Northern Health Authority
Dental hygienist
Job Description
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
- Hospital/medical facility or clinic
- Public or community health centre
Tasks
- Conduct initial dental assessments
- Consult with dentists on patient care
- Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions
- Instruct patients regarding oral hygiene
- Apply fluoride treatment
- Take, develop and mount X-rays
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Dental Hygienists Licensure by the appropriate provincial or territorial governing body
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Attention to detail