Registered Dental Hygienist

Clinica Sierra Vista; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bakersfield is seeking a Registered Dental Hygienist to join their team. The role involves performing dental assessments, providing preventive care, and educating patients on oral hygiene. The ideal candidate will hold a California Dental Hygiene License and possess a dental x-ray certificate. The organization values inclusivity and aims to provide high-quality care to diverse communities.

Benefits

Health coverage for you and your family

Generous vacation days

Wellness plan and health club discounts

Continuing education assistance

403(B) plan with company matching

Qualifications

• Administer local anesthesia and nitrous analgesia under supervision.
• Assess patients' dental health and develop treatment plans.
• Instruct patients on oral hygiene practices.

Responsibilities

• Perform dental hygiene assessments and develop care plans.
• Thoroughly remove deposits and stains from teeth.
• Educate patients on maintaining oral health.

Skills

Bilingual

Education

California Dental Hygiene License

Dental x-ray certificate

Job description

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Base pay range

$79,040.00/yr - $103,251.20/yr

Clinica Sierra Vista is excited to be one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers in the Nation! We’re honored to serve the men and women of the fields. We also offer care and support to the inner city, the rural and isolated, those of low, moderate, and fixed incomes, and families from an array of cultural backgrounds who speak several languages. We don’t inquire about immigration status because we simply don’t need to know. If you come to us, we will treat you like any other patient.

As we grow our team, we are looking for individuals who believe the patient is always #1.

Why work for us?

• Competitive pay which matches your abilities and experience
• Health coverage for you and your family
• Generous number of vacation days per year
• A robust wellness plan and health club discounts
• Continuing education assistance to grow and further your talents
• 403(B) plan with company matching
  
  

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We're looking for someone to join our team as a Dental Hygienist who acts as an auxiliary to the Dentist, is a licensed professional oral health educator and clinical operator who use scientific methods for the control and prevention of oral diseases to aid patients in attaining and maintaining optimum oral health.

The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment and development planning and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also includes oral health education, counseling, and health screening

The Dental Hygienist uses dental hygiene care to denote all integrated preventive services administered to the patient. An objective in planning dental hygiene care is to insure the best possible sequence of procedures, which will contribute to restoration of the patient’s oral health in the shortest possible time and pave the way to the long-range preventive program that will continue throughout the patient’s lifetime. To achieve the goals of planned care, the Dental Hygienist must see hygiene procedures as part of the total plan for the continuity of the corrective and maintenance phases of an effective preventive dentistry program.

Essential Functions :

• Administer local anesthesia (Under Direct Supervision of dentist present in facility – hygienist must have evidence of satisfactory completion of a board-approved course to administer).
• Administer nitrous analgesia (Under Direct Supervision of dentist present in facility – hygienist must have evidence of satisfactory completion of a board-approved course to administer).
• Assess patients' teeth, bone, and periodontal tissues indicating the presence of any abnormalities or suspected diseases or conditions.
• Co-diagnose with the dentist to develop appropriate periodontal treatment plans.
• Bring to the immediate attention of the dentist any suspected lesion in the mouth or on the teeth.
• Thoroughly remove soft and hard deposits and extrinsic stain from teeth, using hand instruments, ultrasonic cavitron inserts and prophy handpieces.
• Instruct patients how to practice good oral hygiene; make recommendations as to appropriate products or devices for patients' home care; and provide other health care education, as necessary.
• Perform prophylaxis in the absence of periodontal disease or gingivitis.
• Perform full mouth debridement, either as a first stage gingivitis therapy or to remove interfering calculus to further enable a more accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Perform root planning as a periodontal therapy.
• Placement and removal of periodontal packs.
• Place locally administered antibiotics as supportive periodontal therapy.
• Implement irrigation and desensitizing procedures or products as adjunctive to periodontal therapy.
• Ability to take digital dental x-rays (intraoral and extraoral).
• Apply cavity-preventive agents, such as fluorides.
• Bonding for pit and fissure sealants.
• Removal of temporary and permanent cement
  
  

You'll be successful with the following qualifications:

• All applicants must hold current California Dental Hygiene License.
• Must hold dental x-ray certificate.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (recommendation).
• Must exhibit a desire to participate in a community oriented preventive dentistry programs
  
  

Clinica Sierra Vista values human rights, goodwill, respect, inclusivity, equality, and recognizes that the organization derives its strength from a rich diversity of thoughts, ideas, and contributions. As leaders in healthcare industry, we aspire to be an employer of choice by promoting an organizational culture that reflects these core values. We seek to attract, develop, and retain a talented and dedicated workforce where people of diverse races, genders, religions, cultures, political affiliations and lifestyles thrive. Our goal is to create a welcoming and inclusive environment that empowers our employees to provide the highest level of service to our community of residents and businesses; they’re counting on us.

Clinica Sierra Vista is an equal opportunity employer and strives to attract qualified applicants from all walks of life without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state and/or local law. We aim to create an environment that celebrates and embraces the diversity of our workforce. We welcome you to join our team!

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