Dental Hygienist

Position Overview

Dental Hygienist at Harbor Health Services, Inc.

Join our Dental team at the Harbor Community Health Center in Hyannis, MA. Flexible schedule, strong support, and fantastic benefits await (even at 20 hours weekly).

Base pay range: $38.03/hr - $57.07/hr

Sign on bonus: $2,500 offered!

Great Hours, Great Mission, Great Team — Your Next Dental Hygiene Role Starts Here at Harbor Health!

• Takes and records vital signs and reviews medical chart for medications, medical history and allergies for procedures.
• Performs and properly documents oral exams such as oral cancer screening, preliminary examinations, periodontal charting, evaluates occlusion and parafunctional habits, screens for orthodontic, periodontal, etc., and charts dental restorations, etc.
• Instructs patient on proper dental care including proper diet, brushing, flossing, adjunct tools, fluoride rinses and makes recommendations for fluoride prescriptions and antibacterial agents; records instructions given in the medical record.
• Performs authorized procedures such as but not limited to sub-gingival and supra-gingival scaling, root planning and curettage, application of fluoride varnish and topical anesthetics while accurately recording treatments in the medical record.
• May perform dental assisting duties as needed such as infection control, triage of emergency patients, and set up and breakdown of operations before and after patients.

• BA preferred with current MA Dental Hygiene license required, current BLS (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers) Certification required.
• 1 year of experience in a professional clinical setting, 3 years of experience preferred, (may substitute 2 years of Dental Assisting experience for 1 year of experience as a Dental Hygienist.)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement. When determining actual base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, years of relevant experience, education, training, and other factors as permissible by law).

Sign on bonus: half on hire and remainder at 90 days in good standing, former employees of HHSI not eligible.