Dental Hygienist

Job: Registered Dental Hygienist

Location: Castleton, VT

Salary: $42-$50

Status: Full-Time 

We are looking for an outgoing full-time Registered Dental Hygienist with strong interpersonal skills to join our fast-paced dental office. Experience is preferred and a current dental hygienist license is required. Our modern, fully digital practices provide restorative care, fixed and removable prosthodontics, endodontics, extractions, and implant restorations.

What we offer for full-time:

  • PTO
  • Paid Holidays 
  • Bonus program
  • Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits
  • 401k + Match
  • Additional benefits not listed here

Responsibilities:

  • Patient screening procedures, such as assessment of oral health conditions, reviewing health history, oral cancer screening, head and neck inspection, dental charting, and taking blood pressure and pulse
  • Removing calculus and plaque (hard and soft deposits) from all surfaces of the teeth
  • Applying preventive materials to the teeth (e.g., sealants and fluorides)
  • Teaching patients’ appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health; (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing, and nutritional counseling)
  • Counseling patients about good nutrition and its impact on oral health
  • Making impressions of patients’ teeth for study casts (models of teeth used by dentists to evaluate patient treatment needs)
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

  • Associate or advanced degree in Registered Dental Hygienist
  • State certification/license as required to work as a Registered Dental Hygienist
  • One year or more of Registered Dental Hygienist experience preferred, but open to no experience for the right candidate.
  • Possess a strong commitment to patient care, patient health, and quality work.

Our Mission & Values: Drive All Decisions and Actions to Make Our Teams, Patients, and Practices Happier and Healthier!

  • Positive Energy We are enthusiastic, empathetic, compassionate, optimistic, generous, kind, and passionate.
  • Partnership Work collaboratively together to achieve shared goals. We accomplish more together than as individuals. We are better together.
  • Communication Set clear expectations and feedback to our patients and team members.
  • Growth – We strive to continuously improve and are goal-oriented. We grow always in all ways.

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