Registered Dental Hygienist

Job Overview

As a NC Registered Dental Hygienist, you’ll deliver preventive dental care and help patients feel informed and comfortable throughout their visit. You’ll assess oral health, provide hygiene services, and work closely with the dental team in general dentistry and, when applicable, pediatric dentistry. Your impact: Clear patient education and careful preventive care help patients make informed choices and support healthier smiles.

Duties

• Assess patients, review medical records and vital signs, and document findings in electronic health records (EHR) or electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
• Provide dental hygiene care, take dental X-rays and other medical images as authorized, and follow infection control, aseptic technique, and healthcare infection prevention and control practices.
• Explain dental care and home-care recommendations using clear client communication and appropriate dental and medical terminology.
• Coordinate with dentists and staff through chairside assisting; maintain dental equipment and support a safe, organized clinic.
• Protect patient confidentiality and follow Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements, including documentation review and applicable coding procedures.

Qualifications

• Current NC Registered Dental Hygienist license.
• Patient care and patient assessment skills, anatomy knowledge, and experience with dental X-rays, dental equipment, and infection prevention management.
• Dental office or dental clinic experience; familiarity with general dentistry is required; pediatric dentistry is knowledge or familiarity helpful, but not required.
• Working knowledge of HIPAA compliance, medical records, and electronic health records management.
• Dental assisting experience and medical coding familiarity are also helpful.

Pay: From $40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Chairside assisting • Patient comfort • Record keeping • Customer communication • Oral hygiene • Anatomy knowledge • Dental office • Vital signs • Maintaining an organized workspace • Management • Dental care patient counseling • Electronic health records (EHR) management • In-person customer service • HIPAA • Full-time • Medical coding guidelines • Care documentation • Clinic experience • Mid-level • Healthcare infection prevention and control expertise • Health insurance • 401(k) • Preventive health (patient care) • Initial patient assessment • One-on-one patient counseling • Dental terminology • Paid time off • Dental x-ray • Health information regulatory compliance • Document review • Health record tracking • Dental equipment • Vision insurance • Health information management • Patient counseling • 401(k) matching • In-person • Employee discount • Aseptic technique • Clinical confidentiality policies • Patient treatment • Pediatric dentistry • Clinical documentation standards • Patient education • Managing patient records • Professional development assistance • Registered Dental Hygienist • Life insurance • Documentation reviews • Dental clinic experience