Hygienist roles and expectations
Typical Hygienist role and expectations at Morton Ranch Dental
This is what a typical day for Trista our current hygienist would be. She has been working with us since July 2017. She will be leaving around the end of June to the end of July. Ideally, we would have you come aboard at the end of June and partially train with Trista until she leaves. After having worked with us for nearly seven years, she’s decided to move out of Houston. We’ve had a great working relationship with her and would love to find someone similar.
We are very team oriented so please keep in mind that every will need to be helping everybody for the day to go through smoothly.
Please keep in mind that this is a typical day that Trista is able to do after having worked with use for 7 years. Some things may be missing and some things may change due to your personal working style. Since we’re a non-corporate office, there is always open communication and modifications if it serves the entire office as a whole.
Opening the office
(If the assistant hasn’t done this already, or if for some reason the assistant is coming in later)
1) Turning on lights, air conditioners, computers, PANO, chairs, compressor/vacuum, etc.
2) Doing light administrative tasks in the front if needed such as answering questions if a patient walks in, calling a patient, making an appointment, etc.
3) Setting up the hygiene room
4) Emptying out the autoclave and gathering all the hygiene instruments
5) Checking water bottle levels in the char and adding water if necessary
Reviewing the patients and planning for the day
1) Going through the patients for the day checking for treatment plans and that the patient is eligible for insurance if patient is using insurance (we have a front desk staff who verifies all insurances the day before)
2) Reviewing previous notes and asking any questions about the patients
3) Making sure a treatment plan has been made for the patient for the day (whether or not if they’re here for a Comp Exam, FMX as a new patient or if they are a recall patient with 4 BW and 2 PAs)
4) Planning when the sterilize items throughout the day to ensure that there are enough cavitrons and scalers
Seeing patients
1) Calling the patient back
2) Reviewing medical history (usually the front will have the patient update the medical history but just making sure that the patient didn’t have to premed or something like that)
3) Taking x-rays
4) Diagnosing if the patient needs an SRP or a regular cleaning
5) Getting a treatment plan ready for the patient and presenting (being able to explain why the patient needs an SRP)
*Also inputting the treatment plan that the doctor recommends into Dentrix
6) Going over finances if needed
7) Getting the patient ready for anesthesia if doing an SRP and if needed (getting the patient ready with topical with the needed anesthesia, or just using the Dyclonine mouth rinse)
8) Doing treatment in a timely manner with patient satisfaction
9) Making the following appointment for the patient
10) Dismissing the patient and turning over the room for the next patient
11) Deciding to use another room to see the next patient and leaving the first room dirty to clean later or have someone help clean if the schedule is tight
12) Communicating with the front and back staff to see who needs help with what
13) Running the ultrasonic and bagging both hygiene instruments and other instruments that may be in the ultrasonic
Ending the day
1) Finishing notes
2) Batching out claims
3) Going over the next day and checking treatment plans and insurance eligibility
4) Cleaning the room(s) and running the ultrasonic and autoclave if the assistant hasn’t
5) Helping out of with cleaning the office at the end of the week
6) Emptying the water bottles and letting them dry at the end of the week
7) Closing the office if needed if you’re the only one left
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