DENTAL HYGIENIST

Position Summary

Advance Community Health (an FQHC) is seeking a full time Dental Hygienist that will promote dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act. Teach primary preventative care education.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for knowing and following all dental policies and procedures, including documenting all patient interactions in EHR timely. 
• Provide prophylactic care and preventative care to include topical fluoride varnish and application of occlusal sealants. 
• Provide oral hygiene education to patients, on an individual basis and in groups when feasible and appropriate. 
• Exposes and develops radiographs. 
• Develops education programs with the Dental Director. 
• Percepts dental hygiene students assigned to Advance Community Health or in conjunction with dental outreach programs. 
• Participates in continuing education on and off site as feasible and appropriate. 
• Perform sterilization of dental instruments and dental equipment. 
• Additional job duties as required. 
• May be required to work multiple locations. 
• Strict adherence to all Advance Community Health, HIPAA, HRSA, State, Federal and accreditation agency rules, and regulations

Other Duties Assigned

• Perform other duties as assigned or become necessary by supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibility

• None

Education and Experience

• Associate degree in Dental Hygiene from an accredited Dental Hygiene program
• North Carolina Dental Hygiene License
• New grads welcome
• Current CPR (BLS) required.

Preferred Skills

• Ability to navigate and enter data into an EHR.
• Computer usage/windows literacy
• Microsoft word/excel or equivalent.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities, as listed in this position description, are not exhaustive. The Organization, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills and/or education will also be considered, so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Position Description. The Organization, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.