Dental Hygienist – $1,000 Sign On Bonus

Status: Full time/Part time Location: 15301 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City, CA Pay: $50-65 hourly rate range; varies depending upon experience Join our family of caregivers. Serve your community. Love where you live. Sierra Family Health Center (SFHC) is seeking a compassionate Dental Hygienist who is dedicated to providing excellent dental care to patients, is a collaborative team player, a compassionate listener, and has strong communication skills. About us SFHC is a rural community health center and leader in integrated health providing full-service medical care to area residents for more than 40 years. As a Federally Qualified Rural Health Clinic (FQHC), we provide compassionate and quality medical, dental, chiropractic, and behavioral health care to meet the needs of our culturally diverse community, including the indigent and medically underserved populations of Nevada and Yuba counties. Requirements

• Associate’s degree or the successful completion of a recognized vocational program in dental hygiene.
• State license required.
• Knowledge of general principles of dentistry and advanced knowledge of dental hygiene.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center is preferred.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides clinical services and health education to patients to improve and maintain their oral health.
• Cleans calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums using dental instruments.
• Examines gums using probes to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease.
• Feels lymph nodes under patient’s chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate the presence of oral cancer.
• Applies fluorides or other cavity-preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
• Records and reviews patient medical histories.
• Charts conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist.

Benefits

• Holidays
• Vacation
• Sick leave
• Continuing education
• Onsite free medical, dental, chiropractic, behavioral health care with some limits.
• Monthly contribution to Group Insurance plan

Successful candidates must have received the COVID-19 vaccine before date of hire or have received a valid exemption. Apply online at Sierra Family Health Center, Careers, or send a cover letter with your resume to HR@sierraclinic.org and include the position title.