OPS DENTAL HYGIENIST - 64853251

Requisition No: 868594 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: OPS DENTAL HYGIENIST - 64853251

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 64853251 

Salary:  $30 - $35 Hourly Rate 

Posting Closing Date: 01/29/2026 

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This is a professional position that works in the Escambia County School-based Sealant Program (EC-BSP). The position is supervised under general supervision by the dentist(s) at the Department of Health’s State Health Office Public Health Dental Program under an approved protocol to provide assessments, screenings, dental charting, dental sealants, fluoride application, oral health education, and caries risk assessments. Completes a letter home to the parent/guardian and calls the parent/guardian of any child with urgent dental care needs. This position requires daily in-office or field work. 

Completes patient eligibility and enters patient information in the Department’s Health Management System (HMS). Documents dental charting and patient notes and stores in the Department’s HMS or electronic oral health system. Enters all provided services in HMS for billing. Completes required reports for the Department, insurance, and funding requirements.

Prints all dental forms; works with the local school system to promote the EC-BSP; disseminates informational fliers and consents; retrieves and reviews the consents; contacts the parent/guardian to review serious medical conditions and consults with supervising dentist; schedules times at each school to provide services, loads and transports equipment, instruments, and supplies in state vehicle; and sets up in designated area to provide services; packs all items and transports to the next treatment location. Orders and maintains appropriate amounts of supplies and printed paperwork.

Maintains appropriate sterilization and disinfection per federal, state, local and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines. Participates in the school and Department’s safety programs and observes all safety measures, including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Reports all accidents and near misses, corrects any safety issue in the area. Ensures all patient treatment is performed in an aseptic environment.

Responsible for maintaining all information sets with the purpose of protecting confidentiality, data integrity, and appropriate access for all information, both confidential and public record, which is stored electronically or in paper form. Reports any data breach per Department guidelines. Completes all required training, completes employee activity records, attends the dental director/program manager statewide performance meeting. Maintains clear and active dental hygiene license. In-state travel required.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Judgment and Decision Making: Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
• Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
• Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react the way they do.
• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Speaking: Talking to others to effectively convey information.
• Writing: Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
• Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Listening: Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
• Information Gathering: Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information.
• Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
• Identifying Downstream Consequences: Determining the long-term outcomes of a change in operations.
• Implementation Planning: Developing approaches for implementing an idea.
• Identification of Key Causes: Identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal.
• Visioning: Developing an image of how a system should work under ideal conditions.
• Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of policies and practices involved in personnel/human resource functions.
• Mathematics: Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships. 
• English Language:  Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation techniques.
• Computer: Knowledge of computer software including applications.
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher
• Ability to work independently and completes assignments in a timely manner. Ability to plan, develop and deliver health promotion and public health education services

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of general office procedures and practices, correct grammar usage and basic arithmetic.  Must have the ability to prepare reports and correspondence, follow instructions, review data for accuracy and completeness, communicate effectively and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. The person in this position must also have a working knowledge of computers and word processing skills.  Proficient skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher. Ability to work independently and completes assignments in a timely manner. Ability to prepare reports. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate. Valid Florida driver’s license. KSAs required for licensure as a Dental Hygienist. Must possess a FL Board of Dentistry Registered Dental Hygienist License. Must be able to lift 40 lbs.

Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:

Mission:

To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.

Vision:

To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.

Values:

I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.

C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.

A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.

R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.

E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.

Where You Will Work:

1295 West Fairfield Drive, Pensacola, FL 32501

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. As an OPS employee, the benefits below, are available:

• State of Florida 401 (a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
• Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements; consult with People First and/or the servicing HR office)
• Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
• Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)

• Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
• Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Please be advised:

Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.  

This position requires a security background check and/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov 

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.  Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement. 

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that information will be verified using the E-Verify system.  E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.   

Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days.

All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.  

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. 

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation. 

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. 

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million service men and women.  The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise.  Through the Department's VALOR program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflects our appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.    

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.