Dental Hygienist

Location: Stronghurst, IL 61480

Scope of Work Responsibilities:

• Work under the supervision of the dentist.
• Assist in exposure, processing, and mounting of dental radiographs and maintain patient radiographs as part of the dental record.
• Ensure sufficient materials are available; inform the dental assistant of material shortages and the necessity of reorder.
• Prepare materials or medicaments for use by the dentist or themselves and deliver them as required in the treatment of patients.
• Discuss and update patient health history before beginning appointments.
• Scan necessary chart information into dental charts of patients.
• Prepare charts 48 hours in advance for the next day's appointments.
• Function as a dental assistant for the dentist as needed.
• Serve as a dental health educator to answer patient inquiries within the hygienist's knowledge sphere.
• Carry out aspects of the total dental health program related to primary prevention.
• Administer anesthesia.
• Perform other tasks as needed.

Site Work Location:

Each employee has a primary work site(s) to which they are assigned. Eagle View Community Health System (EVCHS) has multiple sites; therefore, any employee may be asked to work at another site if the need arises. Administrative employees and contracted service providers may work from their homes, as agreed upon in their contract. No employee shall be asked to perform work outside his/her job description or capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Current license as a hygienist in the State of Illinois is required.
• Working knowledge of patient care as applied to dental care.
• Ability to handle dental instruments and materials carefully and dexterously.
• Ability to relate to dental patients for dissemination of dental health education.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.
• Required to stand, walk, climb, occasionally balance, stoop, and kneel.
• Must lift and/or move 10 pounds or more.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Work Environment:

The performance of this job takes place in a health center setting. The employee will be exposed to moderate levels of noise in a moderately paced environment. There will be frequent patient or client contact over the telephone and in person. The employee will also work with other EVCHS departments to deliver optimal service and meet health center goals.

Employee Expectations:

Employees of Eagle View Community Health System (EVCHS) are expected to support the mission of EVCHS and uphold its core values and mission statement by striving for continuous quality improvement; being respectful and honoring psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural beliefs of each other and patients, clients, and community members; acting ethically in all aspects of performing job duties; being team spirited; and exhibiting exemplary customer service in all interactions.

EVCHS employees are required to abide by the Code of Conduct, build great relationships with standards, comply with corporate compliance (HIPAA and corporate integrity), follow safe work practices, and respect privacy rules related to patient, employee, and volunteer information.