Job Description
Job Description
POSITION TYPE : Dentistry
SPECIALTY UNIT : Registered Dental Hygienist - RDH
LOCATION : Antioch, IL
JOB TYPE : Full-Time
Pay Rate : 40-45 hr
Job Description :
We are seeking a highly skilled Dental Hygienist who would like to work with a team-oriented practice that focuses on building long lasting relationships with our patients.
The RDH promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis; providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies;
charting conditions of decay and disease; performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act.
Job Benefits :
- Medical benefits
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- Paid Time Off
Responsibilities :
- Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
- Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening; feeling and visually examining gums; using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of recession;
exposing and developing radiographic studies.
- Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity- preventing agents.
- Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drugs and oxygen supply, and directory of emergency numbers.
- Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions, providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit.
- Documents dental hygiene services by recording vital signs and medical and dental histories; charting in patient records.
- Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions;
troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies;
verifying receipt of supplies.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications;
establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
Requirements :
- License / Certification : Registered Dental Hygienist Required
- CPR Certification
- Local Anesthesia and Nitrous certification