SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is hiring: Dental Hygienist

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Pay Range

Pay Range:$54.60 - $76.93

SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Provide optimum age specific prevention and curative periodontal and dental care for SEARHC patients by performing hygiene services on infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients.

Key Essential Functions And Accountabilities Of The Job

• Provides age-specific patient education in the prevention and control of oral disease stressing the importance of oral hygiene, home care and nutrition.
• Examination of oral tissues, periodontal therapy, coronal polishing of teeth, and apply topical fluoride; measures and marks periodontal pockets; performs x-rays, records pulse, blood pressure and temperature.
• Manages patient schedule.
• Coordinates and conducts dental prevention activities, including health fairs, sealant clinics, and Head Start clinics.
• Maintains hygienist supplies and instruments, including sterilization of instruments.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position does not require supervisory responsibilities.
  
  

Education, Certifications, And Licenses Required

• Graduate of a two-year Dental Hygiene Program
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Pass the National Board Examination for Dental Hygienist
• Active Dental Hygiene License in the State of Alaska or another U.S. State. Alaska State Hygiene License preferred
• BLS required within 90 days of start.
• High school diploma or GED
• Clinical Competency required within 3 months of hire and every 3 years
• High Risk Competency required within 3 months of hire and every year
  
  

Knowledge of

• Proper infection control techniques
• Principles of dental and periodontal disease and appropriate treatment therapies
• Proper use of dental instruments
  
  

Skills In

• Clinical hygiene
• Oral and written communication skills
• Accurate clinical judgment
  
  

Ability to

• Physically sit over patient for hours at a time
• Good dexterity with hands
  
  

Required Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association, Clinical Competency Assessment - SEARHC, Dental Hygenist - Alaska State Board of Dental Examiners, High Risk Competency - SEARHC

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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