Dental Hygienist - $2,500 Signing Bonus

Build a Hygiene Career That Rewards Great Patient Care

At Gentle Dental, we believe exceptional dentistry starts with exceptional clinicians. We're looking for a Dental Hygienist to join our Sehome team in Bellingham and help us provide patients with high-quality, preventive care in a collaborative and supportive environment.

This is an opportunity to practice hygiene with a team that values your clinical expertise, gives you the support and resources to succeed, and rewards your contributions.

Earn up to $75 per hour

If you're passionate about patient education, prevention, periodontal health, and building lasting relationships with your patients, we'd love to meet you.

Why You'll Love Working at Gentle Dental

Our approach combines the advantages of a group practice with the clinical environment and relationships that make dentistry rewarding.

As a Dental Hygienist, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Focus on delivering high-quality preventive and periodontal care
• Build long-term relationships with your patients
• Educate patients and help them take an active role in their oral and overall health
• Collaborate closely with dentists and other members of the clinical team
• Work with the support and resources of an established dental organization
• Continue developing your clinical skills through continuing education
• Earn additional compensation through an uncapped bonus plan

We believe in personal accountability, strong relationships, clinical excellence, and continuously finding better ways to support our patients and teams.

What You'll Do

As a Dental Hygienist, you'll be an essential part of each patient's care team. You'll provide preventive and periodontal services while helping patients understand the connection between oral health and overall wellness.

You'll:

• Perform comprehensive dental hygiene and periodontal services within your scope of practice
• Assess patients' oral health and identify periodontal conditions
• Partner with dentists to develop and support appropriate patient treatment plans
• Educate patients on oral hygiene, prevention, periodontal health, and recommended care
• Build trust through compassionate, personalized patient interactions
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation
• Follow infection control, safety, and clinical protocols
• Collaborate with the entire dental team to create an exceptional patient experience

Compensation

Hourly Rate Up to $65 - $75 per Hour 

** Sign-On Bonus $2,500

Schedule

Part-Time, Wednesday-Friday & 1-2 Saturdays a month

Locations

Gentle Dental Kent Station
417 Ramsay Way
Kent, WA 98032, USA

We offer the following benefits for Part-Time employees: 

• Employee Assistance Program
• Basic life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
• 401k plan with company match
• CE credits
• Malpractice
• Referral Bonus Program ($600 - $2,500 depending on role)

 
Position Qualifications:

• Accredited Hygiene Technical School or College
• Current applicable State Dental License (or the ability to acquire one by time of employment)
• Other licenses/certifications such as CPR, local certified anesthesia
• Applicable local anesthesia certification and other required credentials
• Strong patient communication and education skills
• Commitment to clinical excellence and an exceptional patient experience

Why Gentle Dental?

Our vision is to provide exceptional, lifelong, integrated oral healthcare that improves our patients' quality of life and overall health.

We've reimagined group dentistry to give clinicians the right balance of clinical autonomy, collaboration, resources, and support throughout every stage of their careers—all while keeping the best interests of our patients at the center of what we do.

Bring your clinical expertise to a team that values what you do—and offers the earning potential to reward it.

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