Job Details

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The Dental Hygienist position is located in the Portland VA Healthcare center. The Dental Hygienist provides direct patient care under the supervision of the dentist and senior hygienist and performs other clinical and clerical functions
The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:
* Sets up operatory for planned dental procedure and cleans dental unit for timely turnover
* Handles instruments safely, accurately, and efficiently
* Assesses patient's medical, dental, anxiety/phobias, medications and comorbidities to allow for safe
* patient care
* Assesses the impact of patient's medical and dental condition on maintaining oral health Recognizes age-related and physical changes in individual patients and adapts patient environment to
* maximize patient comfort
* Skill in detecting dental plaque and calculus, oral abnormalities and pathologies, assessing
* inflammation and providing safe instrumentation for all dental hygiene procedures
* Provides routine oral prophylactic care
* Provides gross debridement, scaling and root planing procedures
* Selects the appropriate fluoride products and understands indications/limitations for safe and proper
* application
* Applies oral desensitizing and sealant materials
* Cleans dental prostheses, fixed and removable
* Manages dental recall system, referring patients to the doctor for additional care when appropriate Makes impressions for fluoride carrier trays
* Administers topical and local anesthetic agents (per State license)
* Performs routine dental operatory equipment care and maintenance
* Maintains dental operatory stock items and surveys routinely for expired products
* Accomplishes all procedures within standard infection control protocols
Work Schedule: Tuesday-Friday, 6:30am to 5:00pm (4 x 10 hour days per week)
Compressed/Flexible:Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized