Dental Hygienist

This position involves performing technical dental hygiene duties for clinical, research, or teaching purposes, including patient assignments, assisting students, and maintaining equipment and records. Key responsibilities include providing radiological support and performing periodontal treatments, surgeries, and faculty practice patient care. Requirements include an OHDQ designation, strong organizational skills, and proficiency in both spoken and written English and French.

• Providing support to students in taking intraoral radiographs on manikins/patients and to those experiencing difficulties with radiographic procedures.
• Reviewing radiographs for diagnostic quality and identifying concerns requiring review.
• Taking Panoramic, Cephalometric images and CBCT scan on patients.
• Providing operational support for panoramic imaging.
• Providing clinical support and identifying radiographic concerns on quality and technique during specialty and multi-disciplinary clinics.
• Organizing and transferring the radiographs emailed to the clinic to the appropriate files and communicating with the senders in case of need.
• Emailing/making CD of radiographic images for further treatment or consult such as extractions, endodontic etc. and for approval from the insurance companies.
• Maintaining the radiographic equipment in a good working condition and troubleshooting as much as possible.
• Communicating with the clinic manager in case any sensor requires further evaluation or repair.
• Ensuring radiology rooms are maintained according to infection-control requirements.
• Setting up the radiology rooms for taking radiographs by supplying and organizing the necessary items such as XCP(s), barriers, gloves, masks etc.
• Communicating with the sterilization staff in case of shortage of any tools.
• Taking intra and extra oral images of the patients and their models.
• Uploading and downloading the images into appropriate files.
• Providing clinical and operational support during periodontal examinations, data collection and charting.
• Provide clinical support for students scaling supra and subgingivally including smoothing the exposed part to the root, by using ultrasonic and hand instrument, polishing and applying fluoride varnish.
• Giving oral hygiene instructions and nutritional guidance to the students and patients.
• Demonstrating the students the correct way of positioning ergonomically.
• Observing the way students present themselves , following the protocol and the patient care in the clinic, such as tidiness, patient management and reporting to the clinic manager in case of any discrepancy.
• Adjusting/performing minor repairs on equipment in general.

• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Competitive vacation policy
• Two (2) floating holidays
• Nine (9) "Summer Fridays" - paid days off between the St-Jean Baptiste holiday and Labour Day
• Paid time off over the December holiday period
• Tuition waiver for regular employees and their dependents
• Up to two (2) days of remote work per week where the position permits
• Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
• Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing.
• The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level #4 on a scale of 0-4 .
• For a definition of our language proficiency levels, please click here .
• Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level #4 on a scale of 0-4 .
• Competitive benefits package (Health, Dental, Life Insurance)
• Defined contribution pension plan (with employer contribution up to 10%)