DENTAL HYGIENIST

CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES INC • Fredericksburg, VA

134d • $84,000 - $88,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time Dental Hygienist position in a high-volume practice offering a rewarding, team-oriented work environment. The role involves preparing treatment rooms, collecting patient histories, charting dental conditions, taking x-rays, providing chair-side assistance, maintaining instruments, performing dental prophylaxis, conducting oral cancer screenings, applying preventive agents, assisting with emergencies, maintaining a safe environment, managing supplies, and ensuring equipment operation.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree from an accredited hygiene program
• State hygiene license
• Current CPR certification
• Ability to use an x-ray machine
• Excellent oral and written skills.
• Knowledge of Dental Technology, Dental Health Maintenance, Infection Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance
• Must be able to work independently
• Takes initiative
• Respects and understand HIPAA requirements with regards to patient confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate with and relate to people of different cultures, particularly those with poor socio-economic backgrounds
• Demonstrates competence for the essential job functions

Responsibilities

• Prepares treatment room for patient by adhering to prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Collect medical and dental histories from patients
• Chart dental conditions based on dentist’s observations and evaluations
• Instruct patients of all ages on proper dental hygiene and care
• Take x-rays of patients’ teeth and develop them for dentist’s use
• Provide chair-side assistance during dental procedures
• Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
• 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.
• Applies fluorides and other cavity- preventing agents
• Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drugs and oxygen supply, and directory of emergency numbers
• 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
• Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies

Benefits

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
• Retirement Plan with 5% Employer Contribution
• Comprehensive Benefits Package including Health with no co-pay, Dental, Vision, Disability, Wellness Reimbursement
• Fully Integrated Electronic Health Record (EHR) – eClinicalWorks (eCW)
• License reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• 10 Employer-Paid Holidays Per Year
• Vacation time available after 90 days of employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree