Registered Dental Hygienist

Job Summary

As a Registered Dental Hygienist, you’ll deliver preventive dental care and help patients understand how to protect their oral health. You’ll assess patient needs, provide hygiene services, document care, and work closely with the dental team in general and pediatric dentistry settings.

Your impact: By pairing thorough patient assessments with clear education, you help patients and families make informed choices and support healthier smiles.

Responsibilities

• Review medical records and health histories; assess patients and record vital signs as needed.
• Provide preventive dental care, take dental X-rays and other medical images as authorized, and follow infection control and aseptic technique.
• Educate patients and caregivers on dental care, including age-appropriate guidance for pediatrics.
• Coordinate with dentists and staff through four-handed dentistry and chairside assisting as needed.
• Maintain accurate documentation, review records, and protect patient confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Skills

• Required: Current Registered Dental Hygienist license and ability to provide patient care within applicable scope of practice.
• Knowledge of dental and medical terminology, anatomy, dental equipment, dental assisting, and healthcare infection prevention and control.
• Experience in a dental office or clinic; familiarity with general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and client communication.
• Familiarity with Eaglesoft, electronic medical and health records (EMR/EHR), EHR management, and EMR systems.
• Understanding of HIPAA compliance, infection prevention management, dental X-rays, documentation review, and medical coding.

Pay: $70.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Direct patient care • Customer communication • Oral hygiene • Anatomy knowledge • Dental office • Vital signs • Management • Dental care patient counseling • Electronic health records (EHR) management • Image acquisition for patient care • Medical coding • In-person customer service • Working with pediatric populations • HIPAA • Full-time • Care documentation • Clinic experience • Mid-level • Diagnostic evaluation • Healthcare infection prevention and control expertise • Health insurance • Preventive health (patient care) • Initial patient assessment • One-on-one patient counseling • Dental terminology • Records management • Paid time off • Dental x-ray • Eaglesoft • Health information regulatory compliance • Health record tracking • Patient family and caregiver education • Dental equipment • Dental office experience • Four handed dentistry • Document quality checks • Health information management • In-person • Aseptic technique • Clinical confidentiality policies • Patient treatment • Pediatric dentistry • Managing patient records • Registered Dental Hygienist • Patient family support