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Parttime Patient Advocate Jobs in Iowa (NOW HIRING)

Dental Hygienist

Ankeny, IA

$35.50 - $46.75/hr

Ankeny, Iowa 50023 Part-Time Schedule: Tuesday: 8-5 Thursday: 7-5 Every other Friday: 8-1 Why Highpointe Dental Care? As an elite clinical provider and patient advocate, you'll receive best in class ...

Dental Hygienist

Ankeny, IA · On-site

$35.50 - $46.75/hr

Ankeny, Iowa 50023 Part-Time Schedule: Tuesday: 8-5 Thursday: 7-5 Every other Friday: 8-1 Why Highpointe Dental Care? As an elite clinical provider and patient advocate, you'll receive best in class ...

Dental Hygienist

Ankeny, IA · On-site

$35.50 - $46.75/hr

Ankeny, Iowa 50023 Part-Time Schedule: Tuesday: 8-5 Thursday: 7-5 Every other Friday: 8-1 Why Highpointe Dental Care? As an elite clinical provider and patient advocate, you'll receive best in class ...

Dental Hygienist

Ankeny, IA · On-site

$37 - $50/hr

Ankeny, Iowa 50023 Part-Time Schedule: Tuesday: 8-5 Thursday: 7-5 Every other Friday: 8-1 Why Highpointe Dental Care? As an elite clinical provider and patient advocate, you'll receive best in class ...

Dental Hygienist

Ankeny, IA · On-site

$35.50 - $46.75/hr

Ankeny, Iowa 50023 Part-Time Schedule: Tuesday: 8-5 Thursday: 7-5 Every other Friday: 8-1 Why Highpointe Dental Care? As an elite clinical provider and patient advocate, you'll receive best in class ...

Ankeny, Iowa 50023 Part-Time Schedule: Tuesday: 8-5 Thursday: 7-5 Every other Friday: 8-1 Why Highpointe Dental Care? As an elite clinical provider and patient advocate, you'll receive best in class ...

Clinical Preceptor

Dubuque, IA · On-site

$37.82 - $56.74/hr

Overview Clinical Nurse Preceptor Dubuque Finley Home Care Part Time Benefits 0.5 FTE Variable ... patient advocate o Provides supervision and care plan development for service line specific ...

Overview Clinical Nurse Preceptor Dubuque Finley Home Care Part Time Benefits 0.5 FTE Variable ... patient advocate o Provides supervision and care plan development for service line specific ...

Clinical Nurse Preceptor Dubuque Finley Home Care Part Time Benefits 0.5 FTE Variable weekday ... patient advocate o Provides supervision and care plan development for service line specific ...

Clinical Nurse Preceptor Dubuque Finley Home Care Part Time Benefits 0.5 FTE Variable weekday ... patient advocate o Provides supervision and care plan development for service line specific ...

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Parttime Patient Advocate information

What is the difference between Parttime Patient Advocate vs Parttime Medical Assistant?

AspectParttime Patient AdvocateParttime Medical Assistant
CredentialsHigh school diploma; some roles may require certification in patient advocacyHigh school diploma; certification or training in medical assisting preferred
Work EnvironmentHospitals, clinics, insurance companies, patient support centersClinics, hospitals, outpatient facilities
Employer & IndustryHealthcare providers, insurance companies, patient advocacy organizationsMedical facilities, outpatient clinics, healthcare providers
Primary FocusAssisting patients with navigating healthcare systems, advocating for patient needsPerforming clinical and administrative tasks, assisting healthcare providers

While both roles work within healthcare settings, a Parttime Patient Advocate primarily focuses on supporting patients' needs and navigating healthcare systems, whereas a Parttime Medical Assistant handles clinical tasks and administrative support. Understanding these differences helps in choosing the right career path or job search focus.

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Infographic showing various Parttime Patient Advocate job openings in Iowa as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 4% As Needed, 70% Full Time, 19% Part Time, and 7% Contract. Highlights an 97% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 2% Remote job distribution.

$35.50 - $46.75/hr

Part-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

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Job description

Dental Hygienist

Highpointe Dental Care

1075 SW Oralabor Rd. 
Ankeny, Iowa 50023

 Part-Time

Schedule:

Tuesday: 8-5

Thursday: 7-5

Every other Friday: 8-1

Why Highpointe Dental Care?

As an elite clinical provider and patient advocate, you’ll receive best in class non-clinical support to provide exceptional lifetime patient care while obtaining unparalleled education to enhance your clinical skills. You’ll work in an environment that encourages full clinical autonomy, giving your patients the time and attention they need, with the ability to tap into a hygiene mentor program. You’ll work a schedule that inspires work life balance and receive competitive benefits. Provide outstanding patient care, invest in your community, and do it all with the support of Heartland Dental.

As a Dental Hygienist at Highpointe Dental Care, you’ll be recognized as an elite clinical provider and patient advocate.  You’ll be an integral member of the patient care team, giving your patients the time and care they need, deserve and desire.   With best-in-class support through our robust Hygiene mentor program and unparalleled educational offerings to enhance your clinical skills – you’ll be 100% supported as you provide exceptional lifetime care to your patients!   

What You’ll Gain 

  • Competitive benefits including health insurance and retirement savings plans, six paid holidays and PTO (paid time off)
  • Continuing education to provide you opportunity to develop your full potential and enhance your clinical skills to provide education and care to your patients.
  • Access to an expansive network of mentors with 1:1 hygiene mentorship support and networking opportunities available at your fingertips.
  • Unparalleled business support and the highest quality supplies and labs to deliver exceptional patient care.
  • Opportunity to be a part of a secure company with 20+ years of industry leading experience that provides a stable career with unlimited growth potential

Highpointe Dental Care, is unique to the community and the patients they serve. With the support of a practice manager, a highly trained team on site, coupled with a vast network of experts across the nation, you’ll be completely connected to all the resources and support of Heartland Dental. 

    • Join a 6 person team that thrives on collaboration, communication and community

Minimum Qualifications 

  • Current dental hygienist license in Iowa and an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene (where required)
  • Excellent working knowledge of dentistry, dental hygiene procedures, dental patient screening and medical history documentation
  • CPR Certification

Preferred Experience

  • Clinical experience preferred
  • Experience using Velscope, Diagnodent, digital scanner, digital x-rays and electronic medical record systems
  • Desire to continue learning and grow clinical skills to meet needs of patients and provide preventative care and overall maintenance of patients’ dental health
  • Clinical needs as required by office

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to perform essential duties as deemed necessary by the Office/ Doctor/ Heartland Dental with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position
  • Prolonged periods sitting and standing
  • Must be able to lift and carry up to 45 pounds at times
  • Availability to attend virtual training sessions (or in-person) periodically throughout the year
  • As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy environment for both team members and patients, a tuberculosis (TB) test is required for all new hires in dental office positions. This is a standard requirement for dental office roles and must be completed prior to starting employment. The test will be arranged during the pre-employment process, and any necessary guidance or paperwork will be provided. Not applicable in the state of FL & TN. 

Who is Heartland Dental?

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.

 

At Heartland Dental, we’re committed to living our core values which promote diversity and inclusion.  We provide all employees and applicants for employment the protections of federal, state, and local laws affording equal opportunity in employment.