Dental Hygienist

Job Title: Dental Hygienist-PER DIEM

Are you passionate about making a difference in your community and providing exceptional care? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where respect, integrity, and teamwork are at the core of everything you do? If so, Greater Seacoast Community Health invites you to join our team as a Dental Hygienist

At Greater Seacoast Community Health, you'll thrive in an environment that values your contributions and fosters professional growth. You will join a multidisciplinary team - including medical, dental, and behavioral health care providers; social workers; family workers; pharmacists and many others - who collaborate to meet the wide-ranging needs of the patients and families we serve. Your days will be varied and engaging, offering many opportunities to advance your career and take on new challenges. Your life will be enriched as you help achieve the vision of providing everyone in our community an opportunity to live a long and healthy life.

Your role / Job duties

• Deliver direct oral hygiene care and preventive services to clinic patients, ensuring top-notch clinical care.
• Assess patients' baseline oral hygiene status, focusing on periodontal health to tailor effective treatment plans.
• Record patient interactions and care provided in their dental records, ensuring accurate and complete documentation.
• Provide personalized oral health education and counseling, empowering patients to maintain optimal oral health.
• Perform clinical services, including dental cleanings, scaling, sealant, and fluoride applications, in line with professional standards and state regulations.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to integrate dental hygiene care into patients' overall health management.
• Maintain dental areas in compliance with OSHA standards and clinic policies, ensuring safety and cleanliness.
• Handle patient communications, including telephone calls related to dental care, ensuring professional and timely responses.
• Assist with the proper disposal of contaminated materials following safety protocols.
• Comply with federal, state, and local regulations governing the practice of dental hygiene, maintaining personal licensure and certifications.

Qualifications / What you need

• Graduate of an accredited dental hygiene program (REQUIRED).
• Licensed to practice dental hygiene in the State of New Hampshire.(REQUIRED)
• Current CPR certification.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to establish professional relationships across disciplines.
• A deep understanding of public health, social, and economic factors that influence oral health.

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Our ideal candidate will:

• Communicate effectively with patients and team members, fostering trust and providing compassionate care.
• Adapt to diverse patient needs, offering individualized education and preventive care.
• Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes.
• Maintain a positive attitude in a dynamic clinic environment, thriving under the challenges of community health.

Job Status

Work Location(s): Somersworth NH Portsmouth NH

Hours per week: Per Diem

Schedule: M-F 8-5

Pay: $41.00to $46.25 per hour commensurate with experience and Licensure

PER DIEM Hourly (Non-Exempt)

Benefits

All regularly scheduled employees working at least 32 hours per week are eligible to receive full benefits; those working 24-31 hours per week will receive prorated benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

Medical and dental insurance with an agency subsidy. One of the health insurance plans offered has a no-premium option for employee-only coverage.

Earned time (15 days in your first year, 20 days in your second year, pro-rated by FTE). This includes paid sick, vacation and personal time

Seven (7) paid holidays

Employer-paid group term life insurance and short-term disability coverage.

A 401(k) plan with an employer match. (This benefit is available to all regularly scheduled employees, regardless of hours worked per week.)

Additional benefits available (not subsidized by employer): vision insurance, long-term disability coverage, Flexible Spending Account, access to local discounts.

About Us

Greater Seacoast Community Health is a network of community health centers providing primary care, pediatrics, dental care, prenatal care, behavioral health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, mobile health services, the WIC nutrition program, social work services, a pharmacy, parenting classes, playgroups, and home visiting. The network includes two health centers - Families First Health and Support Center in Portsmouth and Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth - as well as The Family Center, the Strafford County Public Health Network, the Mobile Health Program, Goodwin Pharmacy and the WIC Nutrition Program.

Our mission is to deliver innovative, compassionate, integrated health services and support that are accessible to all in our community, regardless of ability to pay. We believe everyone should be empowered to maximize their health and well-being. We strive to make our array of programs and health services integrated, high-quality, affordable, recovery-friendly, trauma-informed, inclusive and easy to access. As not-for-profit community health centers and family resource centers serving the Greater Seacoast region of New Hampshire and southern Maine, our services are for everyone — infants to seniors, single people and families, insured or uninsured, all income levels. We are recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home and a Family Resource Center of Quality.

Greater Seacoast Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law. Qualified veterans are encouraged to apply.

Learn more at GetCommunityHealth.org.