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Clinica Family Health is a community health center with a vision that every low income or underserved individual in the communities we serve will have access to high quality medical, dental and behavioral healthcare. As a Dental Hygienist at Clinica, you are a highly valued and respected team member working at the top of your scope to impact the lives of the people in our communities.
You are a skilled dental hygienist whose everyday contributions will serve our patients and mission. You will provide excellent care both in the traditional dental setting and also in the medical clinic as a respected member of the integrated clinical team.
What We Offer
Compensation: Approximately $87,802 - $98,879 per year for a full-time position. All individual pay rates are calculated based on the candidate's experience and internal equity.
Professional Benefits:
Clinica is an approved participant of the Colorado Health Service Corps and National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs. If program eligibility requirements are met, providers may be awarded up to $90,000 for helping our communities.
Dedicated time off and up to $3,000 reimbursement for Continuing Medical Education (CME)
FTCA Malpractice Insurance
One Professional Membership
All fees associated with your license, DEA, board certification, etc. are covered by Clinica
Healthcare and Other Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision insurance
Employee & Family Support Programs
FSA/HSA options
Retirement Plan
Accident/Hospital Indemnity
4 weeks of Paid Time Off and 9 paid holidays
Volunteer Hours
How we will help you grow:
Opportunities to work at the top of your scope and gain new evidence-based clinical skills
Ability to provide non-traditional hygiene services
Team-based care allowing for both collaboration and clinical autonomy within the standards of care
Opportunities for increased cultural awareness and appreciation- understanding how cultural nuances impact the way we provide dental care and being able to use that knowledge respect and honor the preferences and beliefs of your patients
Opportunities to collaborate with medical professionals on patient care
Your Essential Responsibilities
You will provide high quality dental care that is culturally appropriate and prevention focused
You will be responsible for evaluating patients for caries risk, periodontal pathology and for providing prophylactic and non-surgical periodontal treatment
You will be providing preventive clinical and education services including oral hygiene instruction, topical fluoride and sealants
When working on the medical clinic you will be the champion of dental prevention and education in an integrated medical setting and will coordinate with both medical and dental team members
You will be a leader, actively striving to improve patient and staff experience
Day-to-day direct supervision/coaching of Dental Hygienists, including hiring/firing authority and performance appraisals.
Assure assigned site hygiene productivity and efficiency and evaluate hygiene clinical quality, making use of reporting data to drive decisions and strategies for quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI).
Work in coordination with Dental Hygienist Team Managers (DHTMs) at other sites to share best practices.
Work in coordination with the CDD, Dental Operations Director (DOD), to develop and implement organizational and clinical strategic plans, ensuring that dental hygiene is an integral part of a forward thinking and visionary dental program.
Orientation, education, and training (assisted by Operations and Human Resources (HR)) of new dental hygienist providers, including EDR.
Management of dental outreach activities in coordination with DOD and DOM including leadership and partnership on site-level integration with other lines of services as they relate to the Hygienist on the Pods program.
Exhibits positive leadership skills, actively striving to improve the patient and staff experience of Clinica, as well as strong communication skills, including willingness to grow and develop skills in motivational interviewing.
Maintain own dental hygienist practice as defined by the Clinica guidelines.
Maintains own administrative schedule as appropriate, leveraging administrative time to maintain optimal dentist and dental hygienist in-clinic FTE when possible or necessary.
Share responsibility with the CDD, DHTMs, DATMs and other staff assuring an appropriate clinical interface between dental sites.
Responsible for appropriate management of complaints directed at hygienist team, involving DDH or CDD as appropriate.
Oversee relationships with dental hygiene schools in conjunction with the DDH.
The DHTM will work in conjunction with the DDH who serves as the Dental Infection Control Officer (DICO) for the organization, for whom the responsibilities are:
Completion of routine observational tours of dental site’s infection control procedures for patient and staff safety and compliance with professional and clinical standards.
Planning and implementation of periodic training of dental clinical staff members with direct patient contact or involved in dental infection control according to identified areas of need or new infection control processes with the support of the DICO.
Serving as site-level level point of contact for dental infection control policies, procedures, and systems, working in conjunction with the DICO to provide infection control QA/QI leadership and support to the team.
Position Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited School of Dental Hygiene
Bachelors Degree
Possession of a current Colorado license as a registered dental hygienist
A minimum of 1 year working as a Dental Hygienist is required
Permit to administer local anesthetic
Basic computer skills required
Sensitivity to low income and ethnic minority communities
Excellent coaching skills.
Bilingual in Spanish preferred
Clinica Family Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age 40 and over, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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