Position Summary

Cambrian College’s School of Health and Wellness has an immediate requirement for Dental Hygiene Technologists on a temporary basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

Manage day-to-day client care sessions and collaborate with faculty to ensure clinical skills meet theory learning outcomes; ensure client and student safety.
Perform demonstration of skills on typodonts and clients, model skills, safety, and professionalism during client care sessions.
Guide and advise students, determining the need for further consultation with the client, inter-professional collaboration with the client’s medical doctor, the client’s medical specialist, and/or the client’s pharmacist.
Monitor clinical progress and meet with students to review community client treatment plans; ensure students are fit to practice. Review and assist students with their bookings/schedules.
Evaluate clinic charts, policies, and procedures, interpreting and analyzing complex and multi-faceted medical histories to determine client needs and safety requirements to proceed with treatment/care in clinic.
Evaluate client treatment plans and conduct chart audits.
Collaborate with technologists, dentist and students on client care needs and priorities.
Collaborate with technologists to ensure consistency of practice and standards in clinic.
Model professionalism, practical skills, standards of care entry to practice competencies.
Provide guidance and support and monitor students during their community placements.
Collaborate with the lab technician to ensure all materials required for lab and clinic assignments are on-hand and that appropriate inventory levels are maintained.

Qualifications

Required:

Minimum of a Dental Hygiene Diploma (A copy of educational documents must be submitted with application *** education completed outside of Canada, applicants are required to submit a WES or ICAS with their application).
Active registrant in good standing with the College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario.
Minimum of three years of experience as a Dental Hygienist with recent clinical experience including ultrasonics, periodontics, infection prevention, digital radiography.
Strong computer experience in Microsoft Office such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
High degree of initiative, work-related flexibility, and creative problem-solving skills.
The ability to advise and positively interact with students and peers is important, as is the ability to work within a team environment.

Assets/Preferred:

Required Information

To be considered, candidates must provide the following as an attachment:

Educational documents
WES/ICAS Equivalence if degrees/diplomas are from a Non-Canadian University
College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario Registration & Authorization to Self-initiate.

Dental Hygienist

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