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Reporting Relationship: Reports to the Chief Dental Officer\ Supervision Responsibilities: Yes\ \ Essential Role: Provides leadership and manages dental hygiene/outreach staff throughout the organization. Provides direction and coordination of professional hygiene services in order to complement the dentists role of delivering primary dental care services for GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc. Fulfills the role of a dental hygienist.\ \ Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with employees to ensure they understand their job description, the desired results associated with their work, and the resources available to achieve the results.
• Interviews and makes decisions for hiring employees for open positions with guidance from supervisors.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the dental hygienist and outreach staff.
• Trains and develops hygiene staff with ongoing direction from supervisor to ensure they are capable of performing their duties.
• Plans, assigns, and directs work; appraises performance; rewards and disciplines employees; addresses paid time off, time clock issues, complaints and resolves problems with the guidance of supervisor.
• Provides leadership when determining application of policies and procedures designed to guide dental clinic activities and ensures that the department consistently operates in a high quality manner.
• Supervises students for internships/externships and delegates authority and responsibility when and where need is indicated.
• Performs patient education.
• Uses patient screening procedures.
• Delivers direct patient care to patients as assigned, using established dental hygienist procedures; performs routine treatment procedures, such as cleaning, polishing, x-rays, application of sealants and fluorides, and related procedures.
• Documents dental history or chief complaint; records and reports pertinent observations and patient reactions to dental staff, as appropriate; documents lab procedures and ensures follow up on results.
• Assists with or institutes emergency measures for sudden adverse developments during treatment of patients.
• Supervises travels and provides hygiene care to outreach locations in surrounding counties.
• Communicates with State Dental Board regarding supervising of all hygienist and extended care permit holders, including when changes occur.
• Oversees the dental outreach program; including scheduling of services/staff, health fair involvement and community events, and education of patients and staff regarding services provided.
• Facilitates student interactions through various learning institutions for RDH externships and rotations.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to his/her job functions.

Working Conditions:\ Dental office environment. May require travel. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time. Bending, stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs.) may be required. Interaction with physicians, patients and other office personnel. May involve contact with angry, upset or ill persons. May involve potential exposure to blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances. Must have visual acuity and manual dexterity to interface with computer. Must have auditory acuity to handle phone calls.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.\ \ This job description has been examined for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (May 1995).