Dental Hygienist

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Lead Dental Hygienist

Metro Dental care – Shakopee | Shakopee, MN
Full-Time | Lead Dental Hygienist

Are you an experienced Dental Hygienist who is ready to take the next step in your career?

Metro Dental care – Shakopee is looking for a Lead Dental Hygienist who wants more than a full schedule and a routine day. We’re looking for someone who is excited by the opportunity to help build, shape, and lead a growing hygiene department from the ground up.

This is an opportunity to bring your experience, ideas, and leadership skills to a developing practice while continuing to provide the exceptional patient care you’re passionate about.

You won’t simply be stepping into an established system. You’ll have a voice in building it.

As our Lead Dental Hygienist, you’ll work closely with practice leadership to establish strong clinical standards, create efficient workflows, support future team members, and help develop a hygiene department that both patients and team members are proud to be part of.

• Help develop efficient hygiene workflows, protocols, and scheduling standards
• Establish consistent clinical and periodontal care expectations
• Support the onboarding, training, and development of future hygiene team members in partnership with Regional and Sub-Regional Mentors
• Foster strong communication and collaboration between hygiene, doctors, and the business team
• Help strengthen patient retention, reappointment, treatment acceptance, and overall hygiene performance
• Identify opportunities to improve the patient experience and make day-to-day operations more effective
• Serve as a clinical leader, resource, and positive role model for the hygiene team
• Help create a culture built around Family, Quality, Integrity, Compassion, Teamwork, and Fun

We’re looking for an experienced hygienist who:

• Takes ownership and enjoys being a leader
• Is confident bringing new ideas and solutions to the table
• Enjoys mentoring and supporting fellow team members
• Values clinical excellence and patient-centered care
• Communicates well and works collaboratively with doctors and the entire practice team
• Is comfortable in a growing environment where things are being built and improved
• Enjoys problem-solving and finding better ways to work
• Wants the opportunity to make a meaningful impact beyond their own patient schedule

What You’ll Gain

• Competitive benefits including health insurance and retirement savings plans, six paid holidays and PTO (paid time off)
• Continuing education to provide you opportunity to develop your full potential and enhance your clinical skills to provide education and care to your patients.
• Access to an expansive network of mentors with 1:1 hygiene mentorship support and networking opportunities available at your fingertips.
• Unparalleled business support and the highest quality supplies and labs to deliver exceptional patient care.
• Opportunity to be a part of a secure company with 20+ years of industry leading experience that provides a stable career with unlimited growth potential

Metro Dental care Shakopee, like each Heartland Dental supported office, is unique to the community and the patients they serve. With the support of a practice manager, a highly trained team on site, coupled with a vast network of experts across the nation, you’ll be completely connected to all the resources and support of Heartland Dental.

• Join a 7 person team that thrives on collaboration, communication and community
• We’re located on 17th Ave E in Shakopee, MN
• We are excited to welcome another Dental Hygienist provider to our Dental family!

Minimum Qualifications

• Current dental hygienist license in MN and an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene (where required)
• Excellent working knowledge of dentistry, dental hygiene procedures, dental patient screening and medical history documentation
• CPR Certification

Preferred Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of experience
• Experience using Velscope, Diagnodent, digital scanner, digital x-rays and electronic medical record systems
• Desire to continue learning and grow clinical skills to meet…