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Dental Hygienist - choose your own schedule

GoTu

Somerville, MA
10 hours ago
$55.00 - $75.00

Job Description

Join GoTu as a Dental Hygienist and enjoy the flexibility to choose your own schedule while promoting oral health and providing essential dental care. Experience guaranteed pay and a supportive community as you advance your career on your terms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, and performing procedures in compliance with the Dental Practice Act.
  • Prepares patients for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, seating, and draping patients.
  • Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
  • Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
  • Selects materials and equipment for dental hygiene visits by evaluating patients' oral health.
  • Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
  • Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening, feeling and visually examining gums, using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of recession, and exposing and developing radiographic studies.
  • Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity-preventing agents.

Required Qualifications

  • Active dental hygiene license in MA
  • Knowledge of dental procedures and terminology
  • Understanding of HIPAA regulations and ability to maintain patient confidentiality
  • Excellent communication skills to educate patients on oral health care practices

Benefits & Perks

Workers compensation and malpractice insuranceFull control over when/where you work and how much you charge for your servicesNo time commitments for flexibilityEasy and streamlined employee onboarding processGuaranteed weekly payCancellation protection up to 4 days prior to your shift with guaranteed payFlexible payment options including direct deposit or physical checkAccess to educational resources and free live webinars