Dental Hygienist- Float
Company: Royal Oak Dental Group
Location: Apex
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
POSITION SUMMARYThe Dental Hygienist is the chief preventive
provider of the practice. This team member motivates, educates, and
provides excellent treatment. Under indirect supervision, the
Dental Hygienist will remove hard and soft deposits from teeth and
examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. He or
she will educate patients on oral hygiene, provide preventative
dental care, take and develop X-rays, or apply fluoride or
sealants. By discovering and documenting areas of failure, both
periodontally and restoratively, he or she facilitates the
dentist's diagnosis and treatment recommendations. This role would
travel to several different Royal Oak Practices.ESSENTIAL
FUNCTIONS
- Welcome and seat patient cheerfully.
- Travel to appropriate practices
- Prepare and properly set up treatment rooms for hygiene
procedures.
- Review and update patient's health history; chart progress,
treatments, and home care compliance.
- Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth
and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments, including
scaling and root planning for patients with periodontal
disease
- Apply fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest
dental decay.
- Assess and evaluate patient through exam, patient records, and
patient's medical history to assist in diagnosis of dental hygiene
problems, disease, and efficacy of administered treatment plans.
Complete scheduled treatments.
- Recognize early signs of periodontal disease; chart
restorations and notate areas of concern.
- Develop and present treatment plans.
- Capture x-rays, process, download and mount for doctor to view;
capable of interpreting x-rays independently.
- Perform head, neck, and oral cancer exam.
- Use probes to examine gums to locate periodontal recessed gums
and signs of gum disease.
Communicate findings to patient and doctor.
- Select, mix, and place materials on instruments and in the
patient's mouth, as needed.
- Educate and motivate patient on proper oral hygiene and
corrective/preventative measures.
- Work chair side with Dentist as needed, assist doctor in
hygiene examination.
- Schedule appropriate re-care appointments.
- Assist in sterilization duties.
- Maintain hygiene hand pieces and instruments in good repair and
sufficient supply.
- Adhere to strict safety guidelines and procedures to OSHA and
office standards.
- Must always represent the practice in a professional, pleasant,
and cooperative manner.
- Maintain regular attendance and adhere to assigned work
schedule and office policies.
- Must be able to comfortably and efficiently handle multiple
deadlines and task assignments.
- Must be able to work both independently and cooperatively in
team settings displaying exceptional skill
in time management in order to set and maintain own and subordinate
procedure and task schedules.
- Always maintain the highest level of confidentiality to HIPAA
standards.
SUCCESS FACTORS
- Willing to travel
- Participate in morning meeting and provide information
regarding new patients for the day.
- Participate in marketing efforts and patient contact.
- Adheres to office policies.
- Must be detail oriented in order to work efficiently in small
spaces and maintain patient comfort.
- Must be flexible and understand that job duties may change from
time to time and that this individual
may be asked to assist in other areas of the office.
- Must excel in forward thinking in order to anticipate the needs
of the patient.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
- Associate's Degree from ADA accredited dental hygienist
school.
- Current State Licensure.
- CPR Certification.
- Preferred one-year dental experience.
- Certified in anesthesia and/or sedation, if appropriateThis
offer is contingent upon results of a pre-employment check,
including a drug screening.
Keywords: Royal Oak Dental Group, Cary , Dental Hygienist- Float, Healthcare , Apex, North Carolina
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