Dental Hygienist Independent Practice

360care; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

360care seeks a Dental Hygienist-Independent Practice to deliver preventive and therapeutic oral health services in senior-care facilities. You will make clinical decisions while our team handles scheduling, billing, and support.

Travel up to 100% within a specified radius; must have reliable transportation and maintain EMR records. On-site treatment occurs in facility-based rooms with comprehensive office support available.

Qualifications

• Valid dental hygiene license.
• Must have obtained or in process of obtaining appropriate certificate to practice independently.
• Ability to educate patients on oral hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Provides preventative and therapeutic oral health services including teeth cleaning.
• Educate patients on oral hygiene and care.
• Maintains current and accurate clinical records in the EMR.
• Travel up to 100% of the time within a specific radius; requires reliable transportation.

Skills

Clinical dental hygiene

Patient education

EMR proficiency

Education

Dental Hygiene License

Job description

Overview

Make a difference every day at 360care

At 360care,we are in business to better the lives of our customers by improving access to quality care by serving as the link between senior care communities and ancillary providers.We are committed to *providing exceptional experiences to all we serve *working towards goals with passion and urgency *consistently treating others with understanding and respect *improving through innovation while embracing the ever-changing healthcare landscape. More than 3,000 senior care communities and more than 400 clinicians trust in 360care to help address the residents’ ancillary care needs. 360care works with the highest quality clinical professionals, who are dedicated to seeing that patients receive the best, most appropriate level of care.

Responsibilities

Dental Hygienist-Independent Practice

We let you focus on providing the care you were trained for, making all clinical decisions, and we focus on the rest!Why Providers choose 360Care:

• Focus on quality patient care
• Flexible scheduling, we work around your availability
• Patients seen on-site, in a treatment room located within the facility
• Rewarding work with great compensation

We Provide:

• State of the art portable equipment and supplies
• All scheduling and billing is completed by 360Care
• Full office support including a Care Coordination team handling all consents, pre-authorizations, patient scheduling, post op and IT support
• Field support and mentorship from Clinical Director
• PPE

Qualifications

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides preventative and therapeutic oral health services including teeth cleaning
• Educate patients on oral hygiene
• Maintains current and accurate clinical records and charts through electronic medical records.
• Responsible for all care and cleaning of medical equipment.
• Responsible for clean-up of service area used facility.
• Assist with patient transportation.
• Communicate effectively with all patients, family members, providers, faculty, and staff.
• Provide timely responses to patient inquiries; document conversations in the EMR.
• Requires travel up to 100% of the time, within a specific radius.
• Must have own reliable transportation, good driving record, and car insurance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid dental hygiene license.
• Must have obtained or in process of obtaining appropriate certificate to practice independently.