**Overview**

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Chandler, Arizona , has a stable suburban population with an economy anchored by many large financial, and high tech companies. Located southeast of Phoenix, Chandler is a skillfully developed community of friendly, diverse neighborhoods with expansive parks, great schools, convenient shopping, and excellent career opportunities.

For more than 50 years, Dignity Health’s Chandler Regional Medical Center has focused on quality patient care and service to the community. As the longest established hospital in the southeast valley, Chandler Regional has provided care for the Chandler community since 1961. The hospital recently added a new five-story tower with 96 patient beds, increasing the acute-care bed count to 338. This expansion increased emergency and trauma services, as well as the surgical unit and intensive care offerings.

The word “dignity” perfectly defines what our organization stands for: showing respect for all people by providing excellent care. At Chandler Regional, our employees are the heart and soul of our organization. They are the reason we are able to live out our healing ministry within the communities we serve. Our doctors, nurses and allied health professionals are a regular self-contained support system for each other. This unique working culture is one of the reasons why a career with us is so rewarding.

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**Responsibilities**

**Job Summary:**

Provide clinical services for the Intensive Care Units including, but not limited to, oral health care, screening and assessment, and professional advisement and support for inpatient care.

**Responsibilities:**

**Primary Duties and Responsibilities**

+ Provide direct care to patients in the trauma, medical, and cardiovascular intensive care units.

+ Provide oral care for critically ill patients who are intubated and at risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia.

+ Perform the bedside oral exam and complete the oral care protocol as specified in the Bedside Oral Care policy.

+ Perform oral care that includes brushing teeth and gums, debriding tongue, rinsing with chlorhexidine, and applying oral moisturizer.

+ Use specific oral hygiene aids and products as specified in the Bedside Oral Care policy.

+ Educate nurses, respiratory therapists, physicians, and other appropriate medical professionals on the bedside exam and oral care

+ Develop training materials to be used in training nurses on nurse-administered oral hygiene.

+ Collect data and report on patient outcomes as indicated.

+ Collaborate and contribute to patient care within area of expertise.

+ Communicate with department supervisor and manager regarding clinic staff and operations issues in a timely manner.

+ Participate in publication and presentation activities as needed.

**Personal and Professional Responsibilities**

+ Promotes open communication within the hospital, patient care unit, ancillary and support departments.

+ Attends meetings as required and participates on committees as directed.

+ Participates in development activities and contributes ideas to facilitate improving patient care, operations and organization processes and systems in support of individual department.

+ Collaborates to develop education, objectives, goals and action plans for the department and/or peers within area of expertise. Demonstrates the ability to work with various end users to effectively provide the needed information andtraining.

+ Assumes responsibility for personal and professional development and continuing education by attending departmental meetings, hospital events and classes, etc.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum:**

**Experience:**

+ One year of clinical dental hygiene experience.

+ Preferred: Two years clinical dental hygiene experience.

+ Experience working in a hospital setting with inpatients.

+ Experience with providing presentations, educating, or training adults in large or small group settings.

**Education:**

Graduate of an accredited dental hygiene program

**Licensure:**

+ DENTALHY:AZ

+ American Heart Association BLS

**Special Skills:**

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate with a variety of healthcare providers.

+ High degree of initiative and problem solving ability; ability to exercise judgment, make independent decisions and assume responsibility

+ Basic computer skills for documenting care and assessments in patient record

**Pay Range**

$32.08 - $46.51 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.