Registered Dental Hygienist

Registered Dental Hygienist – One Day per Week

San Clemente, California | Direct Hire | Up to $65 per Hour

A-Team Dental Staffing has partnered with an established private dental practice in San Clemente, California, to recruit a confident and clinically strong Registered Dental Hygienist for a direct-hire opportunity.

The practice is seeking a hygienist with excellent periodontal charting and disease-management skills who can help strengthen its hygiene program. The ideal candidate is thorough, dependable, patient-focused, and comfortable working in a busy, outcome-oriented environment.

Schedule

• One day per week
  
• Tuesday or Wednesday
  
• 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
  
• Team members arrive approximately 10 minutes before the first patient
  

Compensation

• Up to $65 per hour, based on experience
  
• Potential bonus opportunities
  

Practice Environment

• Established for approximately 20 years
  
• Two-provider private practice
  
• Eight operatories
  
• Supportive team of approximately five staff members
  
• Assisted-hygiene model
  
• PPO, HMO, and fee-for-service patient base
  
• Results-driven and outcome-oriented environment
  

Responsibilities

• Perform adult and pediatric prophylaxis
  
• Provide periodontal maintenance and scaling and root planing
  
• Complete thorough and accurate periodontal charting
  
• Identify periodontal disease and clearly communicate clinical findings
  
• Educate patients about periodontal health and recommended treatment
  
• Perform two-quadrant SRP appointments within the practice’s established scheduling protocols
  
• Administer local anesthesia within the hygienist’s licensed scope
  
• Provide anesthesia for the doctor’s patients when needed
  
• Apply fluoride and dental sealants
  
• Place Arestin and perform irrigation as prescribed
  
• Take diagnostic-quality digital radiographs, including bitewings, panoramic images, and full-mouth series
  
• Establish appropriate three-, four-, or six-month recall intervals
  
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation in Dentrix
  
• Collaborate with providers regarding patient treatment and periodontal needs
  
• Provide excellent chairside care and help patients feel comfortable
  
• Follow OSHA, HIPAA, sterilization, and infection-control standards
  

Software and Technology

• Dentrix
  
• Practice by Numbers
  
• Denttio imaging software
  
• Papaya 3D imaging system
  

Requirements

• Active California Registered Dental Hygienist license
  
• Current CPR/BLS certification
  
• Local anesthesia certification
  
• Strong periodontal charting and clinical assessment skills
  
• Experience providing SRP and periodontal maintenance
  
• Dentrix experience preferred
  
• Excellent communication and patient-education skills
  
• Comfortable working within an assisted-hygiene model
  
• Dependable, organized, detail-oriented, and team-focused
  
• Ability to maintain quality care in a fast-paced environment
  

Benefits