Job Description
Job Description
SPECIALTY : Registered Dental Hygienist
LOCATION : Middleton, WI
JOB TYPE : Full-Time Permanent
PAY RATE : $39-$50 / hour
Job Description :
We are seeking a highly skilled Dental Hygienist who would like to work with an innovative company offering top compensation and benefits.
The Hygienist 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.
Responsibilities :
- Prepares patient for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, soothing, seating, and draping patient
- 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
Job Benefits :
- 401(k) Matching
- Insurance includes : Dental / Disability / Health / Life / Vision
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account / Health savings account
- Paid time off / Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Bonus Pay
Requirements :
- License / Certification : Registered Dental Hygienist Required
- New Grads Welcome
- Recommending dental hygiene products
- Knowledge of basic computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook (e-mail and contact management preferred)
- Use of Dental Technology, Dental Health Maintenance, Infection Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance