Place of performance: The Dental Hygienist Services will be performed on-site in the Health Services Department at the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee in Tallahassee, FL. You must pass mandatory background, credit check and drug screening.
Pay & benefits:- Pay Rate: $44.54.
- $1,500 Sign-on bonus.
- Competitive salary.
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Sick Leave/PTO: One (1) hour accrual per every 30 hours work up to 56 hours per year.
- Vacation: Two (2) weeks paid vacation after one (1) year of service with a contractor or successor, three (3) weeks after five (5) years, and four (4) weeks after 15 years.
Shifts:- 40 hours per week between the hours of 7:00am to 3:00pm. The shift will be up to 8 sessions per day, with a thirty (30) minute unpaid lunch period, if applicable, Monday through Friday, exclusive of Federal holidays.
Description of duties:- Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations.
- Retrieve patient's records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepares patient for attending Dental Officer.
- Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications.
- Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator.
- Observes patient's responses and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic.
- Gives instructions for subsequent dental appointments.
- Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records).
- Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient.
- Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
- Provides dental health education.
- Charting for dental screening exams.
- Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery.
- Dental and periodontal charting.
- Places temporary fillings.
- Prepares places and removes packs.
- Places and removes rubber dams.
- Maintains dental equipment.
- Cleans, sharpens, and sterilizes instruments.
- Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs.
- Reports defective equipment or utilizes corrective action.
- Prepares entries for patient's records.
Education and experience:
- Candidate is required to be certified/licensed as a Dental Hygienist in Florida and must submit photocopies of their license and/or board certification.
- Dental radiology certification, anesthesia certification and CPR certification are also required.
- In addition, a minimum of one year of experience is preferred.
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