Traveling Registered Dental Hygienist – Nursing Home Care

Aria Care Partners•Asheville, NC

15h

About The Position

Aria Care Partners provides onsite dental, vision, hearing, and podiatry care to long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. Its clinicians travel to different communities to serve residents, with a mission to enrich each resident’s quality of life with passion and compassion. The Traveling Registered Dental Hygienist provides treatment at assigned facilities in coordination with a dentist (DDS), clinical coordinator, facility staff, and clinical support manager. The role delivers onsite hygiene services and helps ensure the needs of patients and facilities are met. It covers a home market, with travel between facilities ranging from 20 minutes to 2.5 hours. Drive time exceeding 30 minutes each way is paid, and mileage is reimbursed.

Requirements

Current Registered Dental Hygienist license in the state and in good standing.
Five years of experience.
Valid driver’s license with no moving violations in the last five years.
Own reliable transportation.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to push or pull approximately 200 pounds, such as a patient in a wheelchair.
Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and move it into and out of a vehicle and through homes or facilities.
Customer service skills to work with nursing home staff to meet dental needs.
Computer skills to enter chart notes during visits.
Organizational skills to manage supplies, dentures, daily schedules, and schedule changes.
Ability to prioritize and address multiple demands concurrently.
Effective communication with the clinical coordinator, patients, responsible parties, and facility staff.
Ability to work within a team for the good of the customer and align with the company values of Care Fully, Strive for Excellence, and Team Works.
Positive problem-solving skills and ability to find solutions to varied issues.
Openness to continuous improvement of processes and customer service.

Responsibilities

Review patient lists before visits and confirm supplies and equipment are available.
Arrive on time, check in with the facility’s dental contact, and review the patients scheduled to be seen.
Transport, set up, and take down equipment and supplies in the workspace designated by the facility.
Coordinate with nursing home contacts to transfer patients and charts to and from the treatment room; contact the clinical support manager if transfer issues remain unresolved.
Provide required care, including taking X-rays, cleaning teeth and dentures, applying sealants, and assessing oral health and reporting findings to the dentist, in accordance with ADA and company standards of care.
Explain procedures to patients as they are performed and review recommendations with facility staff afterward.
Enter treatment chart notes into Salesforce at the time of treatment.
Follow OSHA safety and cleanliness regulations during treatment and handle disposables correctly before leaving facilities.
Check out with the facility’s dental contact, review chart notes, and leave printed copies for patient charts.
Coordinate schedules and patient-care follow-up with the clinical support manager.
Clean and maintain dental equipment regularly.
Track supplies and order them as needed.
Follow regulated OSHA guidelines for handling and sterilizing instruments.
Use a personal vehicle to transport equipment and supplies and travel to scheduled facility visits.
Remain available by cell phone during the workday.
Be willing and able to expense office needs, unforeseen supply purchases, and other reimbursable business-related expenses.