summary:
The dental hygienist is responsible for performing licensed hygiene procedures, educating patients, and management of the nonsurgical periodontal program as directed by the dentist.

Responsibilities:

Establish and maintain continued patient care relationships
Verify/document patient health history and educate patients about oral hygiene/health/disease as well as procedures and services offered
Perform clinical hygiene functions including but not limited to: exposing/evaluating diagnostic x-rays, taking and recording blood pressure, adult/child prophylaxis, non-surgical periodontal therapy, and co-assessing possible restorative treatments with the doctor
Determine needs and perform sealant placement, Arestin, and fluoride treatments as needed

Qualifications:

Dental hygiene certification from accredited dental hygiene school
Current hygiene license where employed
Maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA, BLS and infection control training as required by law
Experience with dental software