Registered Dental Hygienist

Smile America Partners • Miami, FL

21d • Onsite

About The Position

Big Smiles Florida is seeking a Registered Dental Hygienist to work in its school-based mobile dental practice in Miami/Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas. The program brings preventive and restorative dental care directly to schools, using portable equipment or a self-contained mobile dental facility. The workday follows the school day, typically about 6–7 hours, with an average schedule of 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The role includes travel to schools across counties and offers a different work environment from a traditional dental practice, with evenings, weekends, and summers off.

Big Smiles is the nation’s leading in-school dental program, founded to improve access to care for underserved school-aged children. Through its dental partners, the organization provides care to approximately 500,000 children per year and operates in 20 states, with strategic partnerships involving more than 8,000 school districts. The company describes its work as helping reduce oral-health problems and disruptions to children’s education by bringing dental services onsite.

Requirements

• Hold an active Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) license.
• Have working experience as a Registered Dental Hygienist.
• Have a valid driver license, reliable transportation, and willingness to travel to schools across counties.
• Work well with children and adults.
• Be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Have current CPR (BLS) certification.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual ability.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the oral health management of patients and work as a team player.
• Verify each patient’s identity using their name and date of birth before treatment, and initial the medical chart to indicate verification.
• Obtain an oral health assessment for each new-baseline and follow-up patient.
• Review medical histories and other pertinent oral health information.
• Provide oral hygiene services, including dental prophylaxis scaling, sealant application, and fluoride application, consistent with accepted best practices and standards.
• Provide dental assistance as directed by the dentist.
• Provide oral health education and individual counseling according to known oral health care practices, including tooth brushing and flossing.
• Document dental services provided in each patient’s chart.
• Travel daily to and from school sites.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision benefit package.
• Evenings, weekends, and summers off.
• School-day schedule, about 6–7 hours, averaging 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
• Flexible scheduling.
• Competitive compensation.
• Unique work experience.
• State-of-the-art portable dental equipment and latest technology, including digital radiography.

What This Job Offers

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