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Position Title: Dentist
Department: Dental
Reports To: Director of Dental Department
Position Summary:
A full time, exempt position responsible for providing clinical dental services and preventive dental care in a community health center setting. The Dentist supervises the dental assistants and dental hygienists of the community health center and is responsible for day to day management of the dental clinic.
Essential Functions:
· Examines individuals requesting care, diagnoses their dental/oral conditions, prescribes, and carries out, or directs others in carrying out, appropriate dental/oral treatment, or refers individuals for specialty consultation or treatment in conformance with approved clinical protocols and guidelines.
· Records patient-dentist transactions as they occur in the patient’s dental record so that the dental record accurately and completely reflects the nature of the contact, the condition of the patient and the care or treatment provided. In addition, the Dentist shall complete referrals, data collections instruments and other records or paper works as shall be required from time to time by the corporation.
· Educates individuals in oral health related conditions and in the general promotion of oral health related disease prevention.
· Serves on the dental staff and other center committees as assigned.
· Prepares specific reports as requested by the community health center’s CEO and Dental Director.
· Assists in the provision of continuing education, on-the-job training, and the orientation of community health center staff as requested.
· Designs, develops, and implements appropriate Dental Department policies, protocols and procedures as directed by the CEO and Dental Director which are in compliance with the most current accepted professional standards.
· Assists in the provision of technical assistance and health education to the community as requested.
· Participates in short and long-term program planning for the Dental Department and the agency, including development of goals and objectives.
· Provides consultation to the CEO and the Board of Directors regarding dental and oral health issues in the absence of the Dental Director.
· Travels when necessary, to fulfill the corporation’s needs and attends meetings as necessary to represent the corporation and/or the Dental Department.
· Assists in the coordination and integration of the corporation’s dental programs and services with other corporate programs and services for the welfare of the corporation’s patients.
· Responsible for personal full compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and center rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures governing the practice of dentistry and the clinical provision of dental care as well as those relating to, but not limited to, personnel issues, work-place safety, public health and confidentiality.
· Participates in recruitment/retention activities of the corporation as necessary.
· As directed by the Dental Director, performs other related and/or necessary tasks to achieve organizational and programmatic goals and objectives as assigned.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $79.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
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Work Location: In person
Full Time
Ancillary Healthcare
$166k-208k (estimate)
08/05/2023
06/25/2024
hpcks.org
PAOLA, KS
25 - 50
1992
JASON WESCO
$5M - $10M
Ancillary Healthcare
At Health Partnership Clinic (HPC), our experienced and compassionate health care providers are focused on caring for you and your familys medical, dental and behavioral health needsand becoming yourmedical home. Our clinics provide quality, integrated health care to children and adults regardless of income or insurance status. In addition, our Shawnee Mission clinic treats only children from newborns (including special need babies) through age 18. HPCs medical, behavioral health, nursing and dental staff represent all walks of life, cultures and races. Several staff members speak multiple lan...guages fluently, including Spanish. Were here to provide quality, affordable and comprehensive carefor you and your entire family.
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