Dental Hygienist - Temporary Assignment
Compensation
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Job Description
Green Dental Health & Aesthetics now hiring a Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) in Nashville, TN for a short term assignment!
- Timeframe: October 5 - November 19 (Approximately)
- Hygienist Schedule: Monday - Wednesday 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
- Thursday 6:30 am - 2:00 pm
- To learn more about this practice, visit: nashvilledentistry.net
- Advantages
- Patient-centric community approach
- Established practices in modern facilities
- Private practice culture with complete business support
- Work/life balance
- Career growth
- Professional development
- Continuing education
- Competitive compensation and full-time employment benefits including:
- (FTE eligible at 28 or more clinical hours per week)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Company Holidays, Bereavement, and Jury Duty
- Paid $25K Basic Life Insurance
- Voluntary Life and ADD Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees and their household
- Accidental Injury, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity plans with wellness incentives
Responsibilities
- Screening patients during check-ups
- Reviewing patient's history
- Administers prophylactic treatment by scaling and polishing
- Documents area of existing restorations
- Use of X-ray
- Instructing patients in oral hygiene technique and working with patients and their oral hygiene
- Conduct screenings
- Assist patients with oral hygiene
Qualifications
- Active Tennessee Hygienist license
- Current BLS/CPR certifications
- Maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA and Infection Control training
- Minimum 1 or more years of RDH clinical experience
Equal Employment Opportunity
Star Dental Partners provides 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 policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Key Skills
Dental Hygiene Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 32% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dental Hygienist - Temporary Assignment at Star Dental Partners a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Dental Hygienist — ranked against 2,151 active Dental Hygienist listings on WeekdayDoc.
Location & Logistics
Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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