Dental Hygienist- $7000 sign on bonus

Hennepin County Medical Center; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On Bonus of $5,000

Comprehensive benefits program

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Hennepin County Medical Center is looking for a dedicated Dental Hygienist to join our team in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The role involves providing preventive care and clinical hygiene procedures under supervision. Candidates must possess a valid dental hygienist license in Minnesota and have strong interpersonal skills.

The position offers a competitive pay rate, comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and tuition reimbursement, along with a sign-on bonus of $5,000 for eligible external candidates.

Qualifications

• Valid Minnesota dental hygienist license required.
• Basic Life Support certification is mandatory.
• Experience in community clinics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical hygiene procedures.
• Advise patients on diet and dental care.
• Develop dental hygiene treatment plans.
• Conduct oral screenings and assessments.
• Administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide.

Skills

Nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia

Sealant placement

Administration of local anesthesia

Education

Graduation from a school for dental hygienists

Job description

Equal Employment Opportunities

We believe equity is essential for optimal health outcomes and are committed to achieve optimal health for all by actively eliminating barriers due to racism, poverty, gender identity, and other determinants of health. We are committed to equitable care and working in an environment that celebrates, promotes, and protects diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We are committed to bringing in individuals with new cultural perspectives to assist in creating a more equitable healthcare organization.

Job Details

• Department: Dental Clinic
• FTE: 0.6 (48 hours per pay period)
• Workdays: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
• Shift(s): Days
• Shift Length: 8 hours
• Sign‑On Bonus: $5,000*

Sign on bonus is available for eligible external candidates (current employees, contract/temporary workers, and former employees returning to HHS within one year are ineligible).

Purpose of this position

Under general supervision, performs work of moderate difficulty in performing clinical hygiene procedures.

Responsibilities

• Performs complete prophylaxis including scaling, root planning, soft tissue curettage and polishing of fillings. Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns not including instrumentation.
• Performs preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures to include case histories, perform initial and periodic examinations and assessments to determine periodontal status, and formulate a dental hygiene treatment plan in coordination with the dentist's treatment plan.
• Performs procedures such as dietary and salivary analysis and prepares smears.
• May remove and change periodontal packs.
• Advises patient on proper diet and dental care.
• Charts patient treatments.
• Counsels patient and family on dental care and treatments.
• Instructs patient in oral hygiene techniques.
• Prepares, cleans, and maintains instruments and equipment.
• Takes and develops x-rays; performs fluoride applications.
• Maintains supplies.
• Prepares and maintains records.
• Make referrals to dentists, physicians, and other practitioners in consultation with a dentist.
• Replacement, cementation, and adjustment of intact temporary restorations extraorally and intraorally.
• Re‑cement intact temporary restorations and place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns and bridges) to provide palliative treatment.
• Remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges and orthodontic appliances with hand instrumentation only.
• Apply topical medications such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride, bleaching agents, and cavity varnishes in appropriate dosages or quantities as prescribed by a dentist.
• Take impressions for casts and appropriate bite registration.
• Remove sutures.
• Facilitate scheduling patients for operating room procedures as needed.
• Arrange insurance and payment options for patients and refer patients to the proper social service avenue.
• Assess and monitor patient's blood pressure and use a glucometer to test glucose levels.
• Triage phone encounters for patient care.
• Administer and monitor nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia.
• Administer local anesthesia.
• Perform oral screening/assessment and preventative services at off‑site locations as directed. Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, application and adjustment of pit and fissure sealants.
• Restorative Expanded Functions. Restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival composite restorations (class I & V) and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns.
• Other duties as assigned, but only when trained to do so.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from a school for dental hygienists approved by Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association.

Preferred Qualifications

• Have collaborative Management Agreement in place.
• Prior experience working in a community clinic.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Dental Hygienist must have completed a course on nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia.
• Dental Hygienist must have completed course on sealant placement.
• Dental Hygienist must have completed a course on administration of local anesthesia.

License / Certifications

• Possession of a valid license as a dental hygienist issued by the State of Minnesota.
• Basic Life Support.

Total Rewards Package

• We offer a competitive pay rate based on your skills, licensure/certifications, education, experience related to this position, and internal equity.
• We provide an extensive benefits program that includes Medical; Dental; Vision; Life, Short and Long‑term Term Disability Insurance; Retirement Funds; Paid Time Off; and Tuition reimbursement.
• For a complete list of our benefits, please visit our career site on why you should work for us.