Dental Hygienist
Company: Valley Healthcare System
Location: Columbus
Posted on: January 23, 2023
Job Description:
Description:
Summary: Responsible for providing hygiene treatment to patients
Duties and Responsibilities: SPECIFIC DUTIES Patient Management
- Review daily schedule with the administrative assistant for
hygiene patients
- Work with Front Desk to schedule hygiene patients with
efficiency
- Review patient health and dental history forms and update as
necessary
- Accurately chart each patient's periodontal health
- Perform thorough and gentle prophylaxis to patients
- Perform scaling, root planning and selective polishing for
patients as appropriate
- Polish restorations
- Place medicaments sub gingival for periodontal disease
treatment
- Take radiographs of patients as prescribed by dentist
- Apply cavity-preventive agents, such as fluorides and
sealants
- Communicate with patients in an understandable and professional
way
- Check on patient comfort during treatment and help allay
patient anxiety
- Accurately and appropriately record provided treatment
- Teach proper oral hygiene techniques to patients
- Counsel patients on oral health, including the role of
nutrition
- Perform other tasks assigned by the dentist Treatment Room
Management and Sterilization
- Check treatment room for cleanliness and make necessary
changes
- Check and turn on treatment room equipment
- Gather and review patient charts for the day
- Clean treatment room at the end of the day and turn off
equipment
- Maintain a supply inventory for hygiene treatment
- Review, select and submit orders for patient education
materials for the practice
- Submit supply orders to business manager once a month or as
necessary
- Properly discard all disposable items from each visit
- Assemble soiled instruments and place in sterilization
area
- Clean treatment room surfaces with disinfectant solution
- Pre-soak soiled instruments in a disinfectant
- Sort and package instruments by tray for proper
sterilization
- Load, activate and vent the sterilization unit according to
manufacturer's directions
- Store instruments and trays in appropriate places Records
Management
- Securely store and handle patient records in compliance with
office policies and procedures and applicable legal requirements,
such as HIPAA regulations
- Accurately record medical and dental histories
- Accurately file patient information
- Assist in the administration of the recall system Office
Participation
- Be an active participant in team meetings
- Promote team concept by interacting with others in the office
Evaluation: The evaluation of work performance, including: specific
duties, responsibilities, demeanor, and work ethic, will be ongoing
and implemented by the Dr. Johnson per center policies.
Requirements:
PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS Education/Experience
- Must be licensed to practice in state and meet other applicable
state requirements
- Must have completed at least 2 years of post-secondary
education from an accredited dental hygiene program
- Experience providing prophylaxis and taking X-rays
Interpersonal
- Good interpersonal skills to maintain effective rapport with
patients, dentists and coworkers
- Effective verbal skills to communicate with patients and staff
Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma, Registered Hygienist
with the state. Compliance: Adhere to company policies and
procedures and all Federal, State and Local medical service
requirements. To include HIPAA Privacy & Security. Confidentiality
(HIPAA): Every employee is required to sign a Pledge of
Confidentiality. Failure to comply with our Pledge of
Confidentiality can or will lead to immediate termination of
employment. Confidentiality applies to a patient's Personal Health
Information (PHI) and includes: written, oral and electronic
communications. Each employee has an obligation to maintain
confidentiality after their employment/association with this
facility ends. Security (HIPAA): Every employee is required to
protect their computer log-on and password. You must secure your
work area prior to leaving it unattended for an extended period of
time. You are required to log-off of your computer and secure your
work area prior to leaving at the end of the day. If you have a
responsibility for closing or locking files, securing equipment, or
locking the building and you do not comply with these requirements,
you will be subject to reprimand and/or termination based upon the
infraction. We are required by law to protect patient privacy,
identifiable patient information, and all properties containing
such information. Physical Requirements: Varied activities include
standing, walking, reaching, bending and lifting. Employee must
possess full range of body motion including the ability to assist
or lift patients when necessary; occasional weight bearing to
exceed 50 pounds, use of portable stretchers/wheelchairs
encouraged. Employee must possess hand-eye coordination with normal
range of vision and hearing abilities. This position frequently
requires working under stressful conditions and frequently requires
irregular work hours. Environmental Working Conditions: This
position includes both administrative and medical responsibilities.
Employee is frequently exposed to communicable diseases, toxic
substances, medical cleaning and processing solutions which my
included ionizing radiation plus other elements common in a
clinical environment. THIS POSITION IS AT RISK FOR OCCUPATIONAL
EXPOSURE TO BLOOD AND/OR BODILY FLUIDS PI201461832
Keywords: Valley Healthcare System, Columbus , Dental Hygienist, Healthcare , Columbus, Georgia
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