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Part Time Monday-Friday 8 am- 5 pm.

Eligible Employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness as a non-profit.

The Tribe is more of a community based organization we understand your family life is important, it's important to us too. As a team member you will enjoy our three different types of paid leave time off Personal, Annual and Sick. Bereavement leave, administrative leave, and others that may apply.

Position Summary:

Under the supervision of Chief Dental Officer, performs all aspects of a dental hygienist, including preventive dental hygiene, periodontal scaling and root planning, charting, equipment sterilization and maintenance, and exposing radiographs. Educate patients, health care providers and the community on how to maintain good oral health. All Nimkee staff must adhere to mandated reporting laws.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide registered dental hygienist duties to eligible patients in accordance with Indian Health Service and Saginaw Chippewa Tribal policies and credentialed privileges granted by the Nimkee medical Executive Committee.

Provide oral prophylaxis (utilizing ultrasonic and/or hand instruments), scaling and root planning, periodontal maintenance, intraoral soft tissue and oral cancer screening exams, and yearly periodontal charting, including periodontal pocketing and recession.

Administer local anesthetic if needed (only to patients 18 or older, per Michigan licensure rules).

Provide individualized oral home care instruction including demonstration of proper brushing and flossing techniques; counsel patients in dental disease prevention, systemic risks, care of dental appliances, dental health and dietary information and answer patient questions. Encourages patients to demonstrate increased knowledge and skill in oral hygiene procedures. Clean dental appliances in ultrasonic.

Apply fluoride varnish and dental sealants.

Expose and label digital radiographs, including bitewing, periapical, occlusal and panoramic views, and utilize as appropriate to perform hygiene duties.

Prepare the dental operatory prior to each patient and clean operatory afterwards.

Record patient information in Dentrix (Electronic Dental Record), including medical changes, coding procedures, clinical notes periodontal charting, assist with recording information during hygiene exam with dentists, and sign clinical note within 24 hours. Enter blood pressure and pulse into EHR.

Clean, disinfect and stock dental operatories including changing traps, cleaning suction lines, etc.

Clean, sterilize and sharpen instruments, utilizing ultrasonic and autoclave; stock clean instruments.

Utilize public health principles to assist with community prevention activities and provide community education (schools, health fairs, etc.) when requested.

Serve as a dental representative on various committees as requested, which could include Medical Executive Committee, Infection Control Committee, Safety Committee, Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Committee and/or HIPAA Committee.

Provide nutritional counseling, tobacco screening and cessation counseling, as needed.

Replace and remove sharps containers when full.

Schedule hygiene recall appointments.

Complete quarterly Peer Reviews of other department hygienists.

Adhere to patient confidentiality and comply with clinic policies and federal regulations under the Privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Provide excellent customer service for all internal and external customers of the operations at all times. Provide solutions for customer concerns and continually focus on cus