Dental Hygienist in AP Float - East Bakersfield Dental Center

Clinica Sierra Vista is excited to be one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers in the Nation! We’re honored to serve the men and women of the fields.

We also offer care and support to the inner city, the rural and isolated, those of low, moderate, and fixed incomes, and families from an array of cultural backgrounds who speak several languages. We don’t inquire about immigration status because we simply don’t need to know. If you come to us, we will treat you like any other patient.

As we grow our team, we are looking for individuals who believe the patient is always #1.

Why Work for Us?

• Competitive pay which matches your abilities and experience
• Health coverage for you and your family
• Generous number of vacation days per year
• A robust wellness plan and health club discounts
• Continuing education assistance to grow and further your talents
• 403(B) plan with company matching

Intrigued? We’d love to hear from you! Please review the job details below and then click “apply.”

We're looking for someone to join our team as a Dental Hygienist in AP Float who will be responsible for providing comprehensive dental hygiene services to patients across multiple dental clinics. This position requires flexibility, excellent clinical skills, and the ability to adapt to different practice environments.

The Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice, an independent practitioner under general supervision of a Supervising Dentist, is a licensed professional oral health educator and clinical operator who use scientific methods for the control and prevention of oral diseases to aid patients in attaining and maintaining optimum oral health. The Dental hygienist in Alternative Practice can see the patient without a preliminary examination by a dentist under the California Dental Practice Act.

The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment and development planning and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also includes oral health education, counseling, and health screening.

The Dental Hygienist uses dental hygiene care to denote all integrated preventive services administered to the patient.

An objective in planning dental hygiene care is to ensure the best possible sequence of procedures, which will contribute to restoration of the patient’s oral health in the shortest possible time and pave the way to the long-range preventive program that will continue throughout the patient’s lifetime.

To achieve the goals of planned care, the Dental Hygienist must see hygiene procedures as part of the total plan for the continuity of the corrective and maintenance phases of an effective preventive dentistry program.

Serves as a part of an interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement, and sustain oral health as part of Patient Centered Medical Health Care plan to integrate oral health services in a variety of settings.

Essential Functions

1. Patient Evaluation.

1. Obtain health history.

2. Take radiographic survey as needed.

3. Give preliminary oral examination as necessary to chart visually identifiable decay, restorations, and oral abnormalities.

2. Therapy. Oral prophylaxis will include manual and mechanical instrumentation (cavitron), removal of all deposits on teeth (stains, plaque, and calculus) as well as root planning procedures and topical fluoride application.

3. Recall. The Dental Hygienist is responsible for the implementation of an effective recall system necessary for the monitoring of patient performance over a period of time. It should be recognized that an efficient recall system is one of the key ingredients to an effective preventive program.

4. Patient Education. The Dental Hygienist will be responsible for ensuring that patients receive necessary educational counseling of preventive dentistry. Such counseling will include motivation, plaque control, proper diet and nutrition, tobacco cessation, etc.

5. Refer the patient to appropriate services upon completion of active hygiene services:

• Routine examination by the supervising dentist of record.
• Another staff dentist in Clinica Sierra Vista for needed examination and/or treatment
• Specialty dental services i. e., Periodontist
• Emergency dental services inside or outside of Clinic Sierra Vista
• Place on maintenance or recall visits with a CSV dental and hygiene program.

You'll Be Successful with the Following Qualifications

1. All applicants must hold current California Dental Hygiene License in Alternative practice

2. Must hold dental x-ray certificate.

3. Bilingual in English and Spanish (recommendation).

4. Must exhibit a desire to participate in a community oriented preventive dentistry program.

Clinica Sierra Vista values human rights, goodwill, respect, inclusivity, equality, and recognizes that the organization derives its strength from a rich diversity of thoughts, ideas, and contributions.

As leaders in healthcare industry, we aspire to be an employer of choice by promoting an organizational culture that reflects these core values.

We seek to attract, develop, and retain a talented and dedicated workforce where people of diverse races, genders, religions, cultures, political affiliations and lifestyles thrive.

Our goal is to create a welcoming and inclusive environment that empowers our employees to provide the highest level of service to our community of residents and businesses; they’re counting on us.

Clinica Sierra Vista is an equal opportunity employer and strives to attract qualified applicants from all walks of life without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state and/or local law.

We aim to create an environment that celebrates and embraces the diversity of our workforce. We welcome you to join our team!