Dental Hygienist Per Diem - Community Health

Overview

Location : CHA Windsor Street Care Center

Work Days : Per Diem

Category : Allied Health

Department : Public Health Administration

Job Type : Per Diem

Work Shift : Day

Hours / Week : 0.00

Union Name : CH Laborers 380

Department Description :

Overview of the role

Apply now to work in the Oral Health Division of the Cambridge Public Health Department. Become a Community Health Dental Hygienist. Join our Cambridge Healthy Smiles Program team of dental hygienists. Help raise community and school awareness about the importance of oral health to overall health. The per diem position has two responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Screening work : provide dental screenings, record in a database of students and screening results, and coordinate evaluation efforts. Guiding children about oral health care as program needs.
• Community Outreach work : educate underserved populations about preventative dental care. Work with pregnant and new mothers, families, and seniors. Collaborate with the division manager to identify the population you would like to serve. These are flexible hours.

Job Purpose

Provide dental screenings, recording a database of students and screening results, and coordinating evaluation efforts. Provide training for children about oral health care as program needs. Sufficient mobility to negotiate schools. Ability to enter data into a computer (iPad) and to stand, lean forward and perform dental screenings for extended periods of time. Visual and auditory capabilities sufficient enough to recognize and respond to children's needs. Sufficient speech abilities to communicate information to children, teachers, and coworkers during dental screenings. Ability to work in a demanding and busy environment; Ability to respond appropriately to children's needs, prioritize responsibilities; Ability to manage multiple responsibilities at one time and to correctly communicate information and complete forms on paper and on computer (iPad). Ability to learn the process of creating a new community health outreach program including surveys, resource, and slideshow creation.

Qualifications / Requirements

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.

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