Registered Dental Hygienist

Job description

Overview Location: Fort Wainwright, AK: Hours of Performance: The performance hours of the MTF are as follows: In general, all Dental Clinics are open between the hours of 0600-1700, Monday-Friday. Routine Clinic hours may vary by location. Regular dental services may be scheduled between 0600 hrs. (6:00 a.m.) and 2200 (10:00 p.m.) hrs. Monday through Friday, excluding U.S. Federal holidays. Depending on mission requirements, services may be required on weekends. Pay: $62.50/hr & Health & Wellness $4.57*/hr worked (in lieu of benefits) Benefits: Vest vacation, sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan Responsibilities: - Examine patient's oral cavity to include mouth, throat, and pharynx, and record conditions of teeth and surrounding tissues. - Refer patients to dentist who have abnormalities to include cavities, defective fillings, suspicious growths, or periodontal disease. - Apply desensitizing and other topical agents to treat abnormalities to include gingivitis and oral ulceration. - Instruct patients, individually and in grou...