Dental Clinic: Dental Hygienist

The registered dental hygienist is responsible for the delivery of advanced prophylactic and preventive dental hygiene procedures as prescribed in addition to chairside assisting when necessary. The dental hygienist participates in dental instrument processing, sterilization and monitoring procedures, sick call assessments and clinic cleaning and infection control practices. The dental hygienist performs a variety of clerical and administrative tasks as directed by the dentist directed towards the maintenance of access to oral health care services within prescribed policy and accreditation standards.

Graduate from a Dental Hygienist program located in a State, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory accredited by the American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation in the year of the applicant's graduation.

• Must have 1-year recent work experience in the United States as a licensed practicing Dental Hygienist.
• Licensure permitting administration of local anesthesia preferred.

Holds and maintains a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice dental hygiene in the state in which the duty station is located. The license must be maintained in a permanent, full, and unrestricted status during the term of employment.
# Maintains BLS for Healthcare Providers certification through the American Heart Association.

ATTRIBUTES AND PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES

• Verbal and written proficiency in Spanish (preferred, not required).
• Experience in a detention/correctional or residential healthcare setting (preferred, not required).

Knowledge of dental science such as oral anatomy, oral physiology and histology, the principles and technique of four handed dentistry, periodontics, and dental materials.

• Must adhere to requirements for safety, infection control, quality assurance, clinical documentation, and data management.
• Complete and passes all competency testing initially, annually, and as needed.
• Completes all initial, annual and ad hoc training as required/assigned.
• Ability to properly use equipment, materials and supplies in diagnostic and treatment procedures.
• Ability to communicate proficiently in English (verbal and written).
• Ability to respond to and assist with medical emergencies.
• Ability to navigate in an electronic work environment including electronic health records, web-based training and communications.
• Knowledge of, and moderate proficiency in, common Microsoft Office programs, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and SharePoint.
• Knowledge of regulations on the confidentiality of medical records and information (HIPAA/Privacy Act) and applicable accreditation standards.

Provides direct dental hygiene care as prescribed to patients in a detention and/or residential setting in accordance with prescribed policy and pertinent accreditation standards.

• Assesses dental sickness call patients under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in accordance with policy.
• Performs optimum sterilization and/or disinfection procedures including instrument processing and spore testing in accordance with prescribed policy and CDC guidelines.
• Take digital and/or film radiographs as ordered on patients including bitewing, periapical, and panoramic x-rays.
• Observes radiation safety protocols, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Radiation Protection Guidance and recommendations, National Council on Radiation Protection Guidance, and American Dental Association recommendations/guidance when exposing dental radiographs to assure optimal patient and provider safety.
• Participates in sharps and instrument accountability in the dental clinic through performance and logging of daily inventory of all sharps and instruments at the beginning and end of each workday.
• Performs electronic and paper record keeping functions in accordance with program policies and training.
• Collects and organizes dental data and submits to the Regional Dental Consultant in a timely manner.
• Attend monthly dental teleconferences, organizational and local duty station meetings.
• May periodically be asked to travel to support dental care at other sites.
• Perform duties in support of the local medical unit and/or Dental Program (e.g.
• equipment maintenance, supply/equipment acquisition, performance improvement initiatives, training program development, etc).
• Adheres to and maintains awareness of all policies, procedures, directives, operational memoranda and accreditation standards.

or recurring lifting of moderately heavy patients or equipment.

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