Description

Job Type

Full-time

Pasco, WA Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location: 715 W Court St Pasco, WA

Tri-Cities Community Health (TCCH) is looking for a Dental Hygienist who has a passion for helping others. As a community health center, located in southeastern Washington, serving Pasco, Kennewick, Richland and the surrounding communities. 

TCCH offers a variety of schedules to support a work-life balance. Most of our clinics offer Monday-Friday day shifts, with no weekends or holidays, competitive salaries and benefits. While providing careers in a fast-paced work environment and opportunities for professional development. 

We employ a highly diversified group of talented individuals who are dedicated to fulfilling our mission to provide the highest quality patient care with the greatest degree of professionalism and courtesy regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.

Our Mission: 

We are dedicated to the communities we serve, bringing together a unified team that delivers the highest-quality health care to every person, every time. 

Who are we?

Our community health center began as a modest sized medical clinic in Pasco, Washington in 1981. The clinic was founded by a small group of women in the Pasco community who saw the need to serve low income community members who could not afford to pay for Healthcare. 

Tri-Cities Community Health has grown into a comprehensive non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) where we have evolved into a network of community health centers that continue with the foundation TCCH was built on and serve an even more diverse population in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas.

Description:

The person(s) in this position provides direct patient treatment and provides oral health education to patients as accorded in the Washington State Administrative Codes and laws relating to the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene.

Essential Functions:

1. Perform duties within the scope of practice as delegated by a dentist. 

2. Perform “expanded duties” within the scope of practice as delegated by a dentist.

3. Maintains accurate documentation in EDR system

4. Complies with clinic policy and procedures consistently in all aspects of employment.

5. Participates in dental and general staff meetings as directed. 

6. Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.

7. Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter and intra departmentally to facilitate the department's/unit's ability to meet its goals and objectives.

8. Ability to carry out all other duties as assigned.

**This is a bargaining unit position**

Requirements

Education: Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Dental Hygiene required.
Experience: One year of clinical experience preferred.
License/Certification: Current Registered Dental Hygiene license required. Must have/obtain CPR certification within 3 months of hire. 
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Strong professional, organizational, and interpersonal skills required. Knowledgeable regarding current standards of practice and competencies of RDH’s as endorsed by the WA State Department of Health. Strong problem-solving, communication and computer skills required.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off - Sick, Vacation, and Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible Health Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account
• CME Reimbursement (if applicable) 
• Retirement - 403(b) with matching contributions
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Life Insurance

Visit our website for more! https://mytcch.org/careers/

Tri-Cities Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law