Dental Hygienist

Work Schedule

Regular hours:
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Expanded hours:
Occasionally one evening per month (Monday–Thursday, 4:30 – 7:00 PM) and one Saturday per month

North Shore Community Health (NSCH) is an industry leader in exceptional delivery of community healthcare. We have a full‑time opening for a Dental Hygienist. Under the direction of the Dentist, the Hygienist is responsible for promoting optimal dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, oral cancer screenings, charting conditions of decay and disease, and patient education. As a team member at our health center, you will work with staff who are racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse, so being culturally competent is required.

A sense of humor is also very important!

• Provide direct care to patients.
• Review and update medical history at each visit.
• Maintain instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
• Perform all necessary oral prophylactic services by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth by scaling, polishing, or subgingival root planning and curettage; applying fluoride treatments and placing pit and fissure sealants.
• Detect disease by performing oral cancer screening; feeling and visually examining gingival tissues; using a probe to detect areas of periodontal pocketing and disease, and assessing levels of recession.
• Document all hygiene services and chart clinical findings in Dentrix.
• Educate patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions.

• Two years of experience.
• Graduate of an accredited School of Dental Hygiene.
• Licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Registered Dental Hygienist.
• Local anesthesia certification preferred.
• Good working knowledge of dental equipment and terminology, OSHA, and safety compliance.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast‑paced dental environment.
• Superior customer service skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Detail‑oriented, organized, professional, and able to multitask.
• Good working knowledge of Dentrix.
• Preference will be given to bilingual/bicultural individuals who can speak Spanish and/or Portuguese.
• All employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of their employment unless granted a religious or medical exemption. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination must be provided, and prospective employees must be vaccinated before their first day of employment, submitting their vaccination record and pre‑hire paperwork.

We are a community-based safety net healthcare provider and offer a wide range of perks and comprehensive benefits, including health and wellness benefits, tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness opportunities, and other appealing benefits. These benefits are available to all eligible staff members from day one of employment.

$36.15 – $49.65

We, North Shore Community Health (NSCH), are an equal employment opportunity employer. Our goal is to have a diverse workforce representative of all people, at all job levels, in the organization. We do not and will not make any personnel decisions (like recruiting, hiring, job assignments, and promotions) based on age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.