Dental Hygienist
Covington Family Dentistry
- Covington, WA
- $65.00-73.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
Compensation: $65-$73/hour
Schedule: Mondays 12pm or 2pm-8pm, Tuesdays 12pm-8pm, Wednesdays 12pm-8pm or 11am-7pm, Thursdays 8am-4m, Fridays 8am-2pm (32-33 hours/week)Job responsibilities/duties:
- Sterilizing instruments
- Take x-rays and intraoral photos
- Scheduling patients
- Dental charting and coding
- Develop and present treatment plans
- Collaborate with Dentist on treatment recommendations and assist when necessary
- Educate patients on treatment and dental hygiene
- Perform hygiene procedures tailored to each patient diagnosis such as prophylaxis, scaling and root planning, and periodontal maintenance
- Ensure compliance with infection control protocols
- Administrative tasks such as answering phones, calling labs, and patient follow-up calls
- Stock supplies and maintain equipment
- Accurately document and maintain Patient Health Information
- Collaboration with team-members
- Associate’s degree from ADA Accredited Dental Hygiene Program
- Current state licensure
- Current CPR/BLS certification
- Proficiency in dental patient management software such as Open Dental or Dentrix
- Strong teamwork and communication skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Attention to detail
- Adaptability
- Medical with company paid contribution
- Dental
- Vision
- Company paid Basic Life
- Ancillary benefits
- Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
- Critical Illness
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Accident
- Competitive 401K – up to 4% match
- Competitive PTO
- Paid Holidays
- A fun, friendly, and collaborative culture – focus on a healthy work/life balance
- Continuing Education allowance of $500
- Paid study club
- Mentorship
- Growth opportunities