Dental Hygienist

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. View Company Profile

DENTAL HYGIENIST $SIGN-On BONUS$ Full/Part time POSITION SUMMARY Promote dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act. Teach primary preventive care education. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES Considerable knowledge of standard practices and procedures in a dental clinic required. Ability to communicate effectively with patients, dentist, staff and community groups required. The ability to understand technical and medical terminology as they relate to dentistry and ability to teach preventive dental education required EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Graduation from an accredited Dental Hygiene program required. Special requirements: licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina. Two (2) yearsxe2x80x99 experience preferred. Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified community health center located in Durham, NC is recruiting for a Dental Hygienist (Full/Part time). Durham is known as the Bull City, the City of Medicine, the Tastiest Town in the South, and the Startup Capital of the South. Itxe2x80x99s a two-hour drive from the beach, a three-hour drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is North Carolinaxe2x80x99s fourth largest city by population. Along the East Coast, Durham is located conveniently along I-85. For those outside of driving distance, travel to and from is made easy as the City and County of Durham co-own the top-ranked Raleigh-Durham International Airport that services more than 45 nonstop destinations. Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. (LCHC), mission is to provide primary and preventive health care in a courteous, professional, and personalized manner. Key requirements for any position are our xe2x80x9cCore Valuesxe2x80x9d: xe2x80xa2Courtesy xe2x80xa2Respect xe2x80xa2Quality xe2x80xa2Accessibility xe2x80xa2Teamwork xe2x80xa2Continuous Improvement xe2x80xa2Accountability LCHC provides comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to our patients regardless of ability to pay. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide health care to all members of our community, including low income, uninsured patients and diverse communities. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our key requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so staff must be committed to the mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve. Understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences. We believe that diversity and inclusion is critical and promotes our commitment to serving the Durham community

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