Community Health Dental Hygienist

JOB TITLE: Community Health Dental Hygienist

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: IHS-19-GP-10421142-DE

OPEN PERIOD: February 8, 2019 through December 31, 2019

SERIES & GRADE: GS 7 - 9

WHO MAY APPLY: All US Citizens

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as a consultant and direct care provider to all dental programs of the Service Unit area to carry out the preventative community dental program.
• Coordinate a fluoride rinse program, school sealant program, oral health educational program and other community based interventions.
• Serve as the principle advisor with the service unit for dental health promotion and disease prevention activities.
• Perform oral healthcare and risk assessments, reviewing patient health history, screening and evaluation of oral disease and healthcare and risk assessments, reviewing patient health history, screening and evaluation of oral disease and health.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Selectee may be subject to a probationary period.
• Must pass pre-employment examination.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Security Clearance
• Complete, sign, and submit the Addendum to OF-306, Child Care & Indian Child Care Worker Position form.
• Confidential Financial Disclosure Form required.
• Measles and Rubella immunization required for selectees born after 1957.
• Seasonal Influenza immunization is required for civilian health care facility staff working in Indian Health Service health care facilities.
• Selectee is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements.
• On-call hours or standby duty may be required (Call Back or Stand-by Time; Rotating Shifts, Night/Weekend/Holidays).

LICENSURE:

• Applicants for all grade levels and specializations must be currently licensed to practice as dental hygienists in a State or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.

RADIOLOGICAL CERTIFICATION:

• Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiological procedures meet the credentialing standards, which are set forth in 42 CFR Part 75. Essentially, they must (1) have successfully completed an educational program which meets or exceeds the standards described in that regulation and which is credited by an organization recognized by the Department of Education, and (2) be certified as radiographers in their field.