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Dublin, California

Dental Hygienist - PRN /Per Diem

Dental HygienistPer Diem

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

The Dental Hygienist provides dental care and promotes dental health by performing a variety of tasks under the supervision of a licensed dentist. They assess patient needs, clean teeth, take and develop dental x-rays, and educate patients on proper oral hygiene. They adhere to all relevant laws, regulations, and protocols related to dental hygiene and maintain accurate patient records.

Key Responsibilities

  • Prepare treatment room and select materials and equipment for dental hygiene visits.
  • Provide oral hygiene and postoperative instructions to patients and answer their questions.

Maintain and sterilize dental instruments, document dental hygiene services and maintain confidentiality of patient information.

Maintain a safe and clean working environment, adhere to infection-control policies and protocols, and conserve dental resources.

Ensure proper functioning of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting malfunctions, and evaluating new equipment and techniques

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

Graduate from an accredited Dental Hygienist school

Experience

  • Two (2) years’ experience
  • Previous correctional/detention facility experience
  • Five (5) years’ experience

Licenses/Certifications

  • Unrestricted current Dental Hygiene license, certification or registration in state of practice - must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc.
  • Current (and must maintain) lifesaving BLS certification through AHA
  • Current (and must maintain) lifesaving ACLS certification through AHA
  • This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited Dental Hygienist school with at least two years of experience, preferably in a correctional setting. Applicants are required to hold an unrestricted state license and current BLS and ACLS certifications.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentOral hygiene educationSterilizationRecord keepingEquipment maintenanceClinical documentationCompassionate care

Dental Hygiene Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 50% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

What does the Dental Hygienist market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dental Hygienist listings in California581 active5,776 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 50% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia healthcare professional listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 5% offer loan repayment581 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Dental Hygienist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

28 jobs
6
<$100k
11
$100k-120k
6
$120k-140k
3
$140k-160k
2
$183k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

29 jobs
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
55%
Sign-on bonus
34%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Dental Hygienist - Stillwater

Park Dental · West Lakeland, Minnesota

$60-$88/hr
#2

Licensed Dental Hygienist - Edinbrook

Park Dental · Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

$60-$88/hr
#3

Dental Hygienist | $40,000 in Tuition Reimbursement

$70-$75/hr
#4

Dental Hygienist| $40,000 Tuition Reimbursement

$65-$75/hr
+ 34 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Dental Hygienist listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,151 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program

Living in Dublin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.07M
Typical market rent
$3,325/mo
Residents’ average commute
36 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.