Dental Hygienist- $7000 sign on bonus

Hennepin Healthcare • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

Under general supervision, the Dental Hygienist performs work of moderate difficulty in clinical hygiene procedures. The position is in the Dental Clinic and is scheduled for 0.6 FTE (48 hours per pay period), working Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday on 8-hour day shifts. A $7,000 sign-on bonus is available to eligible external candidates; current employees, contract or temporary workers, and former employees returning to HHS within one year are ineligible.

The role provides preventive, periodontal, and restorative services; assesses and documents patients’ oral health; educates and counsels patients and families; and coordinates care and referrals in consultation with a dentist. Duties also include administering nitrous oxide and local anesthesia, performing restorative expanded functions, supporting patient access and payment arrangements, and completing other duties when trained to do so.

Requirements

• Graduation from a school for dental hygienists approved by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association.
• Completion of a course on nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia.
• Completion of a course on sealant placement.
• Completion of a course on administration of local anesthesia.
• Possession of a valid Minnesota dental hygienist license.
• Basic Life Support.

Nice To Haves

• Have a collaborative Management Agreement in place.
• Prior experience working in a community clinic.

Responsibilities

• Perform complete prophylaxis, including scaling, root planing, soft-tissue curettage, and polishing of fillings; perform mechanical polishing of clinical crowns without instrumentation.
• Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures, obtain case histories, conduct initial and periodic examinations and assessments to determine periodontal status, and formulate a dental hygiene treatment plan in coordination with the dentist’s treatment plan.
• Perform procedures such as dietary and salivary analysis and prepare smears.
• Remove and change periodontal packs as needed.
• Advise patients on proper diet and dental care.
• Chart patient treatments.
• Counsel patients and families on dental care and treatments.
• Instruct patients in oral hygiene techniques.
• Prepare, clean, and maintain instruments and equipment.
• Take and develop X-rays and perform fluoride applications.
• Maintain supplies.
• Prepare and maintain records.
• Make referrals to dentists, physicians, and other practitioners in consultation with a dentist.
• Replace, cement, and adjust intact temporary restorations extraorally and intraorally.
• Re-cement intact temporary restorations and place temporary fillings for palliative treatment, excluding temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and bridges.
• Remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, and orthodontic appliances using hand instrumentation only.
• Apply prescribed topical medications, including topical fluoride, bleaching agents, and cavity varnishes, in appropriate dosages or quantities.
• Take impressions for casts and appropriate bite registrations.
• Remove sutures.
• Facilitate scheduling patients for operating-room procedures as needed.
• Arrange insurance and payment options for patients and refer them to the appropriate social-service avenue.
• Assess and monitor patients’ blood pressure and use a glucometer to test glucose levels.
• Triage phone encounters for patient care.
• Administer and monitor nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia.
• Administer local anesthesia.
• Perform oral screening, assessment, and preventive services at off-site locations as directed; etch appropriate enamel surfaces and apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants.
• Perform restorative expanded-function procedures limited to placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival Class I and V composite restorations, and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns.
• Perform other duties as assigned, but only when trained to do so.

Benefits

• $7,000 sign-on bonus for eligible external candidates; current employees, contract or temporary workers, and former employees returning to HHS within one year are ineligible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed