Dental Hygienist

Great Hours, Great Mission, Great Team — Your Next Dental Hygiene Role Starts Here at Harbor Health!

Bring your talent and passion for oral health to a growing, innovative community health organization. Harbor Health is seeking a dedicated Dental Hygienist to join our Dental team at the Ellen Jones Community Dental Center in Dennis. Flexible schedule, strong support, and fantastic benefits await (even at 20 hours weekly)!

We have 16 hours open at the Ellen Jones Dental Center.

Role

The Dental Hygienist provides patients with preventive, educational, and therapeutic services supporting total health for the control of oral diseases and promotion of oral health. Duties include assisting the dentist; review of medical history and medications; aiding in the detection of oral diseases or conditions; performing certain clinical procedures and providing patient education and reviewing treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Takes and records vital signs and reviews medical chart for medications, medical history and allergies for procedures.
• Performs and properly documents oral exams such as oral cancer screening, preliminary examinations, periodontal charting, evaluates occlusion and parafunctional habits, screens for orthodontic, periodontal, etc., and charts dental restorations, etc.
• Instructs patient on proper dental care including proper diet, brushing, flossing, adjunct tools, fluoride rinses and makes recommendations for fluoride prescriptions and antibacterial agents; records instructions given in the medical record.
• Performs authorized procedures such as but not limited to sub-gingival and supra-gingival scaling, root planning and curettage, application of fluoride varnish and topical anesthetics while accurately recording treatments in the medical record.
• May perform dental assisting duties as needed such as infection control, triage of emergency patients, and set up and breakdown of operations before and after patients.

Requirements

• BA preferred with current MA Dental Hygiene license required, current BLS (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers) Certification required
• 1 year of experience in a professional clinical setting, 3 years of experience preferred, (may substitute 2 years of Dental Assisting experience for 1 year of experience as a Dental Hygienist.)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.