Registered Dental Hygienist

Job Description: Description: DESCRIPTION: Position Title: Registered Dental Hygienist Division/Location: Oral Health Services/ Dental Clinic Reports To: Dental Director Effective Date: 07/23/2021 Status: Part-time (20+ hours/week; hours may vary depending on operations) FSLA Non-Exempt Are you a Registered Dental Hygienist looking for a fulfilling career where you can positively impact the lives of underserved communities? Do you have a passion for oral health care and helping others? Do you have a desire to educate, empower, and improve the health of low-income communities ? If this sounds like you be a part of something bigger today... Help us change lives at Community Health Partnership of Illinois! Community Health Partnership of Illinois is seeking a part-time Registered Dental Hygienist at our Harvard dental clinic that is passionate about helping underrepresented communities and providing exceptional oral health patient care. We are seeking a candidate that is dependable, able to multi-task, has excellent customer service and communication skills, and a great work ethic. The Registered Dental Hygienist will provide quality clinical and dental hygiene services, as well as oral health education, to patients of assigned clinic(s). Top Registered Dental Hygienist candidates will strive for maintaining excellent patient relations and providing high quality patient care. Minimum of two years in community based programming desirable. Community Health Partnership of Illinois (CHP) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) whose mission is to build and deliver quality, culturally responsive healthcare to our patients, caregivers and the communities we serve. CHP empowers individuals, including the uninsured, underserved, migrants and seasonal agricultural workers, to attain their best health and well-being. Our network is comprised of six health and dental clinics and multiple outreach sites across northern and central Illinois. Our services are designed to create access to quality primary care services for the uninsured and underserved. The vast majority, 99 percent of CHP patients, live in low-income households (less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)) with over two-thirds (67.2%) of families that live with poverty-level incomes (100% FPL). Three-quarters of our CHP patients do not have health insurance, which is in alignment with our mission that no one is denied services based on their inability to pay. Our patients experience high rates of chronic disease, including hypertension, diabetes and asthma. Our approach to care is based on tools of empowerment to meet the primary care needs of our patient population and to reduce health disparities. Our award-winning Promotores de Salud and bilingual-bicultural Outreach Teams conduct robust health outreach, screening and service navigation for care that targets agricultural workers, their families, and other uninsured and underserved community residents. A full complement of culturally and linguistically responsive medical, dental and behavioral health services are offered at our fixed and mobile services sites in Aurora, Harvard, Kankakee, Mendota, Princeville and Champaign, Illinois, by a very diverse staff. We are committed to providing healthcare with dignity, kindness and fairness to address the healthcare needs of medically underserved in our rural communities. DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: 1) Performs basic dental hygiene procedures as specified by the Illinois Dental Practice Act, including: a) Using dental instruments to clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath gum margins to include prophylaxis, periodontal debridement and scaling and root planning. b) Performing coronal polishing. c) Placing dental sealants. d) Palpating and visually examining patient’s extra-oral and intra-oral structures for abnormal conditions or signs of disease. e) Charting normal conditions of teeth and surrounding structures and conditions of decay and disease in paper or electronic dental record (Dentrix) for diagnosis and treatment by dentist. f) Palpating lymph nodes under patient's chin and neck to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer (Oral Cancer Screening). g) Applying fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay. h) Using probes, examines gums to locate periodontal pockets, recessed gums and signs of periodontal disease. i) Exposing, developing and mounting of conventional or exposure of digital radiographs (Dexis) j) Removing excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth. k) Making impressions for study casts. l) Placing, carving, and finishing amalgam restorations upon successful completion on a training program approved by IDPR resulting in Certification. m) Administering local anesthetic agents restorations upon successful completion on a training program approved by IDPR resulting in Certification. n) Administering and monitoring nitrous oxide/oxygen upon successful completion on a training program approved by IDPR resulting in Certification. o) Removing sutures and dressings. p) Placing and removing rubber dams, matrices, and temporary restorations. q) Documenting services in paper or electronic dental record (Dentrix) provided per CHP protocols. r) Follows established CHP workflows. 2) Provides clinical services and dental health education to improve and maintain oral health of clinic patients. 3) Conducts dental health clinics for community groups to augment services of dentist. 4) Manages the dental office infection control plan to meet OSHA, CDC and ADA standards. 5) Ability to work as a TEAM in the provision of oral health services. 