Full-Time Registered Dental Hygienist

Full-Time Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH)

As a Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) with Heartland Community Health Center's Healthy Futures Mobile Dental Program, you will provide vital preventive dental care—including cleanings, sealants, X-rays, and assessments—to children directly in schools and community settings. This position is ideal for a compassionate, energetic clinician seeking a fast-paced and rewarding experience where you'll truly make a difference by meeting kids and families where they are.

This is a hybrid position that includes both community-based outreach work through the Healthy Futures Dental Program and in-clinic patient care at Heartland locations, supporting integrated care delivery and expanding access to services. You'll help remove barriers to care, foster trust, and create lifelong dental patients by delivering high-quality oral health services in an accessible, culturally competent way. Every day is an opportunity to improve children's lives and long-term health outcomes while building deep connections within the community.

Heartland offers a mission-driven, integrated care environment that values prevention, collaboration, and team-based care.

Our RDHs enjoy:

• $5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS
• Monthly productivity incentive bonuses
• Flexible schedules (including 4-day workweeks)
• PSLF-eligible employment: potential eligibility for up to $50,000 in NHSC student loan repayment over two years, plus eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) through employment with a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center.
• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, holidays, and wellness support

Join us and help redefine access to care—where prevention starts with you.

• Preventative and rehabilitative caries control and periodontal services:
• Routine prophylaxis and topical application
• Apply SDF as needed
• Use ART technique to place interim restorations as needed
• Scale and Root Planning
• May use local anesthetic for procedures as needed
• Promote an atmosphere of good dental and general health by demonstrating good personal oral hygiene
• Educate patients on techniques of flossing, brushing, overall oral health, and the role of the dental care team
• Clean and sterilize instruments appropriately
• Follow infection control protocols and standard operating procedures
• Wears appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Perform all duties in accordance with OSHA regulations
• Is attentive to patient needs
• Attend meetings as required (Joint Staff, Department, etc.)
• Completes assigned trainings in timely manner
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Rotate to Medical Clinic for Medical/Dental integration
• Empower medical teams to deliver dental screenings to medical patients. Establish team relationships and coordinate bi-directional 'warm handoffs' to and from specialty dental according to established protocols
• Goal to treat no less than 1 patient per patient facing hour in clinic and no less than 2 patients per patient facing hour in community-based care setting
• Perform other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Graduate of a certified Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) program
• Current Kansas RDH license required
• Minimum of one year of experience preferred
• Current CPR certification required and must be maintained
• Demonstrated sensitivity to the social and cultural needs of diverse populations
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks to deliver efficient, high-quality patient care
• Remains calm and exercises sound judgment in emergency or high-pressure situations
• Strong knowledge of HIPAA privacy regulations and ability to follow written policies and procedures
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, databases, and standard office equipment (copiers, fax, multi-line phones, printers, scanners)
• Skilled in writing clear, accurate reports and correspondence using proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and dental terminology
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong organizational, time management, and problem-solving abilities
• Works independently, exercises good judgment, and adapts well to fast-paced, changing environments
• Demonstrates professionalism…