Dental Hygienist - Team Leader

Finger Lakes Dental Care of Canandaigua is looking for a Team Leader to our Dental Hygiene team. The Ideal leader will provide leadership, inspiration, motivation, clarity and guidance to all of our Canandaigua Dental Hygienists.  

As a Hygienist, providing patients with exceptional, personalized care is of the utmost importance to ensure patient retention and growth. As an integral part of our leadership team, you’re expected to uphold the highest standards to best represent our hygiene team and organization.  

Our Ideal Hygienist is:

• On Time

• Organized

• Helpful

• Inspiring

• Sincere

• Empathy & Compassion

• Confidence

• Optimism

• Strong Interpersonal Skills

• Problem Solving Skills

• Has direction and focus

• Innovative

• Honest

• Thorough and detail oriented

• Respectful of others time

• Passionate about their job

• Looks ahead at the schedule to keep everyone on time

• Communicates well with patients and team members

• Current with CE and educated about the most advanced Hygiene techniques

• Team Player

• Engaged

• Embraces the ever-changing use of technology

• Open to feedback

• Flexible

• Lives our Core Values

As our Lead Dental Hygienist, you would be responsible for the following, including all regular duties of a Dental Hygienist.  You contribute to Finger Lakes Dental Care’s continued success by passionately executing the organization’s business model, promoting the organizational culture, mission and Core Values. The Lead Dental Hygienist is responsible for the development of the Dental Hygiene team in the office. Focusing on patient outcomes and patient experience, as well as fostering team collaboration, sharing information & ideas and challenging your team to innovate, will be key to your role. Treat every interaction with a patient as an opportunity to create trust, while empowering the team to find new ways to change the way our patients feel about going to the dentist!

As a team leader, you must keep the best interests of your team in mind at all times, communicate team assignments & plans and motivate team members to give 5-star patient service. You will inject positive energy into the office with a teamwork attitude.