Dental Hygienist
Position Description
Redefine Your Role in Dental Care
Looking for a position where your clinical skills make a real difference—without the pressure to upsell or meet daily quotas? Join our dedicated team as a Dental Hygienist at the Fort Stockton/Lynaugh Units, where you'll focus solely on medically necessary care and patient education for an underserved population.
In this rewarding correctional healthcare setting, you'll experience a lower daily patient volume, allowing you to provide thorough, quality care without the rush. Enjoy the stability of a consistent schedule with firm start and end times—no evenings, weekends, or unexpected overtime. Working in a secure, well-equipped clinical environment under the supervision of a licensed dentist, you'll deliver preventive services that prioritize health, respect, and dignity.
Why This Role Stands Out:
- Meaningful Impact: You’ll deliver vital oral healthcare to an underserved population, educating patients, and helping to improve their long-term health while restoring dignity and wellness through compassionate care.
- Professional Growth: Work in a dynamic clinical environment with a diverse caseload. Gain hand-on experience in a wide range of clinical skills while expanding your knowledge of dentistry and the correctional healthcare system.
- Team-Based Culture: You’ll join a supportive team of dentists and dental assistants who value collaboration, ethical practice, and professional excellence.
- Structured & Supportive Environment: With set schedules and low client no-show rates, you’ll be able to focus on what matters—delivering high-quality care.
- Job Stability & Benefits: Enjoy consistent hours, competitive pay, retirement options, generous leave policies, and access to training and certification programs.
Major/Essential Functions
- Professionally clean teeth including prophylaxis and scaling and root planing
- Presents instructions on proper personal oral hygiene
- Captures digital radiographs
- Administers topical fluoride
- Disinfects surfaces and dental equipment
- Sterilizes dental instruments according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations
- Takes thorough inventory of instruments through daily counts and logs
- Serve as Dental Assistant when needed
- Proper record keeping and maintenance both in manual and automated systems
- Ensure dental supplies are on hand and ordered in a timely manner
- Answer sick call requests and schedules patients in a timely manner
Applicants will be considered for either a Full-Time or a Part-Time Registered Dental Hygienist Position.
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