Total comp between $60 - $68 per hour

Capitol Dental is searching for a full-time Expanded Practice Hygienist. This position will travel to various Gentle Dental offices and community partner sites within the Columbia River Gorge area.

Our culture is based on innovation and providing a wellness approach to Dentistry to improve clinical results and consistently generate predictable treatment outcomes. We focus on providing the highest quality, multi-disciplinary, and comprehensive oral health services with clinicians who precisely diagnose, document, educate, and treat our patient populations. 

An EPDH for this position will work as a primary care provider, providing all services under the scope of an EPDH. The EPDH will utilize teledentistry to consult with a dentist. Our hope with this position is that the hygienist (EPDH) would be very entrepreneurial and proactive, taking charge of their schedule and patient base to help keep access moving along. Allowing both the EPDH and the doctor to practice at the highest scope of their licensure.

Position Details:

• Schedule – This is a full-time opportunity
• Provides outreach to targeted populations to provide preventive care and navigation to additional services
• Administrative tasks- insurance verification, using computers- dental and medical software/emails/Word/Excel
• Marketing/Education- Educate patients and colleagues on the importance of oral health and educating and recruiting patients to receive dental services

Office Culture:

• Teamwork in the patients best interest
• Quality patient care with clinical autonomy based on best practices in the patients best interest

 Benefits Include:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical and pharmacy, dental, vision (for employees and their families)
• Basic life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
• 6 Paid holidays and 1 Paid floating holiday
• PTO (80 hours per year for hourly; 120 hours per year for salaried)
• 401k plan and deferred compensation plan
• Referral Bonuses ($2K-5K depending on role)
• CE credits
• Malpractice

 
Position Qualifications:

• Accredited Hygiene Technical School or College
• Current applicable State Dental License (or the ability to acquire one by the time of employment)
• Oregon EPDH license
• Other licenses/certifications such as CPR, local certified anesthesia

We are committed to the safety and well being of our patients and employees. To this end we are adhering to best-in-class safety practices based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Dental Association (ADA) and state/local mandates.