6) Performs other related duties as assigned or requested. You'll thrive in this position if you: • Create Value – you gather insights into what creates value; promote ongoing evaluation of the patient and customer circumstances, expectations and needs. You determine the processes, systems and behaviors that directly impact how the patient and customer feel. You pro-actively improve, through one’s role, the patient and customer experience; consistently positions the value of CHP so the patient and customer recommend us to their family, friends and community. • Deliver Results – you identify issues, problems and opportunities; pro-actively recognize the need for improvement. You work with others to develop a sense of common purpose; understand different perspectives on issues; gathers and examines information available. You generate alternatives - Create relevant options, including financial and resource implications, for addressing problems and opportunities. You select appropriate action - Formulate clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. You commit to implementation and work with a sense of urgency and a bias for action to implement the decision. • Embrace Change – you treat change and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; identifies the benefits and risks of change. You quickly modify behavior to deal effectively with changes; remains effective during times of ambiguity and uncertainty. You honor the need in others to ask questions; helps others overcome resistance. • Communicate with Impact – you focus on the message of others, provide undivided attention, and defer judgment. You convey messages logically, simply, and with confidence. You check for understanding by asking questions, seeking clarity and responding accordingly. Why Join Us Nearly forty years ago, our teams of community health workers and nurses, some of who remain with CHP to this day, began reaching out to farm workers, CHP has grown a lot since then, and so has our impact. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance health care awareness, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, Community Health Partnership of Illinois is for you. Here at CHP, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion. We offer competitive pay, retirement savings plan ( 403(b)), time-off, educational leave, excellent medical, dental, and vision plans, company paid STD & LTD, basic/supplemental group life insurance and more! Bring your career to the next level at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that is thriving; from patient satisfaction to employee engagement, we are at the center of health and wellness. Take advantage of all we have to offer! CHP is growing! Discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/All/cdc23338-c44c-4162-ad8e-efda0e598b86/CHP-of-Illinois We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or familial status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics. Share with your social network #CHPOIBUILDINGHEALTHYLIVES. Connect With Us! Not ready to apply? Connect with us for general consideration. Requirements: 1) Requires more advanced organizational skills, in order to organize projects or the work of others. 2) Position duties require the ability to work independently and as part of a team 3) Duties requiring the ability to manage own duties and responsibilities on a fixed schedule without the need for direction or assistance in prioritization is required 4) Ability to effectively select from both established alternatives and to modify approaches in response to situations encountered 5) Employees focus is primarily on their own work. 6) Duties require analysis of information following established methods, not requiring the employees own opinions. Professional & Technical Knowledge • Possesses specific professional knowledge or business/industry acumen frequently acquired through completion of a Bachelor’s degree or RDH Degree from an accredited 2 - 4 year college or university. • Knowledge of principles, theories, and practice of dental hygiene including, but not limited to, the Illinois Dental Practice Act as well as OSHA, HIPAA, CDC, and ADA standards. • In addition to the functional knowledge, or the ability to exercise the skills learned during training (either formally or on the Position), employees in some Positions may have to use the knowledge in other ways. Minimum of two years in community based programming desirable. Licenses & Certifications: • Current licensure as a Registered Dental Hygienist in the State of Illinois. • Certification in the Administration of Local Anesthesia preferred • Certification in the Administration and Monitoring of Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen preferred • Valid Driver’s license and automobile insurance. • CPR certification within 90 days of employment and current certification thereafter. • Annual OSHA/HIPAA training in accordance with the CHP OSHA/HIPAA manual. • Annual TB test in accordance with CHP TB policy and procedures. • Hepatitis B vaccination/waiver in accordance with CHP Hepatitis B vaccination/waiver protocol. Communications Skills: 1) Position duties require the employee to effectively communicate basic or non-technical information to co-workers and others. 2) Employees are responsible for the resolution of conflicts that may arise because of disagreements between employees, between employees and customers/clients, or with the public, other legal entities or governmental authorities. 3) Position duties require the effective communication of information in written (including electronic) correspondence. 4) Duties require employees to effectively convey technical information to non-technical audiences. Physical Demands: 1) Work requires significant travel inconvenience, moderate weather exposure, or significant driving. 2) Also significant exposure to risk due to the nature of work performed, and potential risk in the field, with groups, or in-home, typically mitigated by multiple staff present. Moderate patient risk even with controls in place (sharp objects, etc.). 3) Physical requirements include long periods of sitting, some standing, and walking as well as considerable bending 4) Must be able to lift 25 lbs or less 5) Manual dexterity is required 6) Must possess normal vision or correctible to within normal ranges. 7) Work may include extended periods of time viewing a computer monitor and or operating a keyboard. 8) OSHA Category I Position Classification for occupational exposure to blood and other possibly infectious materials. We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. If you need assistance or an accommodation as required by law in order to complete the application process please email to: talent@chpofil.org and reference the job title in the subject line. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or familial status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.