Dental Hygienist
SWLA Center for Health ServicesLafayette, Louisiana, United States
Posted October 29, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
SWLA Center for Health Services, Inc. is a Louisiana‑based non‑profit community health organization founded in 1978 that delivers comprehensive primary and preventive care across four locations—Lake Charles, Lafayette, Crowley, and Oberlin. Leveraging federal funding through a 330 Community Health Center grant and Bureau of Primary Health Care support, the Center offers a full spectrum of medical and supportive services in a caring, respectful, and cost‑effective environment. Its long‑standing commitment to quality, dignity, and community outreach distinguishes it as a trusted provider of accessible health care in the region.
Job Description
The Dental Hygienist promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening, and radiographic studies. This position assists the Dentist in the direct provision of primary care dental services to patients.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree from an accredited Hygiene program
- State hygiene license
- Current CPR certificate
- Current on Hepatitis B vaccination
- Ability to administer local anesthetic agents
- Able to use an x-ray machine
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Comfortable using computers for a variety of tasks
- Knowledgeable about oral hygiene and dental health
- Ability to attend to multiple tasks at the same time and to prioritize assignments and responsibilities
- Effective oral and written communication skills in English are required. Effective oral communication skills Spanish preferred
- Current CPR (BLS) required
- Comprehensive knowledge of dent techniques and procedures for all phases of general dentistry
- Knowledge of modern dental materials and their storage, handling, and applications
- Ability to work with persons from a wide diversity of social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds
- Ability to creatively work with other health care professionals from a variety of disciplines