Dental Hygienist

Fidelity Partners; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 58,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Partners’ Federal Medical Center Lexington clinic seeks a Registered Dental Hygienist to deliver preventive and nonsurgical dental hygiene services for adults in custody. The role supports patient assessment, prophylaxis, radiography, education, and clinical documentation in a secure facility.

The position requires active KY RDH licensure, CPR/BLS certification, and ability to meet all security and medical-clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Must hold current active unrestricted RDH license (KY or compacts).
• Must maintain CPR/BLS certification acceptable to the Government.
• Must provide evidence of all required education, professional qualifications, licenses, certifications, and clinical training.
• No prior correctional healthcare experience is required; experience in preventive and nonsurgical dental hygiene is preferred.
• Must be able to collect, document, and protect patient information in official records.
• Must satisfy communicable-disease, occupational-health, drug-screening, and other clinical-clearance requirements.
• Must complete all required law-enforcement checks, background and suitability investigations, orientation, training, and institution-access procedures.
• Must be able to work professionally in a secure correctional environment and comply with all clinical, privacy, safety, and institutional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review medical and dental histories, assess patient needs, and identify conditions requiring referral to the dentist or another provider.
• Perform dental prophylaxis and remove plaque, calculus, and stains using hand and ultrasonic instrumentation.
• Conduct periodontal assessments and charting and provide nonsurgical periodontal therapy within the scope of practice.
• Provide oral-hygiene instruction, preventive education, and follow-up recommendations.
• Expose, process, and evaluate diagnostic dental radiographs following safety standards.
• Document assessments, treatment, education, referrals, and services in the Bureau EMR.
• Prepare operatories, instruments, supplies, and equipment before treatment; restore areas after encounters.
• Disinfect, package, sterilize, store, and monitor instruments per infection-control requirements.
• Maintain instrument/sharpness accountability and report discrepancies.
• Support scheduling, recall activities, clinic flow, and administrative functions.
• Observe patient responses, report concerns, and assist with emergencies within scope.
• Protect patient information and comply with security/privacy requirements.
• Coordinate with dentists, dental assistants, health services, correctional staff, and leadership.

Skills

RDH license

CPR/BLS

Clinical documentation

Data privacy

Job description

Registered Dental Hygienist

Federal Medical Center Lexington - Lexington, Kentucky

This Position Is Contingent Upon Contract Award

Work Location

Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Medical Center Lexington

Main Institution Dental Clinic

3301 Leestown Road

Lexington, KY 40511

Fayette County, Kentucky

Citizenship and Access Requirements: Must satisfy all Federal Bureau of Prisons suitability, identity-verification, onboarding, training, and institutional-access requirements applicable to the assignment.

Security Requirements: No classified clearance is specified. Employment requires a favorable BOP suitability and access determination, including applicable NCIC, fingerprint, law-enforcement, employment-verification, credit, drug-screening, and SF-85 or SF-85P processes.

Number of FTEs: Two positions totaling approximately 1.6 FTE: Position 1 is approximately 1.0 FTE at 40 hours per week, and Position 2 is approximately 0.6 FTE at 24 hours per week.

Type of Employment: Position 1 is Full-Time. Position 2 is Part-Time.

Estimated Total Compensation: $43.93 per hour.

Working Hours: Clinic hours are 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Position 1 normally works Monday through Friday, up to 40 hours per week. Position 2 normally works Tuesday through Thursday, approximately 24 hours per week. Each workday includes eight one-hour sessions and a 30-minute unpaid meal period.

Work Arrangement: On-site at the FMC Lexington main institution Dental Clinic. Remote or telework performance is not authorized for these clinical services.

Period of Performance: December 1, 2026 through November 30, 2031, if all four option periods are exercised.

Summary of Services

The Registered Dental Hygienist will provide preventive and nonsurgical dental hygiene services to adults in custody at Federal Medical Center Lexington. The position supports patient assessment, prophylaxis, periodontal care, radiography, oral-health education, clinical documentation, infection prevention, instrument accountability, and the safe daily operation of the institution's dental clinic.

Mandatory Qualifications

Must hold a current, active, and unrestricted Registered Dental Hygienist license issued by Kentucky or another qualifying compact state.

Must maintain current CPR or Basic Life Support certification acceptable to the Government.

Must provide evidence of all required education, professional qualifications, licenses, certifications, and clinical training.

No prior correctional healthcare experience is required; experience providing preventive and nonsurgical dental hygiene services is preferred.

Must be able to collect, document, and protect patient information accurately in the Bureau Electronic Medical Record and other authorized systems.

Must satisfy communicable-disease, occupational-health, drug-screening, and other clinical-clearance requirements.

Must successfully complete all required law-enforcement checks, background and suitability investigations, orientation, training, and institution-access procedures.

Must be able to work professionally in a secure correctional environment and comply with all clinical, privacy, safety, and institutional requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

Review medical and dental histories, assess patient needs, and identify conditions requiring referral to the dentist or another authorized provider.

Perform dental prophylaxis and remove plaque, calculus, and stains using authorized hand and ultrasonic instrumentation.

Conduct periodontal assessments and charting and provide authorized nonsurgical periodontal therapy within the approved scope of practice.

Provide individualized oral-hygiene instruction, preventive education, and clinically appropriate follow-up recommendations.

Expose, process, and evaluate diagnostic dental radiographs in accordance with applicable safety standards and facility procedures.

Document assessments, treatment, education, referrals, and related services accurately and promptly in the Bureau Electronic Medical Record.

Prepare operatories, instruments, supplies, and equipment before treatment and restore clinical areas after each patient encounter.

Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, store, and monitor instruments in accordance with infection-prevention and quality-control requirements.

Maintain strict accountability for instruments, sharps, supplies, and Government-furnished property and report discrepancies immediately.

Support patient scheduling, recall activities, clinic flow, record review, and other authorized dental-clinic administrative functions.

Observe patient responses, report abnormal findings or clinical concerns, and assist with emergency procedures within the authorized scope of practice.

Protect confidential information and comply with BOP security, privacy, infection-control, professional-conduct, and patient-safety requirements.

Maintain professional communication and coordinate with dentists, dental assistants, Health Services personnel, correctional staff, and institution leadership.

Required Candidate Submission Documents

Current resume documenting relevant dental-hygiene education, qualifications, training, and clinical experience.

Copy of a current active unrestricted Registered Dental Hygienist license and current Government-acceptable CPR or Basic Life Support certification.

Education, health-screening, drug-testing, background, identification, security, orientation, training, and institution-access documents requested by Fidelity Partners or the Government client.

About Us

Fidelity Partners is an Inc. 5000 USA company that provides medical, technical, logistical, and administrative services to the federal government and commercial clients across the country. Fidelity offers competitive salaries and benefits packages.

Qualified applicants are encouraged to learn more about us at www.fidelitypartners.org, call us at [phone], or visit our careers page to join our team.

Fidelity Partners provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws (EOE).