Dental Hygienist - GoTu

Pay Range: $45.00 - $80.00/hour

Start working on your terms as a registered dental hygienist. GoTu allows hygienists to work when they want, where they want, and for how much they want.

Whether you're looking to find your forever job, get some extra cash for that upcoming vacation, or expand your skill set, GoTu is the platform for you.

Designed with the help of a 30-year hygienist, our community of thousands of verified dental professionals has worked over 200,000 shifts since our launch in 2019 and proved that GoTu is the #1 app for dental hygienists.

WHY CHOOSE GoTu?

• GoTu provides appropriate insurance coverage to all workers to cover workplace incidents or potential malpractice claims for all temporary placement shifts
• Full control over when and where you work and how much you are paid for your services
• No monthly or annual minimum work requirements provides ultimate working flexibility to build your dream schedule
• Counter offer any available shift for more money or hours that work for you

DENTAL HYGIENIST JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Active registered dental hygienist license in NJ
• Knowledge of dental procedures and terminology
• Understanding of HIPAA regulations and ability to maintain patient confidentiality
• Excellent communication skills to educate patients on oral health care practice
• Promote dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screenings and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, and performing procedures in compliance with the Dental Practice Act.
• Prepare patients for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, seating, and draping patients.
• Provide information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
• Maintain instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
• Select materials and equipment for dental hygiene visits by evaluating patients' oral health.
• Complete dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
• Detect disease by completing oral cancer screenings, feeling and visually examining gums, using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of recession, and exposing and developing radiographic studies.
• Arrest dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity-preventing agents.

All professionals classified as employees will receive a paycheck every Friday for hours worked between Monday and Sunday of the preceding week.

It is the policy of GoTu not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.

All users must be legally authorized to work in the United States.