What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Hygienist position at Schiffman Dental?
Job Description
We are looking for a friendly, energetic, self-starting individual with chair-side skills and savvy to join our personable, fast paced, conservative, patient-focused dental team in Provo. So if you like working with people and feel you have these skills, please submit your resume with your reason why you would be a great fit for this position in your cover letter or email.
Pay based on experience, knowledge, performance.
Dental hygienists work with the doctor and other hygienists and team members in the dental practice to provide clinical treatment to their patients. They are expected to handle supervisory and administrative tasks as well.
Qualifications:
- Dental Hygiene Degree or Higher
Hygienist Duties
- Monitor and prioritize workflow of the dental hygiene department.
- Maintain office records and supplies for clinical hygiene area.
- Maintain and order clinical supplies and/or submit to lead dental assistant
- Develop clinical hygiene schedules
- Train new dental hygiene hires and demonstrate standard operating procedures within the practice
- Report any issues with clinical hygiene team or front office staff related to SOP to the doctor or practice administrator so they may be addressed promptly
- Keep the dentist(s) and clinical hygiene team members informed of appointment changes, overruns and patients in the waiting room
- Input for performance reviews for the doctor or practice administrator for other team members
- Perform Routine dental hygiene & periodontal treatment procedures.
- Assist clinical team where needed with typical procedures such as taking and developing X-rays, administering local anesthetic (where legally and licensed to perform), charting, intra oral photos, and assisting with any other clinical procedures up to their legal ability. Also assist occasionally, when needed, with scheduling, taking payments and checking patients in and out.
- Assisting with setup, breakdown, maintenance, clean-up, proper sterilization or other preparation of hygiene rooms and equipment & instruments daily
- Assisting with scheduling, taking payments and educating patients about their treatment and costs.
Job Types: Part-time : Mondays, Wednesdays and/or Thursdays: 7:45 am to 5 pm
Salary: hourly or a combination of hourly and commission. Pay is based on experience, knowledge, performance.
Job Type: Part-time
COVID-19 considerations:
We are following all CDC and local government protection guidelines.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $38.00 - $47.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
Application Question(s):
- What days and hours are you available to work?
- Could you please outline your desired career path over the next 3-5 years?
- Are you able to commit to at least 1 year (hopefully more) of consecutive part time work? If yes, how long can you work with us?
Work Location: In person
Salary : $38 - $47