Job Description

Registered dental hygienists are key members of a healthcare team. They understand how social and economic factors impact patients' oral health and must collaborate with other professionals to improve care. Under general supervision of the dentist, is responsible for providing oral hygiene service and education to adult and pediatric patients. This position will work in close physical proximity with patients and some of the primary responsibilities include removing plaque from and polishing a patient's teeth during routine checkups, screening patients, reviewing a patient's oral health history and teaching appropriate brushing and flossing techniques.

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: $87,760.40 - $96,532.80 annually

Sign On Bonus: $3500

Location: Sun River Health - Washington & Sun River Health - Beacon

75 Washington Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 & 6 Henry Street, Beacon, NY 12508

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervises and renders dental hygiene care to patients, which includes but is not limited to, removing calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from the exposed surfaces of the teeth, which begins at the epithelial attachment.
• Provides adult and child dental prophylaxes as well as full mouth debridement; topical fluoride; dental sealants.
• Provides full mouth periodontal charting for the supervising dentist to construct a periodontal treatment plan which may also include scaling and root planning provided by the RDH.
• Places and exposes X-ray films when requested by a supervising dentist.
• Takes impressions for study casts, removes temporary cement and restorations, or applies rubber dam when requested by a supervising dentist.
• Other functions allowable in NYS as defined in the dental practice act that may be delegated by a licensed dentist in accordance with regulations promulgated by the NYS health commissioner (example: local infiltration anesthesia following completion of accredited/approved continuing education).
• Provides patient education, oral hygiene instruction, tobacco cessation and nutritional counseling to patients stressing the relevance of oral health to overall health.
• Provides HeadStart and ABCD visual oral health screenings.

Requirements:

• Associate's degree
• Graduation from approved school dental hygiene plus
• Valid New York State license to practice as dental hygienist
• CPR Certification
• Valid NYS driver's license
• 0-1 year experience

Responsibilities

Relation to Mission
The mission of Sun River Health is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and to improve the health status of our community, especially for the underserved and vulnerable.

Job Responsibilities
The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. Sun River Health may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.