Hygienist

Position: Hygienist (40416)
Community Health Care is a leading non-profit organization that offers quality health care to underserved patients in Pierce County. We provide comprehensive family practice care, including medical, dental, pharmacy, and behavioral health services in our seven clinics. We seek to continuously improve our commitment and service to our patients and community.

We want you to join us in our mission to provide the highest quality healthcare with compassionate and accessible service for all.

We offer a competitive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Paid Vacation, Sick Leave, 12 Paid Holidays, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Continuing Education, Employee Assistant Program, Productivity Bonus, and more!

We are looking for a Hygienist to join our clinics! Under general and close supervision, to perform a variety of dental hygiene procedures and related duties as required, including assist the Dentist and Front Desk if requested.

Essential Functions:

* Oral examination and perio-probing.

* Head and neck examination.

* Record health history.

* Take and record blood pressure and vital signs.

* Take intra-oral and extra-oral radiographs.

* Oral hygiene instruction.

* Apply topical preventative or prophylactic agents.

* Polish and smooth restorations.

* Oral prophylactics and removal of deposits and stains from the surfaces of teeth.

* Perform sub-gingival and supra-gingival scaling.

* Perform root planning.

* Make chart entries on procedures completed on patient.

* Keep dental area clean-sets up and breaks down hygiene unity in compliance to infection control standards in the clinic.

* Assists dentist in emergency situations.

* Performs other duties, as requested.

* Soft tissue curettage.

* Give injections of local anesthetic

* Place restorations into the cavity prepared by the dentist, and thereafter carve, contour, and adjust contacts and occlusion of the restoration.

* Administer nitrous oxide.

* Apply sealants.