Dental Hygienist

Location: Wichita, KS

Pay Range: $35.00 per hour up to $42.00 per hour for experienced, well-qualified professionals

Sign-on Bonus: $1000

Overview:

Hero Practice Services is seeking a Dental Hygienist to help in the direct delivery of oral hygiene and appropriate preventive services to dental patients.

Hero Practice Services is the only practice management company focused on delivering the systems, processes, and people needed to efficiently deliver quality dental, vision, and orthodontic care to children in underserved communities. With offices across the country, we have helped over a million children, ages six months through 20 years, gain access to the care they need since 2006. Working at Hero is both a career and a calling…join us; BE A HERO!

The Opportunity

As a Dental Hygienist on the Hero team, you will have balanced lifestyle, a competitive compensation package and the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility that offers high quality, compassionate care to children.

We offer:

• Competitive compensation package

• Full benefits package including 401K

• The opportunity to work in a practice that changes the lives of children in an underserved community

• Professional growth opportunities

Responsibilities:

• Provide oral health education and appropriate individual counseling for all dental patients

• Support all clinical aspects to meet the needs of the patient and keep the hygiene flow moving effectively. This may include, but not limited to taking x-rays, charting, chair turnover, etc.

• Maintain instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by selecting, sterilizing, and sharpening instruments

Qualifications:

• Prior pediatric dentistry experience

• State certification/license (where applicable)

• Understand state and ADA/OSHA/HIPAA/CDC compliance requirements

• Administration of local anesthetic (where applicable)

Physical Requirements

This position requires full range of body motion. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to handle or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 25 pounds.