Associate Dental Director

Who we are:  La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center committed to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. We have spent over 40 years advocating for and creating a health home for the many that have been denied access to care. As health care activists, we are dedicated to ensuring that individuals who do not have healthcare coverage receive the same quality healthcare as those who do.  From our genesis as a community health center in 1971, we understood that we cannot heal our communities without also addressing the economic and social factors that affect health. Many times, this requires that we go outside and provide services in other settings that link individuals to our health center for preventive and primary care. Over 90,000 individuals come to La Clínica because it is a welcoming place that addresses the whole person, coordinating and connecting them to a broad network of services to improve and maintain their health and well-being.  While we are still known for our activism and spirit of social justice, we are also proud to have grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care services with 35 sites across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties. 

Who you are:  In coordination with the Dental Director, the individual in this position will be responsible for assisting in the development, implementation, and assessment of quality dental services for all La Clinica de la Raza dental sites (Transit Village, Fruitvale, Children's Hospital, Monument, Pittsburg, Vallejo, Ronald McDonald Mobile Dental Clinics, and school bases sites).

Major Areas of Responsibility include but are not limited to: 

• Clinic Operational Support
• Performs administrative responsibilities which include recruitment and supervision of professional personnel (i.e., implementation of dentist review involving disciplinary actions, peer review, and evaluating work performance), development and revision of work procedures to expedite improved levels of delivery of services to patients.
• Serves as needed as dental representative for Diabetes Collaborative, Homeless Program, and other various programs.
• Provides support to the Assistant Dental Directors by being available on a day-to-day basis.
• Attends supervisory and administrative staff meetings to discuss department operations, staff training needs, and to formulate programs meeting various needs. Integration & Process Improvement
• Formulates dental program policies; directs and evaluates program development in organization and delivery of dental services to patients; directs patient care operations and quality assurance related to professional dental care services.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of Infection Control/OSHA as it pertains to dental practice. Ensures that all dental sites receive yearly dental specific OSHA training/updates.
• Assures compliance with City, County, State, and Federal regulations.
• Other duties as assigned by Dental Director. Financial and Personnel Administration
• Represents La Clinica at meetings involving dental funding.
• Works with the Dental Director in the coordination of various student rotations (i.e., UCSF, UOP, Chabot Hygiene and the College of Alameda). Additionally, coordinates the supervision of all the teaching programs including dental students, hygiene students, residents, and dental assistant student rotations.
• Works closely with La Clinica's Human Resource department to ensure that all licensing (i.e., CPR, DEA, and State License) and credentialing to government and private insurance programs (i.e.: Healthy Families, Denti-cal, Delta Dental, and any others) are up to date and current.

Minimum Job Requirements

Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of all aspects of general dentistry
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred.

Abilities

• Comprehensive skills and ability to apply modern methods and practices of four-handed dentistry and oral surgery essential.
• Individual in this position must have creativity, resourcefulness and judgment in the analysis and solution of dental and administrative problems.
• Strong leadership, teamwork, and crisis management skills are essential.
• Must be willing and able to drive to the various clinic sites. Other Certifications and
• Ability to work across cultures and demonstrate support of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Experience

• Requires graduation from a CODA accredited school of dentistry;

• Possession of valid D.D.S./D.M.D. degree, current California license, DEA license and NPI (National Practitioner Identification) number
• Must hold a current BLS (Basis Life Support) /CPR Certificate. You will have a 30-day grace period to obtain your certificate from the date of hire.
• Five years dental experience as a clinician supplemented by two or more years administrative experience in a clinic setting strongly preferred.