Job Summary
Mountain Park Health Center is looking for Dental Hygienists to join our well established and accredited
team of dental care providers. As a large Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in Arizona, we are
dedicated to sustaining and improving health by providing excellent, patient-centered primary care.
As an Affiliated Practice Dental Hygienist, you will provide preventative and restorative oral hygiene care
and education to patients of all ages.
Essential Functions
• Provides clinical oral hygiene services including dental prophylaxis, scaling, root planning,
sealant application, polish teeth and fluoride application, and administer local anesthesia when
necessary.
• Obtains baseline oral hygiene assessment data, based upon accepted principles of oral hygiene
and periodontal care.
• Assists in the oral health management of all clinic patients.
• Examines patient’s surrounding tissues and teeth to determine extent of abnormal condition
requiring treatment and determines dental hygiene treatment plan.
• Records patient-hygienist transactions in the patient’s dental record to assure the dental record
accurately and completely reflect the nature of the contact, the condition of the patient, and
the care or treatment provided.
• Participates in the Quality Improvement program of the dental department.
• Assists in the maintenance of all dental areas in compliance with department directive and
policies as well as SLFHC policies and procedures relative to infection control, exposure control
and safety issues.
• Ensures the proper disposal of all contaminated or potentially contaminated materials in
accordance with department directive and center policy, as well as state and federal regulations.
Assure compliance with the clinic’s exposure control plan.
• Washes, sterilizes, and prepares all instruments and work areas according to the Infection
Control Protocols
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.