Dental Hygienist Family Dentistry
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Job Location:
Roanoke, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Employment Status:
Full timeShift:
Day (United States of America)Facility:
1111 S Jefferson St - RoanokeRequisition Number:
R158008 Dental Hygienist Family Dentistry (Open)How Youll Help Transform Healthcare:
The Dental Hygienist provides a variety of health care functions in accordance with the principles and practices of Dental Hygiene.Dental Hygienist:
- Evaluates patients oral health and hygiene status performs necessary x-rays panelipse periodontal evaluation and prophylaxis procedures.
- Maintains responsibility for the care and safety of patients during treatment.
- Provides necessary oral hygiene instruction with patient or caretaker and maintains follow-up.
- Follows guidelines in policy and procedure manual for safe sterilization and cleaning of dental operatories.
- Assist other dental team members as needed with delivery of patient care.
- Under direct supervision of the dentist or general supervision provides direction to patients patient caretakers and students.
- Communicates with physicians patients patients families and dental team regarding treatment and progress. I
- n the hospital dental practice environment there is a high exposure to infectious disease patients demanding or combative patients. Physical requirements for essential job functions includes: occasional climbing balancing stooping kneeling crouching and talking (person-to-person telephone intercom); frequent reaching handling fingering feeling grasping repetitive movement (periodontal exam probing scaling polishing) hearing (person-to-person telephone intercom) seeing (near and far) depth perception color vision and field of vision. Environmental factors in performing essential job functions includes: noise (handpiece noise along with fiber optic light fan and vacuum) mechanical and electrical hazards burns (gas & alcohol flame for lab) radiant energy (x-ray units) chemicals exposure to blood and body fluids fumes and odors dust (dental stone) mist (handpiece aerosols air H2O syringe saliva) gases (nitrous oxide) face mask fibers working alone (lab duties) and working closely with others (performing dental procedures).
What We Require:
Education: Graduate of an ADA accredited school of dental hygiene.
Experience: None
Licensure certification and/or registration: Must be licensed to practice dental hygiene in the state of Virginia. AHA BLS-HCP is required.
Other Minimum Qualifications: Attend appropriate continuing education courses in dentistry management of special patients etc. Good communication and interpersonal skills.
This job description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.
Recruiter:
REBECCA MINORRecruiter Email:
For more information contact the HR Service Center at 1-.
Carilion Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age (40 or older) disability genetic information or veterans status. Carilion is a Drug-Free Workplace. For more information or for individuals with disabilities needing special assistance with our online application process contact Carilion HR Service Center at 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Dentrix
- Communication skills
- HIPAA
- Computer Skills
- Infection Control Training
- Chairside Assisting
- Dental Office Experience
- OSHA
- Medical Imaging
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