Dental Hygienist

Fidelity Partners•Lexington, KY

34d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Dental Hygienist will provide preventive and nonsurgical dental hygiene services to adults in custody at Federal Medical Center Lexington. The position supports patient assessment, prophylaxis, periodontal care, radiography, oral-health education, clinical documentation, infection prevention, instrument accountability, and the safe daily operation of the institution's dental clinic.

Requirements

Must hold a current, active, and unrestricted Registered Dental Hygienist license issued by Kentucky or another qualifying compact state.
Must maintain current CPR or Basic Life Support certification acceptable to the Government.
Must provide evidence of all required education, professional qualifications, licenses, certifications, and clinical training.
Must be able to collect, document, and protect patient information accurately in the Bureau Electronic Medical Record and other authorized systems.
Must satisfy communicable-disease, occupational-health, drug-screening, and other clinical-clearance requirements.
Must successfully complete all required law-enforcement checks, background and suitability investigations, orientation, training, and institution-access procedures.
Must be able to work professionally in a secure correctional environment and comply with all clinical, privacy, safety, and institutional requirements.
Current resume documenting relevant dental-hygiene education, qualifications, training, and clinical experience.
Copy of a current active unrestricted Registered Dental Hygienist license and current Government-acceptable CPR or Basic Life Support certification.
Education, health-screening, drug-testing, background, identification, security, orientation, training, and institution-access documents requested by Fidelity Partners or the Government client.

Nice To Haves

No prior correctional healthcare experience is required; experience providing preventive and nonsurgical dental hygiene services is preferred.

Responsibilities

Review medical and dental histories, assess patient needs, and identify conditions requiring referral to the dentist or another authorized provider.
Perform dental prophylaxis and remove plaque, calculus, and stains using authorized hand and ultrasonic instrumentation.
Conduct periodontal assessments and charting and provide authorized nonsurgical periodontal therapy within the approved scope of practice.
Provide individualized oral-hygiene instruction, preventive education, and clinically appropriate follow-up recommendations.
Expose, process, and evaluate diagnostic dental radiographs in accordance with applicable safety standards and facility procedures.
Document assessments, treatment, education, referrals, and related services accurately and promptly in the Bureau Electronic Medical Record.
Prepare operatories, instruments, supplies, and equipment before treatment and restore clinical areas after each patient encounter.
Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, store, and monitor instruments in accordance with infection-prevention and quality-control requirements.
Maintain strict accountability for instruments, sharps, supplies, and Government-furnished property and report discrepancies immediately.
Support patient scheduling, recall activities, clinic flow, record review, and other authorized dental-clinic administrative functions.
Observe patient responses, report abnormal findings or clinical concerns, and assist with emergency procedures within the authorized scope of practice.
Protect confidential information and comply with BOP security, privacy, infection-control, professional-conduct, and patient-safety requirements.
Maintain professional communication and coordinate with dentists, dental assistants, Health Services personnel, correctional staff, and institution leadership.