Dental Hygienist - Care Mobile - Part Time

DentalNo weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$45-$48/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

We are looking for a dependable, dedicated, and respectful Dental Hygienist to provide Dental care to our Care Mobile patients.

Offering a competitive hourly rate of $45 to $48, this part-time position follows Lee and Hendry counties’ school calendar, making it an ideal opportunity for professionals seeking great work-life balance. When school is in session, the schedule is typically 6 hours a day, Monday through Friday.

You will enjoy scheduled time off during school breaks—including but not limited to Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring breaks—while summer hours shift to an "as-needed" basis for daycares and summer camps. Please note that this is a part-time position without benefits.

If you are passionate about community healthcare and want a rewarding schedule that gives you school holidays and summers largely free, we would love to hear from you!

Position Description

The primary function of the Dental Hygienist is to examine, chart, take radiographic surveys, and perform periodontal therapies on patients. The Dental Hygienist is directly responsible to the Dentists for assignment of duties which include patient care and domestic chores.

The Dental Hygienist supervises her own patient therapy but communicates patient needs and appointments with the Dentists, and coordinates duties and responsibilities with the Dentists and other dental ancillary personnel.

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

  • Perform initial intra and extra-oral exam of the hard and soft tissue.
  • Document/chart existing restoration, carious lesions and any other findings.
  • Complete health history with blood pressure.
  • Perform periodontal therapies, periodontal health instruction.
  • Perform screening examinations for school children.
  • Sterilization of instruments and maintenance of equipment.
  • Assist dentists when needed.
  • Answer telephone when needed.

Requirements

Training and Experience

  • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent training and experience.
  • A two or four year degree of Dental Hygiene from an accredited institution.
  • Florida Board of Dentistry license.

Special Requirements

Bilingual skills English/Spanish preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Manual dexterity and use of proper instrumentation in the performance of dental therapies.
  • Good patient and staff rapport.

Key Responsibilities

The dental hygienist is responsible for performing intra and extra-oral exams, charting findings, and conducting periodontal therapies for patients on a mobile unit. They also coordinate patient care with dentists and maintain dental instruments and equipment.

Key Skills

Periodontal therapyPatient chartingIntra-oral examinationExtra-oral examinationEquipment maintenancePatient education

Dental Hygiene Career Context

Of the 41 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 39% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$97k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $94k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$97k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Dental Hygienist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution30 jobs · 27 employers

14
<$115k
8
$115k-135k
4
$135k
4
$156k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
94%
Sign-on bonus
48%
CME allowance
45%
Loan repayment
6%
PSLF eligible
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$65-$70/hr
#2

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$50-$60/hr
#3

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$114k – $125k
#4

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$114k – $125k
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 3.9
Better work-life than 50% of Dental Hygiene listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,875 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Lehigh Acres

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k
Typical market rent
$1,831/mo
Residents’ average commute
38 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.3
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida

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Fort Myers, Florida
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

School Calendar Schedule
Scheduled Time Off During School Breaks