TITLE: DENTAL HYGIENIST
RESPONSIBLE TO:Executive Director
FUNCTION: To provide dental hygiene, prophylaxis and general dental education to all registered patients of the Diagnostic and Treatment Dental Office.
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Assesses individuals to determine their current dental status.
- Establishes patient chart and records necessary dental information.
- Performs dental prophylaxis and other dental hygiene tasks as necessary.
- Determines the number and necessity of dental prophylactic visits per year.
- Provides instruction on home dental care and overall dental education.
- Performs dental radiographs for initial and follow-up prophylactic appointments.
- Assures the dental hygiene instruments and equipment are cleaned, disinfected, and sterilized and maintained in operating order.
- Acts as dental assistant as necessary.
- Provides excellent patient care and customer service
- In collaboration with management and practice guidelines, maintains a schedule of appointments to meet the daily expectations of the practice and needs of the patients.
- Performs any other related duties as requested
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Technical knowledge of dental hygiene practices, the ability to work with a wide variety of people, the ability to self-initiate and self-direct, ability to develop and maintain services for a specified caseload in accordance with acceptable standard Dental Office practice. Physical condition or reasonable accommodation(s) commensurate with demands of the job.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduate of an accredited school of Dental Hygiene and New York State licensure or eligibility to practice as a Dental Hygienist. Current certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
REQUIRED TOOLS:
Access to related electronic health record
Badge Access
E-mail (Internal and external account)
Internet
Laptop
Others as needed or requested
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Employee Signature Date
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Supervisor Signature Date
The Resource Center is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, citizenship status, military status, domestic violence status, predisposing genetic characteristics or genetic information, physical or mental disability, any other category protected by law, or any other non-job related characteristic. As needed, The Resource Center will provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities to employees and applicants whenever such accommodation would not create an undue hardship or a safety concern in the conduct of TRC’s operations.