Dental Hygienist - Newberg, United States - Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Description

Job Description

At Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, we welcome diversity; we encourage, uplift, and are honored to serve people who have been historically underrepresented and underserved. Our mission is to provide high-quality, culturally appropriate healthcare to low-income residents of Washington and Yamhill Counties, with a special emphasis on seasonal and migrant farm workers and others with barriers to receiving healthcare. We strive to provide an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the diversity of the people we employ and serve.

If you are unsure whether you meet all of the required qualifications for this role but are interested and passionate about this potential position, we encourage you to apply.

Starting Salary: $101,721/yr + DOE

Schedule: Tuesday-Friday 7:00am-6:00pm

*Schedule can be up for negotiation

Job Summary: The Dental Hygienist, under the supervision of a licensed dentist, provides preventative and therapeutic oral prophylaxis and educates patients in the control and prevention of oral disease such as caries, and periodontal disease through proper oral hygiene and regular professional care.

• Provides appropriate periodontal services as treatment planned by the dentist.

• Provides routine prophylaxis to adult and pediatric patients (including full mouth scaling, polish, and use of topical fluoride as needed)

• Differentiates types of periodontal disease, prioritizes and sequences treatment properly including scaling, root planing, local anesthesia, and delivery of chemotherapeutic agents as indicated by the periodontal involvement of the patient

• Reports status of periodontal health and recommends proper interval for reevaluation/ recall

• Removes overhangs of filling materials and polish amalgams when endorsed.

• Place soft relines, when endorsed

• Full mouth periodontal charting that includes probing depths, mobility, furcations, recession, and mucogingival involvement

• Performs and documents a complete head and neck exam, including soft tissue pathology

• Properly expose, process, and mount oral radiographs

• Provides restorative treatment, with dentist supervision, if a restorative endorsement is obtained

• Utilizes nitrous oxide in treatment of patients, if permit is obtained

• Provides chair-side oral hygiene instruction in plaque control, appropriate use of home fluoride and desensitizing agents, and/or dietary and tobacco counseling

• Educates caregivers as to oral healthcare needs of accompanied patient

• Assists with other clinic responsibilities as needed including office maintenance

• Must be available to travel within Washington and Yamhill Counties

• Participate in the education of dental and dental hygiene students

• Provide training to co-workers, in the form of lunch and learns of other structured activities emphasizing OHI and patient education

• Maintain, clean, sterilize, and sharpen instruments

• Place dental sealants

• Deliver anesthetic as requested by treating dentist

• Comply with "Universal Precautions" for infection control

• Review patient's medical history and dispense or confirm PAC

• Documentation necessary and consistent with generally accepted professional dental standards

• Help in the organization, implementation, and facilitation of current grants (state, local, private) related to dental health services

• Inventories supplies related to work

• Develop and modify prevention programs

• Attend office training and meeting along with CDE as required

• Knowledge of dental hygiene procedures, techniques, and tools

• Knowledge of medications used in conjunction with dental hygiene

• Knowledge of medical record keeping and dental charting

• Knowledge of OSHA Bloodbourne Pathogens Standards and adherence to safety rules and standards

• Skill in cleaning teeth and examining the mouth and teeth for anomalies

• Skill in operating x-ray equipment, and processing film

• Skill in anesthetizing patients

• Ability to keep accurate and legible records

• Ability to perform dental assistant duties as needed

• Ability to work effectively with dentists, co-workers and patients

• Basic computer skills

• Ability to be culturally sensitive and to relate to people of varied racial, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds

• Ability to work with patients who have limited knowledge of proper oral hygiene.

• Willingness to work with interpreters and non-English speaking patients

• Perform other related duties as requested

• Handles protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

SBHC-Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Comply with all Oregon Health Authority Sealant Certification requirements.
• Document patient visit information following care.
• Comply with all requirements of Virginia Garcia contracted partners.
• Maintain a 90% sealant retention rate if working in the school sealant program.
• Educate patients on the health benefits of Virginia Garcia Services in an effort to increase patient participation.
• Follow up with patients identified at risk of health problems in an effort to get them into treatment.

HIPAA Requirements:
The Dental Hygienist will have access to (PHI) during the course of his/her work activities. The DH will use this information to prepare both patients and medical records for visits with the provider and to keep the flow of work going smoothly in the clinic. Applying the minimum necessary standard of HIPAA, the designated records sets to which this employee will have access include: the full medical records, and the scheduling and demographics functions of the practice management system in the view only mode.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Restorative functions endorsement preferred

• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills

• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred

• Proficiency in English, both spoken and written language

Educational and Experience Required:

• Requires Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited dental hygiene program

• A valid license to practice dental hygiene issued by the Oregon Board of Dentistry

• Current BLS/CPR/AED certification for healthcare provider is also required, or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.

• Expanded Practice Permit for dental health preferred

• One or more years of responsible dental hygiene experience is preferred

Behavioral Competencies:
Accountability

• Role model VGMHC's mission, vision, and shared values
Customer-Focus

• Listen to the voice of the customer and strive to delight them by exceeding their expectations
Teamwork

• If someone needs help, help them
Initiative

• Be innovative, apply fresh ideas, and continuously improve how you do your work
Confidentiality

• Maintain strict confidentiality and respect the privacy of others
Ethical

• Demonstrate integrity, honesty, and stewardship in all encounters at work
Respect

• Demonstrate consideration and appreciation for co-workers and patients
Communication

• Demonstrate the ability to convey thoughts and ideas as well as understand perspective of others

Physical Requirements:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee will be required to sit and stand for long periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and visual acuity to read small print, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee must have manual dexterity to handle small sharp instruments, and be able to reach to the top of a five-drawer filing cabinet, and lift boxes no more than 30 lbs.

Work Environment:
This position is an OSHA classification category I: tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, and tissue: use of appropriate personal protective equipment is required. Generally works in a clinic/office environment, which may be stressful at times. Some work may be performed outside of the office for community dental education.

Immunization:
Staff member must meet immunizations requirements as stated in VGMHC's immunization policy.