Traveling Registered Dental Hygienist – Nursing Home Care

Aria Care Partners•Waynesville, NC

15h

About The Position

Aria Care Partners provides onsite dental, vision, hearing, and podiatry care to residents of long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. The Traveling Registered Dental Hygienist provides hygiene services at nursing facilities, working with dentists, clinical coordinators, clinical support managers, and facility staff to meet patients’ care needs. The role involves traveling to scheduled facilities, transporting and setting up mobile dental equipment, completing and documenting treatments, and coordinating patient care with facility contacts. The position serves a home market, with driving distances ranging from 20 minutes to 2.5 hours. Drive time over 30 minutes each way is paid, and mileage is reimbursed for all miles driven. The hygienist must use their own reliable transportation and be available by cell phone during the workday.

Requirements

Current Registered Dental Hygienist license in the state, in good standing.
Five years of experience.
Valid driver’s license with no moving violations in the last five years.
Own reliable transportation.
Ability to push or pull approximately 200 pounds, such as a patient in a wheelchair.
Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 50 pounds into and out of a vehicle and roll equipment into and out of homes or facilities.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Customer service skills to work with nursing-home staff to meet dental care needs.
Computer skills to enter chart notes at the time of visits.
Organization skills to manage supplies, dentures, 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.
Ability to solve problems and find solutions to varied issues.
Openness to continuous improvement in processes and customer service.

Responsibilities

Review patient lists before visits and ensure that 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, contacting the clinical support manager if transportation issues remain unresolved.
Provide required dental hygiene care, including taking X-rays, cleaning teeth and dentures, applying sealants, and assessing oral health for reporting 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.
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 scheduling and follow-up on patient care and treatment with the clinical support manager.
Clean and maintain dental equipment regularly.
Inventory 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 pay for office needs, unforeseen supplies, and other reimbursable business-related expenses, then expense those purchases.