Dentist

Why Join Advance Community Health

Advance Community Health (ACH) proudly offers employment opportunities in multiple locations throughout the Triangle, including Raleigh, Apex, Cary, and Fuquay-Varina! Our Raleigh office, conveniently located less than 6 minutes from the heart of Downtown Raleigh, gives you easy access to some of the best food and entertainment the Triangle has to offer! No matter who you are, the Triangle offers everything you need to live a happy, fulfilling life!

Our Benefits

• Company paid Medical Premiums for Employee and two dependents. 
• Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401K participation
• All employees receive their Birthday Off 
• One Floating Holiday
• 22 days of Paid Time Off per year
• Student loan forgiveness is available through the NHS Loan Forgiveness program
• Sign on bonus for the right candidate!

Position Summary

We are seeking a full-time hardworking and enthusiastic Dentist that will provide dental care to all age groups with accordance with the State of North Carolina licensing and professional scope of practice and applies diagnostic and therapeutic dental services to Advance Community Health (a FHQC), while making reasonable and sound assessments and treatment plans within the scope of the dental program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide and manage direct patient care to all age groups, including examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnosis and treatments for a diverse patient population within the scope of practice.
• Works as part of a primary care team with staff, providers, and other community dental care providers.
• Assures integration of patient education into all treatment phases.
• Dentists advise patients on oral health and disease prevention, and teach them about proper oral care,
• Makes reasonable and sound dental assessments and treatment plans
• Consults with appropriate providers as necessary and makes recommendations to patients for outside referrals.
• Obtains history and physical appropriate to dental problem. 
• Reviews patient records, charts, and other pertinent information.
• Documents encounters in an accurate and timely manner.
• Assists the Lead Dentist, Chief Operating Officer, and Practice Manager in the planning and evaluation of effective clinic operations.
• Responsible for ensuring quality dental standards are compliant with organization standards.
• Responds to quality issues as recommended by the Quality Improvement and Risk Management Plan. 
• Participates in ongoing identification of performance and process quality improvement opportunities of the department and the organization and the formulation and implementation of actions to achieve improvements. 

Education and Experience

• Graduate of an accredited school of dentistry with a DDS/DMD. 
• Dentists’ licenses with the State of North Carolina.
• DEA controlled substances registration certificate.
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR/AED) certification – must be obtained within 90 days of employment.

Preferred Skills

• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Completion of an American Dental Association (ADA) accredited residency program – Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) or General Practice Residency (GPR).

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities, as listed in this position description, are not exhaustive. The Organization, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills and/or education will also be considered, so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Position Description. The Organization, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.