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About the Role
The Public Health Dental Hygienist works collaboratively with the Healthy Communities Team to address local population health needs, improve population health, and reduce health inequities. This role leads oral health initiatives, participates in advocacy, and uses a health equity approach to provide oral health support and implement programs and policies with key partners.
Responsibilities
- Lead oral health initiatives and participate collaboratively in advocacy work related to oral health.
- Use a health equity approach and work directly with key partners to provide oral health support.
- Develop and implement oral health focused programs and policies.
- Use evidence-informed strategies to seek and advocate for policy and system change.
- Optimize oral health through community engagement, coalition building, volunteer development, and partnership development.
- Continuously assess community oral health through formal and informal means.
- Recognize conditions impacting oral health, recommend strategies and interventions, and work collaboratively to achieve positive oral health outcomes.
Requirements
- Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Bachelor's Degree; Bachelors in Dental Hygiene preferred.
- Must be licensed and a member in good standing with a provincial regulatory body (e.g., the College of Dental Hygienist of Nova Scotia) and hold RDH or DH designation.
- Must maintain licensure throughout the course of employment.
- Experience in planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of oral health-related programs, policies, services, and initiatives.
- Demonstrated proficiencies in the Core competencies for Public Health & LEADS.
- Demonstrated success in building strategic partnerships, networks, coalitions, and collaborative working relationships.
- Demonstrates an understanding of a population-based approach.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and be self-directed, including setting clear and realistic goals, activities, timelines, deliverables, and accountability.
- Able to conduct assessments and analysis.
- Demonstrated knowledge of volunteer recruitment, training, and retention methods.
- First Aid/CPR Certification.
- Competencies in other languages are an asset, French preferred.
Skills
- Oral health
- Health equity
- Community engagement
- Coalition building
- Partnership development
- Program development
- Policy development
- Assessment and analysis
- Volunteer management
- French language proficiency (preferred)
Location
- Eastern Zone, Prime Brook
Work Type
- Permanent
- Part-time
- 83% FTE
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- Diploma in Dental Hygiene
- Bachelor's Degree
- Bachelors in Dental Hygiene (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $32.55 - $39.91 Hourly
- $41.31 hourly with 25 years of service
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Travel insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Life insurance coverage
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Wellness programs
- Development programs
- Employee support programs
About the Company
- Nova Scotia Health is the province's largest provider of health services, driven by excellence in health, healing, and learning.
- They deliver innovative, high-quality care across hospitals, health centres, and community programs.
- Nova Scotia offers a rewarding lifestyle with meaningful career opportunities, supportive teams, and work-life balance.
Equal Opportunity
- Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people they serve.
- Encourages applications from Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals.