What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Health Dentist Leader position at Government Jobs?
Job Summary
The Dental Director will oversee the operations of the expanding dental department, ensuring high-quality patient care, compliance with regulatory standards, and the achievement of organizational goals.
This role includes clinical supervision, administrative management, and strategic planning to enhance dental services. The ideal candidate will be actively treating patients for a percentage of their work week and possess strong leadership skills.
Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical supervision, administrative management, and strategic planning to enhance dental services.
- Develop and execute best practices for management of dental staff, both professional and ancillary, and perform periodic clinical review of all professional dental providers.
- Manage the activities of dentistry program, which includes planning, coordinating, administering, and evaluating programs, projects, and service offerings to ensures effective delivery of services.
- Supervise dental staff, including conducting performance evaluations, ensuring staff follow policies and procedures, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions.
- Develop and train assigned staff, including identifying training needs, providing constructive feedback and reinforcement, coaching on how to perform tasks, and acting as a mentor.
