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Dental Hygienist

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Core Civic

Posted 2 months ago

Full Time

Tutwiler, Mississippi

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Dental Hygienist will perform scaling, cleaning, and polishing of teeth while providing dental health education to inmates. They are responsible for taking dental x-rays and impressions while maintaining direct contact with residents for at least 75% of their time.

Qualifications

Seeking a licensed or certified Dental Hygienist to perform teeth scaling, cleaning, and polishing, as well as providing gum treatment and dental health education. Must be at least 18 years old and a valid driver's license is preferred.

Job Description

$30.39 / hour At CoreCivic, we do more than manage inmates, we care for people. CoreCivic is currently seeking Dental Hygienists who have a passion for providing the highest quality care in an institutional setting.
The incumbent should be able to perform all of the following functions at a pace and level of performance consistent with the job performance requirements

  1. Perform scaling, cleaning and polishing of teeth.
  2. Render Treatment to gums and tissue surrounding teeth.
  3. Develop and conduct a dental health education program, instruct inmates/residents in preventive dental techniques
  4. Take and develop dental x-rays as directed
  5. Take impressions for study Casts
  6. Spend a minimum of 75% of time performing duties which involve direct contract with inmates/residents.
 

Qualifications: 

  • Must be licensed and/or certified as a dental hygienist in the state of employment. 
  • A valid driver's license is preferred, unless required by contract or applicable statute.
  • Minimum age requirement: Must be at least 18 years of age.   

CoreCivic is a Drug-Free Workplace & EOE including Disability/Veteran.



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Core Civic

CoreCivic is a diversified, government-solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenge in cost-effective ways. We provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through high-quality corrections and detention management, innovative and cost-saving government real estate solutions, and a growing network of residential and non-residential alternatives to incarceration that help address America's recidivism crisis. We are the nation's largest owner of partnership correctional, detention and residential reentry facilities, and believe we are the largest private owner of real estate used by U.S. government agencies. The company has been a flexible and dependable partner for government for more than 40 years. Our employees are driven by a deep sense of service, high standards of professionalism and a responsibility to help government better the public good. Learn more at www.corecivic.com.
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