Community Dental Health Advocate - RDH

COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE (RDH)

Downstate New York (Brooklyn & Staten Island)

Full-Time | Remote with Extensive Community-Based Travel

Location: Candidates must reside in or near Brooklyn, Staten Island, or the surrounding New York City metro area to effectively support community outreach, school-based screenings, health fairs, stakeholder meetings, and other in-person events.

Help Improve Oral Health Across New York City Communities

Do you enjoy educating, empowering, and connecting people to the care they need? LIBERTY Dental Plan is seeking a Community Dental Health Advocate (RDH) to support outreach efforts throughout Brooklyn and Staten Island while helping members improve their oral health and access to care.

This role is ideal for a Registered Dental Hygienist who enjoys working in the community, building relationships, and making a measurable difference through education, outreach, screenings, and member engagement.

About the Role

The Community Dental Health Advocate serves as a key community resource, providing dental wellness education, oral health screenings, and member outreach initiatives designed to improve oral health outcomes. This position blends field work, community engagement, and remote administrative responsibilities.

What You'll Do

• Educate members on oral health, preventive care, and available dental benefits.
• Perform oral health screenings at schools, health fairs, community events, and member-focused programs.
• Develop strong relationships with community organizations, providers, and local stakeholders.
• Support outreach initiatives that encourage members to access dental services.
• Provide oral hygiene education and member engagement through outreach activities and calls.
• Collaborate with Provider Relations, Member Services, Account Management, and Quality teams.
• Gather and report outreach data, screening results, and engagement metrics.
• Assist with communication and awareness campaigns that promote oral health and wellness.
• Ensure compliance with privacy and confidentiality requirements.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in Dental Hygiene.
• Current Dental Hygiene license in good standing.
• At least two years of relevant dental healthcare, dental insurance, or dental office experience.
• Strong understanding of dental terminology.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Valid driver's license and required insurance coverage.
• Microsoft Office proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual language proficiency.
• Community outreach experience.
• Experience working with managed care or government-sponsored healthcare programs.
• HEDIS-related knowledge and experience.
• Experience working with diverse populations.

What Makes You Successful

• Service-oriented mindset with a passion for improving community health.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to engage diverse audiences.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Comfortable working independently and remotely.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across functional teams.
• Willingness to travel and participate in evening or weekend events as needed.

Travel & Schedule

This role supports communities throughout Brooklyn and Staten Island and requires frequent travel to schools, community events, outreach locations, and stakeholder meetings. Travel may represent 50%-85% of work time. Flexible scheduling, including occasional evenings and weekends, is required.

Why Join LIBERTY Dental Plan?

Join a mission-driven organization dedicated to improving oral health outcomes and expanding access to care. You'll play a visible role in the community while helping members navigate resources, access preventive care, and achieve healthier lives.

Ready to make a difference in the communities you serve? Apply today and help bring better oral health to Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Qualifications

Location

Our employees are distributed in office locations in multiple markets across the United States. We are unable to hire or allow employees to work outside of the United States.

What Liberty Offers

Happy, healthy employees enhance our ability to assist our members and contribute more actively to their communities. That’s why Liberty offers competitive and attractive benefit packages for our employees. We strive to care for employees in ways that promote wellness and productivity.

Our first-class benefits package supports employees and their dependents with:

• Competitive pay structure and savings options to help you reach your financial goals.

• Excellent 401(k) retirement benefits, including employer match, Roth IRA options, immediate vesting during the Safe Harbor period, and access to professional financial advice through Financial Engines.

• Affordable medical insurance, with low-cost premiums for employee-only coverage. Liberty subsidizes the cost for eligible dependents enrolled in the plan.

• 100% employer-paid dental coverage for employees and eligible dependents.

• Vision insurance with low-cost premiums for employee-only coverage and dependents.

• Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, equal to one times your base salary, with options to purchase additional supplemental coverage.

• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.

• Voluntary benefit programs, including accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.

• Long-term disability coverage.

• Expansive wellness programs, including company-wide wellness challenges, BurnAlong memberships, and gym discounts.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support mental health and well-being.

• Generous vacation and sick leave policies, with the ability to roll over unused time.

• 10 paid company holidays.

• Tuition reimbursement for eligible educational expenses.

• Remote or hybrid work options available for various positions.

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, the base salary range for this position is $68,300 - $100,000 a year, not including fringe benefits or potential bonuses. At Liberty, your final base salary will be determined by factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and experience. We are committed to pay equity and also consider the internal equity of our current team members when making final compensation decisions.

Please note that the range listed represents the full base salary range for this role. Typically, offers are not made at the top of the range to allow for future salary growth.

Liberty Dental Plan commits to maintaining a work environment that acknowledges all individuals within the workplace and will continue to engage in practices that are inclusive of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We strive to have every person within the organization have a sense of belonging while encouraging individuals to unleash their full potential. Liberty will leverage diverse perspectives in building high performance teams and organizational culture.

Liberty Dental Plan will continue to strengthen and develop external partnerships by providing equitable health care access and improving population health in the communities we serve.

We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment, recruitment, promotions, and transfers, as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

Sponsorship and Relocation Specifications

Liberty Dental Plan is an Equal Opportunity Employer / VETS / Disabled.

No relocation assistance or sponsorship available at this time.