Dentist

About Us

ChesPenn is a network of community health centers spanning Chester and Delaware Counties.  Our mission is to provide quality, integrated, and culturally sensitive medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to adults and children regardless of their income, insurance status, or ability to pay.

ChesPenn is committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within our organization and the communities we serve.

Simply put, our goal is to be healthcare homes for every person living in the communities we serve. Be part of our mission to care for your community. This is a job that will love you back!

Position Summary:

We are seeking a talented, compassionate dentist to join the team at our Center for Community Health at Coatesville full-time.

Our Ideal candidate will be skilled in working with both children and adults and will enjoy working in a busy, high-energy general dentistry practice.  

Qualifications

•      Graduation from an accredited dental school is required.
•      Two (2) years in a related field.
•       Current State of Pennsylvania Dental License
•       Current COVID-19 and flu vaccines required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Understanding of the principles of community health care and services to special populations
• Ability to perform essential dentistry procedures, including restoration, basic endodontics, extractions, and preparation of full and partial dentures
• Cultural competence
• Basic Life support certification
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including friendliness, empathy, patients, kindness, politeness, and helpfulness
• Strong leadership and communication skills required
• Skilled in working with both children and adults
• Extensive knowledge of current dental health care needs and issues of children, adolescents, and adults
• Ability to collect adequate client data, conduct basic general dentistry, interpret oral findings, and manage or refer patients as conditions or protocol dictate

What You’ll Do

• Provide dental care to patients in an FQHC ambulatory-care environment in an urban setting
• Maintain positive relationships with managed care agencies, commercial providers, public and private funders and community organizations
• Participate in quality improvement, regularly scheduled staff meetings
• Maintain a high productivity level based on BPHC standards with respect to the total number of patients to which professional services are rendered
• Bring a professional, positive attitude to the work and to your coworkers

What We Offer

ChesPenn offers generous benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401a retirement account, funded by ChesPenn
• Life insurance
• Generous vacation, sick, and personal leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

  
 ChesPenn is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Because employees work with families and children and due to the sensitive nature of patient medical information, we require all applicants who receive and accept employment offers to complete child abuse and criminal background checks before being hired.

NOTE:  

ChesPenn uses a web-based application portal and emailing system to correspond with applicants.  Please be sure to add notifications@app.bamboohr.com to your contact list to ensure delivery of all correspondence from us.