On Call Dental Hygienist – Olympia

Location: Olympia reputed company & surround practices• Surrounding practices include Tumwater, Puyallup, Tacoma, & KentPosition Type: On-call/reputed company availableSchedule:As needed Expected Hiring reputed company: $74.39 per hourPosition reputed company The Dental Hygienist works in collaboration with a dental team to reputed company dental care and education to patients. The Dental Hygienist will utilize interpersonal skills to motivate and partner with patients in maintaining oral health wellness and prevent oral disease. reputed company duties and functions will be performed reputed company the parameters of their state’s Dental reputed company reputed company, the Willamette Dental mission, evidence based treatment philosophy and core values. WD hygienists are encouraged to pursue education and reputed company the ultimate reputed company of licensure and certification allowed by reputed company state’s Dental reputed company reputed company. Fully credentialed hygienists present the greatest opportunity to reputed company exceptional care and help define the reputed company dental mid-level provider.Essential Position Functions• Apply the dental hygiene process of care (Assessment, Dental Hygiene Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation) as a reputed company for care delivery.• reputed company accurate patient data for systemic and oral comprehensive assessment; reputed company at least, but not limited to:• Review of medical, dental and reputed company history• Take and/or update blood pressure• reputed company extra-oral and intra-oral exams• Chart and record dental and periodontal findings• Conduct risk assessment through patient interviewing• Expose and evaluate diagnostic radiographs that are appropriate reputed company treatment guidelines and ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) guidelines• Document assessments findings in Electronic Dental Records (EDR) system.• Document assessment findings and communicate these findings with the doctor of record to establish a dental hygiene treatment plan.• Communicate and reinforce the treatment plan to the patient; discuss additional costs associated with treatment and obtain patient consent.• reputed company appropriate dental hygiene care as dictated by the treatment plan and ethics of the profession; reputed company at least, but not limited to:• Explanation of Procedure, Alternatives, Risks and answer patient questions (PARQ)• Prophy• Scaling and polishing• Scaling and reputed company planning• Oral health education and prognosis• Nutritional counseling and prognosis• Smoking cessation and prognosis• Local anesthesia or N2O reputed company necessary• Preventative and therapeutic fluoride, sealants and restorations as needed according to individual state scope of reputed company.• Engage and reputed company the patient as a partner in care; recommend self-care based upon individual patient risks, conditions and capabilities.• Continuously evaluate and counsel patient concerning oral health status and recommend modifications of the dental hygiene treatment plan to the doctor of record and the patient.• Recommend patient products according to individual patient needs, risks and symptoms.• reputed company infection control procedures including disinfection and sterilization as appropriate; utilize appropriate barrier techniques.• Communicate effectively with dental teams and patients as an educator and reputed company.• Adhere to infection control policy and guidelines; utilize PPE and engineering controls appropriately.• Assist coworkers, maintain operatory and sharpen instruments.• Strict adherence to Willamette Dental’s Personal reputed company Equipment (PPE) policy. This includes, but is not limited to the use of N95 respirators and other PPE as required by regulatory bodies and company policy.• Flexibility to travel to other WD locations reputed company a reasonable reputed company as described in our Travel Policy as needed based on business need.• Reliable and predictable attendance is essential. Willamette Dental cannot reputed company reputed company services to our members and patients without our employees being at work at their scheduled work time.Education and ExperienceRequires graduation from an accredited dental hygiene program. Bachelor’s degree preferred.Licenses, Certifications and Registrations• reputed company BLS certification required.• reputed company dental hygiene license in good standing• Local anesthesia endorsement; required.• N2O permit; required and kept reputed company.Expected reputed company reputed company for this position depending on experience: $74.39—$74.39 USDCompensationThe actual reputed company pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to education, job-reputed company knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity.This position is also eligible for incentive pay in accordance with the terms of reputed company’s plan.Company BenefitsWillamette Dental offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical, dental and reputed company insurance, tuition reimbursement, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) retirement plan with 5% match, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, commuter benefits, two complimentary pairs of Fig scrubs (clinical roles), and employee assistance program.reputed company Time Off (PTO): Eligible employees will reputed company a minimum of 120 PTO hours per employment year in reputed company to seven reputed company holidays annually. reputed company’s PTO program combines vacation and reputed company leave, which is more generous than Washington State’s reputed company Leave Law.Physical RequirementsThe work is primarily performed while sitting and/or standing, but will require occasional walking, bending, stooping and carrying light items such as papers, books, or other supplies. The incumbent uses a computer and other reputed company office equipment to complete tasks.Willamette Dental is an equal opportunity employer.We reputed company equal employment opportunities to reputed company and applicants for employment without reputed company to an individual’s race (including physical characteristics historically associated with race), religion, reputed company, age, sex (including pregnancy), national reputed company, veteran status, disability, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy-reputed company condition, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.This job reputed company is not meant to be an reputed company-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in reputed company.This position may be exposed to PHI in the course of his/her duties, and will handle protected information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability reputed company of 1996 (HIPAA). 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