Registered Dental Hygienist

Overview

As a Registered Dental Hygienist, you’ll help patients build healthier smiles through preventive care, thoughtful assessment, and clear education. You’ll provide general and pediatric dentistry services, explain care options in accessible language, and work closely with the dental team to keep visits safe and comfortable. Your impact: Thorough assessments and practical patient education help patients and families make informed decisions about their dental health.

Duties

• Assess patients, review medical records and documentation, and record relevant health information, including vital signs.
• Provide preventive dental care, take dental X-rays and other medical images as directed, and explain findings and home-care practices.
• Support chairside and four-handed dentistry as needed; prepare and maintain dental equipment using infection control and aseptic technique.
• Maintain accurate electronic health records (EHR) and electronic medical records (EMR), using Dentrix; apply dental and medical terminology and coding practices as appropriate.
• Communicate with patients and colleagues while protecting confidentiality and following Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Dental Hygienist license required; meet applicable requirements for dental X-rays and patient care.
• Experience in general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, or a dental office or clinic preferred; familiarity with pediatrics and dental assisting is helpful.
• Knowledge of patient assessment, anatomy, dental equipment, dental terminology, and dental care patient education.
• Demonstrated infection prevention and control expertise, including infection prevention management, healthcare infection prevention and control, and HIPAA compliance management.
• Strong client communication, documentation review, medical records, and EHR management skills; experience with EMR systems is an asset.

Pay: $38.00 - $42.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Direct patient care • Customer communication • Oral hygiene • Anatomy knowledge • Dental office • Vital signs • Management • Part-time • Dental care patient counseling • Preparing dental treatment areas • Pre-examination patient preparation • Image acquisition for patient care • Working with pediatric populations • HIPAA • Care documentation • Clinic experience • Mid-level • Healthcare infection prevention and control expertise • Medical coding experience in outpatient clinics • Preventive health (patient care) • Initial patient assessment • Dental sterilization procedures • Patient history taking • One-on-one patient counseling • Dental terminology • Records management • Electronic health record (EHR) management for billing and coding • Dentrix • Dental x-ray • Health information regulatory compliance • Health record tracking • Patient family and caregiver education • Dental equipment • Four handed dentistry • Document quality checks • Patient interaction • Health information management • In-person • Clinical confidentiality policies • Patient treatment • Pediatric dentistry • Managing patient records • Registered Dental Hygienist • Communication skills