Registered Dental Hygienist On-Call

1563 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Posted Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM

Health

RIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health, and changes lives for people in need by providing comprehensive, integrated, compassionate care that includes primary medical care, mental health services, and substance use disorder treatment.

Benefits and perks:

• HR360 offers a robust benefits package, including PTO, 15 paid holidays, commuter benefits, retirement plans, and more!
• Employees qualify for public loan forgiveness programs
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Work with mission driven, compassionate colleagues and make a difference every day in the work that you do.

This is a union eligible position.

Health

RIGHT 360, a nonprofit organization and a family of programs, is committed to providing accessible and comprehensive healthcare services to vulnerable populations. Our mission is to tackle systemic barriers to healthcare and promote health equity for all. We offer a wide range of services, including mental health care, residential and outpatient substance use treatment, and primary health services. Additionally, we provide transitional support for individuals re-entering the community after involvement in the criminal justice system.

By integrating physical and behavioral health, we empower individuals to overcome challenges by addressing social determinants of health, fostering resilience, and facilitating recovery.

The Health

RIGHT 360 dental clinic provides compassionate, nonjudgmental comprehensive oral healthcare. Our supportive staff, experienced with the complex healthcare needs resulting from homelessness and poverty, is dedicated to serving the community.

Under the supervision of a Dentist in a clinical setting and using established dental hygiene protocols and procedures, the On-call Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) provides professional, high-quality dental care and education to a broad range of patients. Administration of anesthetics is under the direct supervision of a dentist or physician.

• Provides high-quality dental hygiene care within the scope of service consistent with accepted standards of care.
• Evaluates patients and implements treatment regimens under the general supervision of the Dentist.
• Provides complete documentation of all findings, treatments and outcomes.
• Initiates oral health education and prevention activities.
• Reviews and interprets patient dental records.
• Works cooperatively with other Dental Program staff.
• Helps out where needed to ensure smooth, efficient running of Dental Program.
• Participates in the ongoing evaluation of Dental Program operations to assure the delivery of high quality services that support the financial sustainability of the program.

Performance Expectations:

• Assesses dental conditions and risk, uses patient screening procedures, including medical history review, dental charting and perio-charting; takes patient vital signs as required.
• Delivers direct patient care to patients as assigned, using established dental hygienist procedures, such as cleaning, polishing, x-rays, application of sealants, fluorides and varnishes and related procedures.
• Develops and implements individualized dental care plans for patients; performs patient education and risk protocols, discharge planning, and patient/family teaching under the supervision of a dentist.
• Provides chair-side assistance to the dentist in the performance of special tests, procedures and complex treatments.
• Makes impressions of patients’ teeth for study casts.
• Documents dental history of chief complaint; records and reports pertinent observations and patient reactions to dental staff, as appropriate; documents lab procedures and ensure follow-up on results.
• Assists with our institute’s emergency measures for sudden adverse development during treatment of patients.
• Initiate patient care as appropriate for walk-in patients.
• Participates in Quality Improvement activities as requested by the Dentist/Clinical Dental.
• Assists in the preparation of patient care areas, and in the patient admission, transfer and discharge process, as required; prepares reports and assists as required with patient reception, telephone calls, routine triage and other office duties.
• Scans reception room for patients.
• Assumes responsibility for the upkeep of the dental operator and equipment.
• Performs routine cleaning and maintenance of dental equipment in assigned operatories and for the assigned equipment. Regularly and thoroughly performs maintenance of assigned equipment.
• Uses downtime to clean and restock operatories.
• And perform other duties as assigned.

• Registered dental hygienist (RDH) from an accredited program with a current license to practice in the state of California.
• Current First Aid & CPR certification.
• Pursues appropriate CEUs as required to maintain licensure and stay abreast of advances in the field of dentistry, especially in areas…