Description

Description

The Colville Service Unit is a great place to work - seeking a Dental Hygienist to join the team. Serve your local community in a rewarding role. Must pass security and background clearance. 

https://www.ihs.gov/portland/healthcarefacilities/colville/

• Perform oral healthcare and risk assessments that include the review of patients' health history, taking and recording blood pressure, blood glucose, rapid HIV test; dental and periodontal charting, oral cancer screening and evaluation of oral disease/health;

• Evaluate a patient's current health status including all medications, salivary function and xerostomia, genetics and family history, habitual and lifestyle behaviors, and psychological and social considerations;

• Perform an extra oral and intraoral examination and oral cancer screening;

• Complete a comprehensive dental and periodontal charting that includes a detailed description and evaluation of the gingiva and periodontium;

• Develop a dental hygiene diagnosis (as a component of the dental diagnosis) based on the oral health findings;

• Explain treatment rationale, risks, benefits, anticipated outcomes, treatment alternatives, and prognosis;

• Identify, prioritize and sequence dental hygiene intervention;

• Coordinate resources to facilitate comprehensive quality care (e.g. current technologies, pain management, adequate personnel, appropriate appointment sequencing and time management);

• Expose, process, and interpret dental radiographs (x-rays);

• Remove biofilm plaque and calculus (soft and hard deposits) from teeth both coronal and apical to (above and below) the gingival margin (gumline) using dental instruments;

• Assess need for and apply caries-preventive agents such as fluorides and sealants to the teeth;

• Discuss the progress being made toward isolating evidence that notes the potential association between systemic and oral health and disease;

• Provide patient education on biofilm plaque control and home care protocol by incorporating techniques and products that will become part of an individualized self-care oral hygiene program;

• Educate patients on the importance of good nutrition for maintaining optimal oral health;

• Use measurable assessment criteria to evaluate the outcomes of dental hygiene care (e.g. probing, plaque control, bleeding points, retention of sealants, etc.);

• Collaborate to determine the need for additional diagnostics, treatment, referral education and continuing care based on treatment outcomes and self­ care behaviors;

• Documents all components of the dental hygiene process of care;

• Objectively records all information and interactions between the patient and the clinic;

• Records legible, concise and accurate information;

• Complies with the federal Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA);

• Respects and protects the confidentiality of patient information; and

• Coordinates dental recall for high risk patients.

• Administer local controlled and sustained release antimicrobial agents;

• Administer pain control agents such as local anesthetic and/or nitrous oxide analgesia;

• Counsel and coordinate tobacco cessation programs;

• Are involved with post-operative care of oral surgery and periodontal surgery patients, provides suture removal, changes dressings, and provides home care instructions;

• Place temporary fillings, polish and finish amalgam restorations, remove overhanging margins of fillings, and reduce sharp edges of fractured teeth;

• Collaborate with the dentist and other health/dental care providers and community-based oral health programs.

Community duties include: maintains liaison with and provides advisory Dental services to other professional personnel on patients or program problems; provides Dental specialty clinics.

Prairie Band Health Services is subject to Title 22: Employment Code of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position is designated as a TIER 1 position. Preference will be given to individuals to the extent required pursuant to Section 22-2-4(B). To be considered for employment with Indian Preference, documentation is required to be provided at time of application. 

Requirements

(a) Graduate from a dental hygiene program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association; or

(b) Graduate from a dental hygiene program located outside the United States or Canada, completion of not less than one year in a program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental association, and proficiency in the English language; and

(c) Certification of having passed the dental hygiene examination administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations or the Canadian National Dental Hygiene Certificate Examination.

Licensure Requirements: Current licensed to practice as a dental hygienist in a State or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.

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