Swope Health·Kansas City, Kansas
The Dental Hygienist performs routine clinical procedures including scaling, polishing, and root planning to prevent oral disease. They also provide oral health education, nutrition counseling, and diet analysis to help patients maintain optimum oral health.
As a Dental Hygienist for the Swope Health, you will provide care for the people in our community that need it the most.
The Dental Hygienist assists in oral health education and performing clinical operations in the prevention of oral disease.
The Dental Hygienist aids our patients in attaining and maintaining optimum oral health.
If you have a passion for improving the quality of life for others.
This is the role for you.
Performs routine dental procedures such as scaling of teeth, including subgingival regions and root planning with hand and ultrasonic instruments, polishing of all exposed tooth surfaces with motor driven and hand instruments in the oral prophylaxis procedure.
Instructs patients and others in preventive dental health practices, provides nutrition counseling and diet analysis for patients.
Evaluates and makes available effective dental health educational material to interested groups, patients and other staff.
Must complete Patient Safety Training curriculum.
Graduation from an accredited school or program in dental hygiene.
State license to practice dental hygiene in Missouri and Kansas
One year experience in private practice or clinical setting preferred.
Each year, Swope Health serves over 45,000 patients, encompassing more than 200,000 visits in four counties on both sides of the state line. Our team members are proud of the work we do and the promise we've made – delivering coordinated care that values the needs of the whole person and championing better health in our community.
Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community. As part of our promise to battle health inequities and provide high-quality, comprehensive care, we make care visible. That means we proudly deliver our promise through every action, every day.
Swope Health, the Kansas City region’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center, has provided comprehensive primary care, dental care and mental health services in the Greater Kansas City area for more than 56 years. Recognized as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, our commitment to an integrated model of healthcare aligns with our mission to improve community health and wellness through accessible, quality, comprehensive patient care.
Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and The Joint Commission, we served nearly 56,000 patients in 2025 at 24 locations throughout the area, including Kansas City, Belton, Independence, North Kansas City, Hickman Mills, and Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas. Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community.
As a Swope Health Associate you will be expected to help deliver on the Swope Health Promise of “We Make Care Visible”.
You will do this by V.I.S.I.B.L.E
1. Valuing every person
2. Impacting communities
3. Serving with professionalism
4. Inspiring Innovation
5. Believing that healthcare is a basic human right
6. Leading with accountability and praise
7. Empowering Excellence
Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Candidates must have graduated from an accredited dental hygiene program and hold a state license to practice in Missouri and Kansas. One year of experience in a private practice or clinical setting is preferred.
Market context
Dental assistant roles in Kansas often reflect steady demand in general and specialty practices, especially for candidates who can move between chairside support and front-desk or recordkeeping tasks. These positions are competitive because employers look for reliable clinical skills, comfort with computers, and the ability to give clear postoperative instructions while assisting hygienists and dentists. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm the original posting for any state-specific duties or scheduling details before applying.