Benefits Information20hrs weeklyThis position is a 1099 - Contract Position OverviewWe have a great opportunity for dental hygienists who are looking to move on to the next step in their careers! Our company is a global leader in its industry, and we are looking for motivated people to join our team and take on a new challenge! Contact us for more information about the position. Join A Community That CaresJoining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application! Come and meet us! Every one of our employees makes us who we are.We're looking for individuals from different backgroundsBuilding an inclusive culture where every employee can perform to their maximum potential is the center of GEO's employee value proposition. Our success is based on diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of eclectic perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Here's to unlimited ideas, increased productivity, and innovative solutions! ResponsibilitiesSummaryThe Dental Hygienist performs professional work by providing dental hygiene services, assisting a dentist in providing dental care and treatment, providing dental hygiene examinations, or conducting health care education and training programs in preventative dental care and oral hygiene.Primary Duties and ResponsibilitiesAt this level, the Dental Hygienist is assigned duties and responsibilities which involve planning, implementing, evaluating, or supervising dental health care or education and prevention programsCleans, sterilizes and polishes dental instruments and arranges instruments in cabinets.Prepares patients for treatment; prepares trays of instruments and supplies.Cleans patients' teeth by removing lime calculus deposits, accretions and stains from exposed surfaces of teeth and directly beneath the free margins of the gum; gives topical caries prevention treatment to the coronal surfaces of the teeth.Performs functions such as dental charting, periodontal charting, classifying occlusions, treatment of dry sockets, preparing, placing, and removing periodontal packs, placement of temporary fillings, cleaning of removable prostheses, and removal of overhanging margins under close supervision and with specific direction by a dentist.Makes dental inspections; demonstrates, with models and other visual aids, preventive dental care to individuals and groups; participates in in-service training programs; prepares and delivers lectures on dental health before groups of school, civic and professional personnel.Plans, implements, and evaluates dental health education or prevention programs; provides consultation in dental care and oral hygiene; participates in the training of dental assistants and others in providing dental care and education.Performs other duties as assigned. QualificationsMinimum RequirementsState of Florida certification to practice dental hygiene from the Florida Board of Dentistry plus three (3) years of experience as a dental hygienist, one (1) year of which must be in a public health program or in planning and evaluating a dental program or teaching in a dental hygiene program in an accredited school of dental hygiene.Knowledge of the principles and practices of dental hygiene including routine terms, instruments, supplies, equipment and procedures used in the operation of dental clinics, types of sterilization and sterile techniques; of methods of processing and developing x-ray film, oral anatomy and standards of oral hygiene, practices of hygiene and nutrition as related to dental health, basic techniques of teaching, the prevention of dental disease, current literature in the area, education theory and techniques in the field of public health, and of the techniques and uses of visual aids.Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to plan, organize and give dental treatment and dental hygiene examinations, to provide training and instruction in dental care and oral hygiene, to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; to supervise and coordinate the activities of others; and to train and instruct groups.Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the departmentMust possess a valid state driver's license. (Florida State Requirement).