Dental Hygienist

Dental Hygienist SMART FAITHWorks - 1.0 Central Falls, RI Job Details Part-time | Contract $42.92 - $51.69 an hour 1 day ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Flexible schedule Life insurance Retirement plan Qualifications CPR Certification Teamwork Customer service HIPAA Patient safety measures implementation Organizational skills Full Job Description SMART®

Purpose:

Our purpose is to break the cycle of poverty and positively impact the trajectory of lives by ensuring the wellness of children to support their educational attainment and competencies. We achieve this by proactively working with ALL students in a given school building to identify the physical, social, emotional, and behavioral barriers to classroom success. We then swiftly deliver interventions to address those barriers, thus creating optimal conditions for learning. SMART®

Clinics:

Located and fully integrated within schools to proactively provide medical, dental and behavioral health care services . Our SMART®

Clinical Team and Staff:

We seek highly qualified and skilled individuals with a drive and passion for providing the best possible care for our students, their families, teachers, and staff. A qualified candidate will exemplify the qualities of a great team member and individual performer, and will prioritize this position with resilience, compassion, emotional maturity, strong work ethic, grit, and integrity. This work, while demanding, is highly rewarding and affirming. You will know, without a doubt, that you are part of an initiative that is improving student health, academic outcomes, and ultimately the trajectory of a life.

Position Summary:

• This position is based within a full-service, physical clinic located inside the school
• The SMART® Dental Hygienist is a vital member of an integrated, school-based care team embedded within the educational environment and operating in partnership with the school district.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, this role delivers exceptional-quality preventive and therapeutic oral health services that support the SMART® Whole Child, Whole School approach. This position advances student health through prevention, early identification of oral health needs, patient education, and coordinated care within the SMART® Clinic model. It requires a strong commitment to public health, health equity, and culturally responsive care, particularly in serving diverse and underserved student populations. The ideal candidate exemplifies SMART® Core Values, including a sense of urgency, entrepreneurial spirit, customer-service focus, and servant leadership, while consistently demonstrating professionalism, discretion, and diplomacy in interactions with students, families, faculty, and staff. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits:

FTE:

.70 - .80, typically follows school calendar up to 180 days; additional hours may be available

Salary Range:

TBD per hour, commensurate with experience

• PTO (to be taken during non-school days)

Health Insurance and SIMPLE Plan IRA Preferred Qualifications:

Current Dental Hygienist license in Rhode Island Local Anesthesia Certification (preferred) Current CPR certification

Key Responsibilities:

Patient Care Excellence:

Deliver thorough dental hygiene services, including cleanings, screenings, and preventive treatments, ensuring patient comfort and safety.

Patient Education:

Educate patients on oral hygiene practices, disease prevention, and overall dental health to support long-term wellness.

Co-Diagnosis Support:

Collaborate with dentist/s to assess patient conditions, engage patients in understanding their oral health, and contribute to individualized treatment planning.

Clinical Documentation:

Maintain accurate, detailed charting and documentation in compliance with clinical and regulatory standards, including eTHOS™ and EHR.

Follow-Up Care:

Provide clear post-treatment instructions and recommendations to promote optimal outcomes.

Hygiene Program Management:

Support effective management of periodontal and preventive care programs, including patient re-care and routine wellness visits.

Team Collaboration:

Work collaboratively with dentists and team members to ensure coordinated, patient-centered care.

Additional Key Daily Responsibilities:

• Track referrals and follow-ups on patients by utilizing the eTHOS™ follow-up tool.
• Participate in daily huddle with the clinical team.
• Maintain close collaboration with school administration, faculty, behavioral health team, school social worker, school resource officers, and SMART® staff and providers.
• Complete all charting by the end of the day, including: o EHR charting o eTHOS™ charting

Core Competencies and Professional Characteristics:

• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including excellent written and verbal skills.
• Capacity to maintain flexibility, problem-solving, and an innovative mindset amidst constantly changing circumstances within the school building, patient population, and daily clinic schedule.
• Performance improvement and patient safety knowledge is required.
• Critical thinking and sound judgment to promptly report all potential patient safety risks to provider.
• Good organizational skills in the preparation of daily work schedules and the assignment of duties and responsibilities.
• Ability to effectively work with physicians, clients, and other personnel in a cooperative, collaborative manner that improves clinical outcomes.
• Ability to analyze data and possess an aptitude for mathematics and statistics.
• Show understanding of relationships between medical and psychological systems within the cultural context of the individual patient
• Ability to address patients' motivational factors and readiness to change.
• Focus on functional outcomes.
• Change-focused and able to measure outcomes at every visit.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, patient service-oriented environment.
• Ability to promote quality improvement through development and maintenance of standards.
• Ability to maintain professional conduct in all work-related and/or emergent situations.
• Ability to work a flexible staffing schedule.
• Possess a holistic, Whole Child approach to understanding, evaluating, and treating all health needs that may be barriers to academic achievement.
• Promote preventative health strategies.

Continued Education and Self-Development:

• Participate in quality assurance review, including systematic review of records and treatment plans on a periodic basis, per medical provider organization requirements.
• Apply standardized care guidelines in clinical practice.
• Identify and address opportunities to improve clinical practice and delivery of care.
• Assist with team analysis of eTHOS™ data and other available data regarding patient populations to identify issues and plan for improvement of care, in conjunction with SMART® Team members.
• Maintain current certification in compliance with current state law and organizational requirements.
• Attend continuing education seminars/classes pertinent to SMART® Clinics, noting that attendance should correspond with a day that school is not in session to avoid an interruption in continuous patient care.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Confidentiality:

The School District will execute a Business Associates Agreement (BAA) and a separate Non- Disclosure Agreement (NDA) that shall cover all patient health information (PHI), HIPAA, and FERPA.

Pay:

$42.92 - $51.69 per hour

Benefits:

Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Retirement plan Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person