Dental Hygiene Specialist
1 month ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Dental Hygienist to join our team at Ftoc. As a key member of our oral health care team, you will play a vital role in providing top-notch care to our patients.
Key Responsibilities- Prepares treatment rooms for patients by adhering to prescribed procedures and protocols.
- Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
- Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
- Selects materials and equipment for dental hygiene visits by evaluating patient oral health.
- Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
- Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening; feeling and visually examining gums; using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of recession; exposing and developing radiographic studies.
- Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity-preventing agents.
- Maintains patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary restorations; cleaning and polishing removable appliances; placing, carving, and finishing amalgam restorations; removing cement from crowns and bridges.
- Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drugs and oxygen supply, and directory of emergency numbers.
- Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions; providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit.
- Documents dental hygiene services by recording vital signs and medical and dental histories; charting in patient records.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
- Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
- Conserves dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Completion of a Dental Hygienist Course at an accredited college or university.
- Current Dental Hygienist License, X-ray license, CPR Card, and coronal polishing certification.
- Prior 3 years work experience.
- Must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily.
- May require an Associate's degree or its equivalent and is licensed as a dental hygienist.
- Typically reports to a dentist.
- Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, ability to work effectively with children and adults, Bilingual Spanish preferred.
- Excellent communications and public speaking skills and ability to represent Ftoc to a broad public.
- Results-oriented, adept at planning, prioritizing, organizing and following through.
- Able to work with Children.
General work hours are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., however, start times will vary, depending on organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs.
Work schedules are subject to change based on organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs. As such, Ftoc may need to modify work schedules to meet such needs.
Saturday work schedules will also be affected or implemented due to organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs as Ftoc continues to grow and expand work days and hours.
Overtime may also occur due to organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs.
Work LocationWhile staff may be assigned a primary site (Tustin, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Wellness Center, Mobile Units, or Telehealth, etc.), you may be required to temporarily fill in at another site based on organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs.
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