What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Hygienist position at Ocean Health Initiatives?
Job Description
Job Description
OHI is switching to ten-hour shifts in January, 2025. Candidate must be able to commit to this schedule in 2025. .
Position Summary :
Performs professional dental care in the field of dental hygiene, including all related clinical procedures. Has broad responsibilities for clinical and community dental health education activities.
Responsibilities :
- Works under the general supervision of the dentist.
- Clean calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using appropriate dental instruments
- Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease.
- Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist via EMR system.
- Feel lymph nodes under patient’s chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer.
- Apply fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
- Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease.
- Exposes and electronically processes digital images and evaluates images for diagnostic quality in accordance with state regulations and laws as well as Dental Department directives and protocols.
- Provide clinical services and health education to improve and maintain oral health of school children.
- Follows up with insurance companies for necessary authorizations.
- Supra and sub gingival scaling and curettage.
- Conduct dental health clinics for community groups to augment services of dentist.
- Instruction for proper home care techniques for oral hygiene including proper tooth brushing, flossing, nutrition and need for professional care.
- Screen and evaluate patients regarding cavities detection, periodontal pathology and medical history.
- Primarily responsible for the initiation and maintenance of the dental prevention and dental education component of the dental department.
- Assists in the training of dental assistants and externs.
- Works collaboratively with all members of the senior management and management teams to resolve departmental and organizational challenges expeditiously, economically, professionally and with minimum disruption to the practice.
- Completes all mandatory in-services in a timely fashion and attends all required meetings.
- Adheres to Corporate Compliance policies.
- Maintains a passing monthly scorecard threshold at 80%.
- Is highly accountable for one's own productivity. In order to maintain transparency, all projects must be represented clearly on a project board in Monday.com. Responsible for ensuring the board is always updated and accurate and that information is accessible to those that need it.
- Other duties as assigned.
Licensure and Education
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