OPS DENTAL HYGIENIST - 64853251

State of Florida•Pensacola, FL

1d•$30 - $35

About The Position

This is a professional position that works in the Escambia County School-based Sealant Program (EC-BSP). The position is supervised under general supervision by the dentist(s) at the Department of Health’s State Health Office Public Health Dental Program under an approved protocol to provide assessments, screenings, dental charting, dental sealants, fluoride application, oral health education, and caries risk assessments. Completes a letter home to the parent/guardian and calls the parent/guardian of any child with urgent dental care needs. This position requires daily in-office or field work. Completes patient eligibility and enters patient information in the Department’s Health Management System (HMS). Documents dental charting and patient notes and stores in the Department’s HMS or electronic oral health system. Enters all provided services in HMS for billing. Completes required reports for the Department, insurance, and funding requirements. Prints all dental forms; works with the local school system to promote the EC-BSP; disseminates informational fliers and consents; retrieves and reviews the consents; contacts the parent/guardian to review serious medical conditions and consults with supervising dentist; schedules times at each school to provide services, loads and transports equipment, instruments, and supplies in state vehicle; and sets up in designated area to provide services; packs all items and transports to the next treatment location. Orders and maintains appropriate amounts of supplies and printed paperwork. Maintains appropriate sterilization and disinfection per federal, state, local and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines. Participates in the school and Department’s safety programs and observes all safety measures, including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Reports all accidents and near misses, corrects any safety issue in the area. Ensures all patient treatment is performed in an aseptic environment. Responsible for maintaining all information sets with the purpose of protecting confidentiality, data integrity, and appropriate access for all information, both confidential and public record, which is stored electronically or in paper form. Reports any data breach per Department guidelines. Completes all required training, completes employee activity records, attends the dental director/program manager statewide performance meeting. Maintains clear and active dental hygiene license. In-state travel required. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Judgment and Decision Making: Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react the way they do.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Speaking: Talking to others to effectively convey information.
Writing: Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Active Listening: Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
Information Gathering: Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Identifying Downstream Consequences: Determining the long-term outcomes of a change in operations.
Implementation Planning: Developing approaches for implementing an idea.
Identification of Key Causes: Identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal.
Visioning: Developing an image of how a system should work under ideal conditions.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of policies and practices involved in personnel/human resource functions.
Mathematics: Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation techniques.
Computer: Knowledge of computer software including applications.
Proficient skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher
Ability to work independently and completes assignments in a timely manner.
Ability to plan, develop and deliver health promotion and public health education services
Knowledge of general office procedures and practices, correct grammar usage and basic arithmetic.
Must have the ability to prepare reports and correspondence, follow instructions, review data for accuracy and completeness, communicate effectively and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
The person in this position must also have a working knowledge of computers and word processing skills.
Proficient skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher.
Ability to work independently and completes assignments in a timely manner.
Ability to prepare reports.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate.
Valid Florida driver’s license.
KSAs required for licensure as a Dental Hygienist.
Must possess a FL Board of Dentistry Registered Dental Hygienist License.
Must be able to lift 40 lbs.

Responsibilities

Provide assessments, screenings, dental charting, dental sealants, fluoride application, oral health education, and caries risk assessments.
Complete letters home to parent/guardian and calls the parent/guardian of any child with urgent dental care needs.
Complete patient eligibility and enters patient information in the Department’s Health Management System (HMS).
Document dental charting and patient notes and stores in the Department’s HMS or electronic oral health system.
Enter all provided services in HMS for billing.
Complete required reports for the Department, insurance, and funding requirements.
Print all dental forms; works with the local school system to promote the EC-BSP; disseminates informational fliers and consents; retrieves and reviews the consents; contacts the parent/guardian to review serious medical conditions and consults with supervising dentist; schedules times at each school to provide services, loads and transports equipment, instruments, and supplies in state vehicle; and sets up in designated area to provide services; packs all items and transports to the next treatment location. Orders and maintains appropriate amounts of supplies and printed paperwork.
Maintain appropriate sterilization and disinfection per federal, state, local and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines.
Participate in the school and Department’s safety programs and observes all safety measures, including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
Report all accidents and near misses, corrects any safety issue in the area. Ensures all patient treatment is performed in an aseptic environment.
Responsible for maintaining all information sets with the purpose of protecting confidentiality, data integrity, and appropriate access for all information, both confidential and public record, which is stored electronically or in paper form. Reports any data breach per Department guidelines.
Complete all required training, completes employee activity records, attends the dental director/program manager statewide performance meeting.
Maintain clear and active dental hygiene license.
In-state travel required.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

State of Florida 401 (a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements; consult with People First and/or the servicing HR office)
Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)
Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)

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