Per Diem - Dental Hygienist

Boston Children’s Hospital; Brookline (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital seeks a Dental Hygienist to join a pediatric dental care team providing comprehensive services to children and select adults. The role emphasizes high standards of patient education, radiographs, and infection control within a community-based setting.

The successful candidate will perform hygienic treatments, support preventive care, and coordinate with dentists to ensure timely referrals and high-quality care for young patients.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in dental hygiene is required.
• Dental Hygiene from an accredited program is required.
• Massachusetts RDH license is required at the time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Performs standard dental hygiene treatments, oral evaluations, and preventive education.
• Reviews patient history and consults with licensed dentist as needed.
• Takes radiographs and prepares charts in the electronic dental record.
• Educates patients and caregivers on oral care and post‑treatment steps.
• Schedules appointments and ensures a clean, safe operatory between patients.

Education

Associate's Degree

Dental Hygiene degree

Job description

Position Summary:

Dental Hygienist works as part of a dental care team providing comprehensive, community based dental services consistent with RDH certification, to primarily pediatric patients and a limited population of adult patients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performs standard dental hygiene treatments, oral evaluations, preventive dental health education, and mouth care. Ensure that each patient is briefly examined by a licensed dentist at each visit. Consults with a licensed dentist when referral for additional services is appropriate.
• Reviews patient dental care history prior to patient appointment, Checks medical record for information as needed.
• Follows all patient care standards, policies and procedures. Reviews and annotates patient oral, medical, family and social history
• Takes, develops, mounts and files dental radiographs that meet the minimum departmental standards for quality and readability. Understands proper positioning technique and other requirements when taking panoramic and/or cephalometric films. Checks quality of image and reviews with provider before re-taking an image, to minimize exposure to radiation. Takes digital photographs as instructed. May scan physical (non-digital) images into electronic dental record.
• Charts teeth and conditions in patient’s electronic dental record as directed by the licensed provider.
• Educates patients/parents/caregivers about procedures, post-care treatment and long-term oral care. Modifies instructions and education to the appropriate age level as necessary.
• Prepares for patient care by ensuring a clean and safe environment for direct care and that treatment materials/tools and educational materials are set up. Handles sterile instruments and materials according to standard procedures. Follows department/ADA approved procedures for disinfecting/cleaning operatory between patient visits.
• Documents and enters charges for all procedures performed in a timely manner and according to departmental standards. Schedules appointments in system.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Associate's Degree is required.

Dental Hygiene from an accredited dental hygiene program.

Experience

Minimum of one year of full time experience in pediatric dentistry is required.

Licensure/ Certifications

Current Massachusetts license as a Registered Dental Hygienist R.D.H.

Current CPR Certification