DENTAL HYGIENIST

North Carolina Community Health Center Association; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. in Durham, NC seeks a Dental Hygienist (Full/Part time) to promote dental health and provide preventive care within a Federally Qualified Health Center. The role involves performing prophylaxis, radiographs, oral cancer screening, and charting dental conditions in accordance with the dental practice act.

Educating patients on preventive oral health is also required. Qualified candidates have graduation from an accredited dental hygiene program and NC

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Dental Hygiene program.
• Licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina.
• Two (2) years’ experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promote dental health by completing dental prophylaxis and preventive care.
• Provide radiographic studies and oral cancer screenings.
• Chart conditions of decay and disease and document findings.
• Teach primary preventive dental education to patients.

Skills

Dental knowledge

Patient communication

Preventive education

Education

Dental Hygiene degree

NC licensure

2+ years experience (preferred)

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY
Promote dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act. Teach primary preventive care education.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Considerable knowledge of standard practices and procedures in a dental clinic required. Ability to communicate effectively with patients, dentist, staff and community groups required. The ability to understand technical and medical terminology as they relate to dentistry and ability to teach preventive dental education required

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Graduation from an accredited Dental Hygiene program required. Special requirements: licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina. Two (2) years’ experience preferred.

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified community health center located in Durham, NC is recruiting for a Dental Hygienist (Full/Part time). Durham is known as the Bull City, the City of Medicine, the Tastiest Town in the South, and the Startup Capital of the South. It’s a two-hour drive from the beach, a three-hour drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is North Carolina’s fourth largest city by population. Along the East Coast, Durham is located conveniently along I-85. For those outside of driving distance, travel to and from is made easy as the City and County of Durham co-own the top-ranked Raleigh-Durham International Airport that services more than 45 nonstop destinations.

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. (LCHC), mission is to provide primary and preventive health care in a courteous, professional, and personalized manner.

LCHC provides comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to our patients regardless of ability to pay. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide health care to all members of our community, including low income, uninsured patients and diverse communities. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our key requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so staff must be committed to the mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve. Understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences.