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

Qualified Registered Dental Hygienists are encouraged to apply confidentially with an updated résumé.

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

Bonus Structure