Dental Hygienist

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Are you a compassionate and dedicated dental professional looking to work in a collaborative, mission-driven environment? Chestnut Health Systems is seeking a Dental Hygienist to join our integrated care team in Bloomington, Illinois. As a Dental Hygienist at Chestnut, you’ll play a critical role in helping patients maintain their oral health and overall wellness. Whether you're looking for part-time or full-time hours, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals and families in our community./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Chestnut Health Systems is a leading provider of integrated health care services. Since 1973, Chestnut has grown to more than 800 committed, compassionate employees providing substance use, mental health, and primary care treatment to patients in Illinois and Missouri. We provide fully integrated care for all our patients by combining behavioral health care services with our community-based primary care health centers. Chestnut also conducts research and training throughout the U.S.A./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"**Please note to be considered for a position you must attach a resume, complete the application, and answer all screening questions. /span/strong/span/p Responsibilities: ullispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Conduct patient assessments and provide preventative dental care, including cleanings, sealants, fluoride treatments, and X-rays./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Educate patients of all ages on oral hygiene and the importance of dental care./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Prepare treatment rooms, sterilize instruments, and support the dentist during procedures./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Collaborate with medical and behavioral health providers to deliver comprehensive, patient-centered care./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Document visits in our electronic medical record system./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Support a warm, welcoming environment for patients — many of whom are underserved and in need of accessible, high-quality care./span/li/ul Qualifications: ullispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Associate’s degree in dental hygiene and Illinois RDH license (Required)/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Certification in local anesthesia (Required)/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Nitrous oxide and sealant application certifications (Preferred)/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Basic computer skills and experience with electronic medical records (Required)/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Previous experience in general dentistry and working with patients across the lifespan (Preferred)/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Excellent communication, teamwork, and customer service skills/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"emspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Are you intrigued by this job but don’t meet every single requirement? Chestnut is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about any of our posted positions but your experience doesn’t line up perfectly, please apply anyway! We’d love to explore the possibilities with you./span/em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"emspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" /span/em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"emspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Chestnut Health Systems is a leader in the effort to achieve health equity, providing high-quality health and human services in underserved communities. We deliver trauma-informed, fully integrated care by combining behavioral health with community-based primary health care. Chestnut’s research division is nationally recognized for its contribution to evidence-based practices. Our empathic and innovative employees live our mission of making a difference./span/em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"emspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" /span/em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"emspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"Chestnut offers a new salary structure and robust benefits!/span/em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"emspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" /span/em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"emspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"EOE – Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. Chestnut welcomes applications from qualified individuals with recovery experience./span/em/span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"The anticipated starting pay for new hires for this position is between $31.00 - $37.00 an hour. There are several factors taken into consideration in determining base pay, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, skills, education, experience, local market conditions, and internal equity./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0c64c0;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchestnut.org%2Fcareers%2Fbenefits%2Femployee-benefitsdata=05%7C02%7Clrjackson%40chestnut.org%7C6703a2c4ec3f4f3d1fd808dd7c3bfb92%7C770fe6baf3954700948fcaa6fe33eb8b%7C0%7C0%7C638803319281256065%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7Csdata=icc8dCSzt%2FyWwAwJH9QwPwqPoeXwxaZFGnx3ZmD5Nuc%3Dreserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"check out our benefits here!/a/p