Dental Hygienist

<p>About the Position: This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) & Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) in DoD. This position is located at the Active Duty Dental Clinic within Naval Hospital Pensacola. Duties include maintain oral health for Navy, Marine, Air Force, Army and Coast Guard members stationed to NAS Pensacola. Work Hours Monday-Friday 0700-1530</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Performs various advanced dental prophylaxis and provides therapeutic care in cases of acute gingivitis and periodontal disease around natural teeth, dental implants.</p><p>Performs deep scaling, root planning, and sub-gingival curettage under local anesthesia.</p><p>Instructs patients at chair-side and provide small group seminars in oral hygiene, to include brushing, flossing, and adjunctive periodontal cleaning aids to improve effectiveness in oral hygiene.</p><p>Completes all preparation for dental hygiene treatment and preliminary dental examination, using knowledge of infection control procedures and Occupation Safety and Safety Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines.</p><p>Completes preliminary dental examinations using knowledge of dental and oral anatomy, physiology, histology, radiology, nutrition, and ability to maintain dental records.</p><p>Administers local anesthesia by infiltration when authorized and credentialed with proper licensing under the direct supervision of a Dental Officer.</p><p>Using knowledge of dental and oral anatomy, physiology, histology, radiology, nutrition, principles and techniques of preventive dentistry.</p><p>Performs postoperative care, provides oral hygiene instructions and educates patients on daily oral home health care and administers professional fluoride treatment.</p><p>Takes intra-oral impressions to prepare study models.</p><h3>Education</h3>Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.