Registered Dental Hygienist - Asheville - Part Time

## Come smile with us! MAHEC Dental Health Centers is seeking a Part Time Registered Dental Hygienist to support all our service lines. We anticipate an average of 20 hours per week with additional hours available, flexible scheduling, and a committed collaborative team!## ## The ideal candidate will have a heart for public health, children in need, teaching new Dental school graduates, and training UNC Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry 4
* th* year dental students! Our campuses are beautiful, our equipment is state of the art, and our team collaborates with one another each day to provide the best patient experience offered anywhere in our region. This opportunity can serve in all our service lines at MAHEC Dental, including:## * ## School Smiles Program, which provides general dentistry to high-need Buncombe County elementary schools twice per week (Comprehensive exams, x-rays, cleanings, and more)* ## UNC “AROWS” program- which provides full semester training for 4
* th* year dental students from Chapel Hill.* ## General Practice Residency (GPR)- supporting 7 residents.* ## Two brick and mortar locations in Asheville and in Columbus, NC## ## ## We hope you’ll apply today!## ##
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* JOB SUMMARY:

** Provide care for patients within appropriate scope of legal practice in North Carolina, including prophylaxis, scaling, administration of medicaments and topical agent as trained and legal to do.  Take impressions as appropriate.  Educate patients in hygiene and oral health and wellness.  Take radiographs.  Work with MAHEC leadership to help educate, and support the education, of upcoming oral health professionals. Support clinical and education endeavors not only within the physical clinics but also in the community and within other healthcare settings.  

The work is performed under the supervision of NC-licensed dentists.  
** SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
** Provides patient education on oral, dental, and preventive maintenance;

Participates in patient care and education that occurs via the division but takes place externally, such as care in schools, nursing facilities, hospital work, and community healthcare events Responsibilities may also include backing up or functioning as a dental assistant (under unusual circumstances).
** KEY

COMPETENCIES:

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* ** Communication Skills
** Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.
** Health Care Knowledge
** Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate.  This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.
** Interpersonal Skills
** Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.

Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

Having an analytical mind and ability to work…