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Brightli
Columbia, Missouri

Dental Hygienist (PRN)

Dental HygienistPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Dental Hygienist
  • Location: Columbia, MO
  • Department: Clarity Healthcare: Dental Services
  • Employment Type: PRN

Job Summary

Are you a passionate and dedicated Dental Hygienist looking to make a positive impact on the lives of individuals seeking exceptional dental care? Join our team at Clarity Healthcare as a Dental Hygienist!

As a Dental Hygienist, you'll provide professional dental care, including comprehensive oral health education and all related clinical procedures. Our ideal candidate is passionate about preventative dentistry, skilled in oral hygiene techniques, and committed to delivering compassionate care with patience and understanding.

The Dental Hygienist Position Offers…

  • Career Advancement & Wage Growth - Grow in your career with great opportunities for upward mobility and added income
  • Comprehensive Training - Learn and develop skills with our robust on-the-job training
  • Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

Key Responsibilities

Inspire Oral Health Excellence: Perform professional cleanings, including oral prophylaxis, while educating patients on brushing, flossing, and nutrition for lifelong oral health.

Be a Smile Advocate: Apply topical fluorides, place sealants, and screen for cavities, periodontal disease, oral cancer, and medical history concerns.

Showcase Your Precision: Conduct radiographs, perform supra- and subgingival scaling, root planing, and provide comprehensive care for acute periodontal conditions.

Enhance Advanced Care: Assist with periodontal surgical techniques and administer local anesthetics (if qualified), ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Lead Oral Health Assessments: Record thorough and accurate medical histories to support individualized care plans.

Promote Preventive Care: Deliver therapeutic treatments while empowering patients to take charge of their dental health.

Ensure Seamless Documentation: Maintain detailed, timely, and accurate patient records to uphold clinical excellence.

Support Team Growth: Train and mentor dental assistants, fostering a skilled and collaborative team environment.

Make a Community Impact: Participate in dental prevention and education initiatives that promote oral health awareness.

Embrace Adaptability: Take on additional tasks as needed, contributing to a positive and innovative clinical setting.

Education And/or Experience Qualifications

  • Graduate of an accredited School of Dental Hygiene.
  • Licensed as a Registered Dental Hygienist in the state of practice.
  • Current CPR certification.
  • Previous experience is desired but not required.

Required License/Certification

  • Registered Dental Hygienist License in the state of practice.

Additional Qualifications

  • Knowledge of all phases of dental hygiene, including the use of equipment, instruments, and materials.
  • Ability to educate patients on preventative dentistry practices.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships with patients and staff.

Position Perks & Benefits

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Brightli Is on a Mission

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we prioritize fostering a culture of belonging and connection within our workforce. We encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences, as we believe that a rich tapestry of perspectives strengthens our mission.

If you are passionate about empowering local communities and creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization dedicated to cultivating an authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Preferred Family Health Care is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited School of Dental Hygiene and hold a Registered Dental Hygienist License in the state of practice. Current CPR certification is also required, and previous experience is desired but not mandatory.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient CarePeriodontal CareTeam CollaborationPatient AdvocacyMentoring

Dental Hygiene Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

How does Brightli compare as an employer?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 25% in dental hygienistranked against 2,151 Dental Hygienist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedDental Hygienist median $98k (middle half $96k–$109k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dental Hygiene listings in Missouri28 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All dental hygienist listings in Missouri143 active5,989 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 19% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 3% offer loan repayment143 active listings, Nov 2026
New Dental Hygiene listings802 in the last 30 days438 the 30 days before (+83%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (2,151 Dental Hygienist listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Missouri figures use all dental hygienists: too few Missouri Dental Hygiene postings state pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dental Hygienist (PRN) at Brightli a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Dental Hygienist — ranked against 2,151 active Dental Hygienist listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 26 employers
401k / retirement match
94% this job
CME allowance
46%
Sign-on bonus
43%
Loan repayment
6%
PSLF eligible
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% 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 Brightli

Hospitals and Health Care
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Retirement plan
Life insurance
Career mobility
Comprehensive training

Living in Columbia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$287k
Typical market rent
$1,464/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.4
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Columbia, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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