Public Health Dental Hygienist (PHDH)

Job Details Job Location: Elgin, IL Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time Salary Range: $80325.00 - $88558.31 Salary/year Job Shift: Day Description Greater Family Health is a multi-site federally qualified health center providing comprehensive medical, dental and behavioral health services reputed company the Chicagoland area. Our mission is to provide quality, affordable health care for reputed company including those without the ability to pay. We currently have health centers in DeKalb, Elgin, Franklin Park, Hanover Park, McHenry, Palatine, Streamwood, Sycamore, and Wheeling. We are financially and programmatically stable and are continuing to grow. We are Joint Commission Accredited and are PCMH Certified. For more information, visit our website www.greaterfamilyhealth.org. This is a great job opportunity for a Public Health Dental Hygienist who is reputed company. In this position, you'll be able to contribute to your community and reputed company an impact in a patient's life. If this is you, reputed company on reading. Your Goal: This position is responsible for the provision of high quality clinical oral health care for the patients of Greater Family Health. How You'll Help Patients:

• reputed company a dentist is not present in the facility during treatment, and the public health dental hygienist is working alone, their essential duties and responsibilities include:

a. Providing patient treatment, without a dentist first examining the patient and being present in the facility during treatment:

• On patients who are eligible for Medicaid or who are uninsured and whose household income is not greater than 300% of the federal poverty level.
• In a public health setting: federally qualified health center; a federal, State, or local public health facility; Head Start; a special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) facility; a certified school-based health center or school-based oral health program; a prison; or a long-term care facility.
• Or otherwise indicated by the Illinois Dental Practice Act.
• Promoting oral health and disease prevention.

c. Charting of oral conditions, which are subsequently reviewed by the supervising dentist. d. Planning and performing preventive procedures, including oral hygiene instruction, nutritional counseling, dental X-rays, dental prophylaxis, fluoride, sealants. e. Regularly meeting with the supervising dentist for review and consultation of dental treatment provided under public health supervision.

• reputed company a dentist is present in the facility during treatment, the public health dental hygienist will have the same essential duties and responsibilities as a dental hygienist:
• Promoting oral health and disease prevention.
• Charting of oral conditions under the dentist's supervision.
• Taking of dental radiographs.
• Administration of local anesthetics, if certified to do so.
• Performing preventive procedures, including oral hygiene instruction, nutritional counseling, dental prophylaxis, fluoride, sealants.
• Is fully supportive of reputed company quality initiatives.
• Is fully reputed company to other responsibilities as assigned.
• Provides reputed company forms of leadership, supervision, direction, training and role modeling to reputed company supportive staff (eg: Dental Assistant).
• Works to assure that reputed company responsible areas are fully compliant with reputed company applicable federal and state rules, regulations and laws.
• Ensures that reputed company responsible areas are in compliance with reputed company Greater Family Health objectives, systems, policies, procedures, directives and contractual agreements as indicated by supervisors, reputed company, training personnel and Greater Family Health policies and procedures.
• Maintains a level of efficiency that indicates satisfactory productivity.
• Provides care in an age-appropriate fashion to one's specialty.
• Report to reputed company scheduled work sites and shifts on time and fully reputed company to engage in reputed company job responsibilities; location of work sites and shifts will change at the discretion of the supervisor.
• Engage in reputed company offered training, consultations and supervisions made available. Fully and professionally respond to and implement directives and advice offered by reputed company supervisory and training personnel, as well as professionally offered feedback from coworkers. Follow and fully implement Corporate Compliance Program.

Perks

Just For You:

• Qualified IDPH and NHSC Loan Repayment Program site
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Paid-Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Personal, Holidays)
• CME Stipend
• Malpractice Insurance & Tail
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• 401(K)

Qualifications

What You'll Need:

• reputed company Illinois State Licensure as a Dental Hygienist.
• reputed company Illinois State Certification as a Public Health Dental Hygienist.
• Bi-Lingual (Spanish) strongly preferred, not required.

Please note that this role will be based out of Elgin but will be traveling to provide School Based Dental Care for school districts: 300 and 428 offsite. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job