Registered Dental Hygienist; RDH

Southwest Virginia Regional Dental Center | Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS)
Pay: $32.00–$42.00 per hour

Are you a Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) looking for a position where you can build meaningful relationships with patients, practice high-quality preventive dentistry, and make a difference in the health of your community?

Southwest Virginia Regional Dental Center, part of Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS), is seeking a compassionate and dependable Dental Hygienist to join our dental care team.

At SVCHS, our hygienists are an important part of an integrated healthcare organization committed to improving access to high-quality care throughout Southwest Virginia. You will work alongside dentists and other healthcare professionals in a collaborative, patient-centered environment while helping patients achieve better oral and overall health.

Working at SVCHS means joining a healthcare organization with a strong community mission and a team dedicated to serving the people of Southwest Virginia.

As an SVCHS Dental Hygienist, you will enjoy:

• Competitive pay of $32.00–$42.00 per hour (based on experience)

• A comprehensive employee benefits package for eligible employees

• A supportive, collaborative dental team

• Meaningful, patient-centered work with a diverse patient population

• The stability of an established community healthcare organization

• Opportunities for continued professional growth and development

• The opportunity to make a measurable difference in access to oral healthcare in Southwest Virginia

• A workplace focused on quality, safety, teamwork, and service to our communities

If you are looking for more than just your next dental hygiene job—and want your work to have a genuine impact we would love to hear from you!

As a Registered Dental Hygienist, you will provide preventive and therapeutic dental hygiene services while educating and supporting patients in achieving optimal oral health.

Key responsibilities include:

• Perform routine dental hygiene services, including scaling, polishing, periodontal charting, root planing, and preventive care within the scope of Virginia law.

• Conduct clinical assessments and document caries, periodontal pockets, and other abnormal oral conditions to assist the dentist with diagnosis and treatment planning.

• Take accurate dental radiographs (X-rays) and apply cavity-preventive agents as prescribed.

• Provide individualized oral hygiene education, home-care instruction, preventive education, and nutrition counseling.

• Review and update patient medical and dental histories and obtain blood pressure and pulse readings as appropriate.

• Administer local anesthesia and/or nitrous oxide when appropriately trained, certified, and authorized under Virginia requirements.

• Maintain accurate, timely, and complete documentation in the patient's dental record.

• Follow infection prevention, sterilization, OSHA, Bloodborne Pathogen, and universal precaution requirements.

• Maintain clean, safe, organized, and patient-ready treatment areas.

• Assist with dental hygiene supplies, equipment maintenance, sterilization processes, patient recall, and scheduling workflows.

• Communicate professionally and compassionately with patients, families, dentists, and other members of the healthcare team.

• Support dental hygiene students participating in clinical training when applicable.

• Participate in team meetings and quality improvement activities.

• Provide dental hygiene services under direct, general, or remote supervision when permitted and appropriate under Virginia Board of Dentistry requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Current Dental Hygienist license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

• Current BLS or ACLS…