Dental Hygienist (Part-Time)

Company Overview

Hero Practice Services delivers quality dental, vision, and orthodontic care to children in underserved communities at 30+ offices across seven states. Our core values we live by are: integrity, mission driven, patient first, accountability, compassion, and teamwork.

Become a Hero and join us on our mission to help underserved kids!

• Generous pay
• PTO and paid holidays
• Career growth within your practice and the region
• Medical, dental, vision insurance, 401K & more

Position Overview

We are currently seeking a Dental Hygienist to deliver oral hygiene and appropriate preventive services to dental patients. This position will report to the Operations Manager.

This position will be at-will, meaning either the employer or the employee may terminate the employment at any time, with or without cause or prior notice.

Pay range: $65.00-$75.00/hr

Job Responsibilities

• Provide oral health education and appropriate individual counseling for all dental patients
• Record patient-hygienist transactions as they occur in the patient’s dental record so that the record accurately and completely reflects the nature of the contact, the condition of the patient, and the care or treatment provided
• Drive appointment processing and efficiency by supporting all clinical aspects patient appointment as needed to meet the needs of the patient and keep the hygiene flow moving effectively. This may include, but not limited to taking x-rays, charting, chair turnover, etc.
• Maintain instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by selecting, sterilizing, and sharpening instruments
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; participating in professional societies
• Ensure practice is clean and presentable to patients to include cleaning restrooms, patient lobby, mopping, vacuuming, dusting etc.
• Participate in other duties that support the mission of providing high-quality and compassionate dental, vision, and orthodontic services to underserved children

Job Qualifications

• RDH state certification/license

• Prior pediatric dentistry experience preferred
• Ability to multi-task and complete tasks correctly and in a timely manner
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Electronic Health Records (EHR) practice management software experience preferred

In addition to the job description, you will be asked to perform other duties that support the business and our mission.

Physical Requirements

This position requires full range of body motion. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand, bend, communicate verbally (both in person and by telephone), use hands repetitively to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

Work is performed in a standard clinical environment. This role routinely utilizes standard dental equipment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The statements contained herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by Dental Hygienists, but is not a complete list of the responsibilities, duties, or skills required. Other duties may be assigned as business needs dictate. Reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

Hero Practice Services and its affiliated practices provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.