Dental Hygienist - Central Clinic

Swope Health; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Swope Health is seeking a Dental Hygienist to provide comprehensive preventive oral health care and education within our community-focused team. You will perform routine prophylaxis, scaling, and polishing, while educating patients on preventive practices and nutrition to improve oral health outcomes.

The role emphasizes patient education, clinical proficiency, and collaboration with staff to deliver high-quality care in a community health setting.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited dental hygiene program.
• State license to practice dental hygiene in Missouri and Kansas.
• One year experience in private practice or clinical setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine dental procedures such as scaling of teeth using hand and ultrasonic instruments and polishing of exposed tooth surfaces.
• Instructs patients in preventive dental health practices and provides nutrition counseling.
• Evaluates and provides educational materials to patients and staff.
• Must complete Patient Safety Training curriculum.

Skills

Dental hygiene

Patient education

Nutrition counseling

Clinical procedures

Education

Accredited dental hygiene program

Tools

Ultrasonic scaler

Hand instruments

Polisher

Job description

As a Dental Hygienist for the Swope Health, you will provide care for the people in our community that need it the most. The Dental Hygienist assists in oral health education and performing clinical operations in the prevention of oral disease. The Dental Hygienist aids our patients in attaining and maintaining optimum oral health. If you have a passion for improving the quality of life for others. This is the role for you.

Primary Functions:

• Performs routine dental procedures such as scaling of teeth, including subgingival regions and root planning with hand and ultrasonic instruments, polishing of all exposed tooth surfaces with motor driven and hand instruments in the oral prophylaxis procedure.
• Instructs patients and others in preventive dental health practices, provides nutrition counseling and diet analysis for patients.
• Evaluates and makes available effective dental health educational material to interested groups, patients and other staff.
• Must complete Patient Safety Training curriculum.

Successful Candidates will have:

• Graduation from an accredited school or program in dental hygiene.
• State license to practice dental hygiene in Missouri and Kansas
• One year experience in private practice or clinical setting preferred.

About Swope Health Services:

Each year, Swope Health serves over 45,000 patients, encompassing more than 200,000 visits in four counties on both sides of the state line. Our team members are proud of the work we do and the promise we've made – delivering coordinated care that values the needs of the whole person and championing better health in our community.

Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community. As part of our promise to battle health inequities and provide high-quality, comprehensive care, we make care visible. That means we proudly deliver our promise through every action, every day.

Swope Health Services supports its team members with:

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Eight annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day

About Swope Health

Swope Health, the Kansas City region’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center, has provided comprehensive primary care, dental care and mental health services in the Greater Kansas City area for more than 56 years. Recognized as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, our commitment to an integrated model of healthcare aligns with our mission to improve community health and wellness through accessible, quality, comprehensive patient care.

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and The Joint Commission, we served nearly 56,000 patients in 2025 at 24 locations throughout the area, including Kansas City, Belton, Independence, North Kansas City, Hickman Mills, and Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas. Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community.

As a Swope Health Associate you will be expected to help deliver on the Swope Health Promise of “We Make Care Visible”.

You will do this by V.I.S.I.B.L.E

1. 1. Valuing every person
2. 2. Impacting communities
3. 3. Serving with professionalism
4. 5. Believing that healthcare is a basic human right
5. 6. Leading with accountability and praise

Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Qualifications

Education

Required

High School or better.

Licenses & Certifications

Required

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