Site Dental Director

Company: Community Health Connections, Inc
Location: Oklahoma City
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

Gardner

Gardner

Gardner, MA, USA

Essential Duties and Major responsibilities:

DENTIST

Provide direct service to patients

Ensure that DPH, OSHA and Dental Association regulations are strictly followed.

Comply with departmental protocols

Meet productivity standards

Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of dental care.

Commitment to providing dental care to families in a medically under-served community.

Willingness to be flexible in the development of new methods of dental services delivery.

Ability to deal with sensitive information in a highly confidential manner.

Effective communication skills, both oral and written, with patients, families, visitors, co-workers, health care professionals, funders, and other regulatory agencies.

Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.

Awareness of resources available within the health center to accommodate the needs of patients.

Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.

Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed conditions.

Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.

Directs and coordinates the patient care activities.

Completes staff reviews.

Attend required meetings.

Works closely with Director of Dental Operations.

Responsible for training and orientation of all Dentists and Hygienists.

Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement

Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.

Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to supervise, advise, and train clinical professionals in area of expertise.

Ability to work both independently and in a team

Ability to work collaboratively with the Management Team

Demonstrates understanding and commitment of the health center mission.

Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards.

Other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

DDS or DMD from an accredited Dental School

If Limited Licensed must have a min. of 2 yrs. AEGD or GPR successfully completed residency program.

Licensed in Massachusetts to practice Dentistry.

Minimum of three years professional experience including 1 yr. as Supervisor.

Public Health experience preferred.

CPR certified or equivalent

Physical requirements include near visual acuity to observe changes in health/illness status of patients.

Manual skills required include good eye and hand coordination in combination with finger dexterity for administration of injections, treatments, etc.

Supervision Exercised: Dentist, Dental Assistants and Residents

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