Join Lake Ridge Dental Care as a Full-Time Dental Hygienist in Woodbridge!
As a clinical provider and patient advocate, you’ll be given all the resources you need to provide exceptional care, while expanding your clinical skillset. You’ll work in an environment that encourages full clinical autonomy, backed by the ability to tap into a hygiene mentor program.
Lake Ridge Dental Care, Woodbridge, VA
Schedule: Monday to Thursday 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Friday 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Lake Ridge Dental Care is looking for an experienced, patient-focused Dental Hygienist to join our growing team. This is a full-time role for someone who is driven, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a goal-driven environment where patient care and performance metrics both matter. If you take pride in providing excellent clinical care, staying organized, and working as part of a connected team, you’ll fit right in here.
Lake Ridge Dental Care is a collaborative, connected, and engaging practice with a true family atmosphere. We value professionalism, strong communication, and being transparent with feedback so our team can keep improving and supporting each other. Our goal is to create a positive experience for every patient while operating a high-performing practice that is focused on quality, consistency, and results.
As a Dental Hygienist at Lake Ridge Dental Care, you’ll play a key role in patient care and practice growth by delivering thorough clinical care and helping patients understand their oral health needs. Responsibilities include:
Provide exceptional preventive and therapeutic hygiene services, including prophylaxis, periodontal maintenance, scaling and root planing, and individualized patient education.
Perform periodontal assessments and complete accurate documentation, including charting and treatment notes.
Take and process dental radiographs and support diagnostic needs using practice technology and imaging systems.
Educate patients on oral hygiene techniques, risk factors, and recommended treatment plans to support long-term health.
Maintain strict compliance with infection control, OSHA standards, and clinical best practices.
Manage time efficiently to support schedule flow while maintaining a high standard of care.
Collaborate with the dentist and clinical team to support patient treatment planning, practice goals, and key performance metrics.
Current dental hygiene license in Virginia (or ability to obtain).
2 to 3 years of clinical dental hygiene experience preferred.
Experience with or willingness to learn and use practice technology, including Dentrix, iTero, Smart Imaging, and Microsoft Office.
Detail-oriented with strong documentation habits and a commitment to clinical excellence.
Patient-focused with a positive, confident communication style and strong education skills.
Goal-driven and motivated, with comfort working in an environment that tracks performance metrics.
Strong time management skills and the ability to stay on pace while delivering high-quality care.
Team player mindset with professionalism, reliability, and openness to feedback.
If you’re a driven, patient-focused hygienist who enjoys a goal-oriented environment, we’d love to meet you. Apply now.
“I joined a Heartland supported practice with 15 years of Dental experience. While my past jobs helped grow my technical skills, Heartland invested time in growing my personal and leadership skills. I knew I could go farther than my previous offices took me. But never in my wildest dreams could I picture being where I am today!”
“I was able to attend classes on how to communicate with patients. That’s something I wasn’t taught in hygiene school.”
“It is inspiring to know that Heartland Dental sees people as their most important asset. I am proud to be part of such an incredible network of talented people in a culture molded by humility, desire to achieve, gratitude, and mutual respect.”
“I constantly have opportunities to attend courses to improve my leadership skills, to communicate with my teammates, and to improve my dental knowledge so I can treat my patients with the highest level of care.”
Heartland Dental has been named one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care. This award adds to recognition as one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces and America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity. It reflects our ongoing commitment to cultivating environments where every individual feels welcome and can build an exceptional career.
Heartland Dental is the nation's largest dental support organization, providing non-clinical administrative support services to more than 3,000 supported doctors across 39 states and the District of Columbia in over 1,800 dental offices. Each Heartland Dental supported office is unique to the community and the patients they serve. Supported doctors are the leaders of their practice and retain clinical autonomy. All Heartland Dental supported doctors are united by a common goal: delivering the highest quality dental care and experiences to the communities they serve.
Each Heartland Dental supported office is unique to the community and the patients they serve. Supported doctors are the leaders of their practice and set forth their own clinical care philosophies. But all our partners are united by a common goal: delivering the highest quality dental care and experience.
At Heartland Dental, we welcome people from all walks of life to join in that goal. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to living our core values by providing equal opportunity for all applicants and team members without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to join our team.
Learn more about this office at lakeridgedentalcareva.com
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