Dental Hygienist- Twin Cities- Innovative, Flexible, & Non-traditional!
Vivie
Minnetonka, MN
Full-time
Dentistry
Posted on January 22, 2025
Join Vivie and help us create meaningful impact! As a Dental Hygienist, you'll provide exceptional oral care, including cleanings, preventive treatments, and patient education, to support overall health and wellness. We're looking for a detail-oriented, patient-focused professional with a passion for delivering outstanding care in a collaborative environment.
At Vivie, we value our people and offer a competitive pay range of $55.00/hr. to $60.00/hr. (hourly non-exempt) based on experience, qualifications, and location. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health coverage, wellness programs, and continuing education support.
Let's grow together-apply now and discover the difference you can make at Vivie!
Vivie is an equal opportunity employer.
Responsibilities:
At Vivie, we value our people and offer a competitive pay range of $55.00/hr. to $60.00/hr. (hourly non-exempt) based on experience, qualifications, and location. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health coverage, wellness programs, and continuing education support.
Let's grow together-apply now and discover the difference you can make at Vivie!
Vivie is an equal opportunity employer.
Responsibilities:
- The provision of oral health and hygiene services, within the scope of practice, in long term, assisted living and independent care facilities;
- Work according to Vivie's policies and procedures and as directed by program director and collaborating dentist;
- Assist in identification of a Dental Provider for each resident if agreed or responsible party based on needs and preferences;
- Assist with maintaining statistics and benchmarking for this grant and help to market and share information with funders and partners in the healthcare industry.
- Provide baseline oral health and hygiene screening and assessments based on accepted principles of oral hygiene and periodontal care, including Minimum Data Set oral health assessments for skilled nursing facilities;
- Develop individualized Daily Oral Care Plans for residents in consultation with nursing staff;
- Develop individualized Preventive Treatment Plans to guide the use of professional preventive dental services;
- Provide supervision, advice, and assistance with oral hygiene care provided by nursing, therapy and other staff;
- Develop and provide training materials for ancillary staff via formal in-service education programs and individualized instruction as needed; and
- Communicate effectively about dental hygiene care with residents, families, responsible parties and other health professionals involved in the resident's care.
- Certified and licensed to practice in the State of Minnesota
- At least two+ years of general clinical dental hygiene experience
- Familiarity with Open Dental software & NOMAD portable x-rays, preferred