What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dentist (Riverside) position at Neighborhood Healthcare?
About Us
Community health is about more than just vaccines and checkups. It’s about giving people the resources they need to live their best lives. At Neighborhood, this is our vision. A community where everyone is healthy and happy. We’re with you every step of the way, with the care you need for each of life’s chapters. At Neighborhood, we are Better Together.
As a private, non-profit 501(C) (3) community health organization, we serve over 500,000 medical, dental, and behavioral health visits from more than 96k people annually. We do this in pursuit of our mission to improve the health and happiness of the communities we serve by providing quality care to all, regardless of situation or circumstance.
We have been doing this since 1969 and it is our employees that make this mission a reality. Regardless of the role, our team focuses on being compassionate, having integrity, being professional, always collaborating, and consistently going above and beyond. If that sounds like an organization you want to be a part of, we would love to have you.
ROLE OVERVIEW and PURPOSE
The Dentist works to support the mission and vision of Neighborhood Healthcare (NHC) by providing dental services to patients. This role will perform dental procedures and services to patients based on initial dental assessment and plans. In additional, this role will impart health education information and techniques to patients.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Direct Patient Care
- Develops and implements individualized dental care plans for patients
- Assesses dental needs and refer patients to dental specialists or medical providers as needed, using medical staff protocols for referral, follow-up, and quality assurance
- Provides comprehensive dental care, services, and preventive health education/techniques to patients in compliance with standard procedures
- Performs dental procedures and services that are within the approved sills profile and/or scope of practice
- Observes, assesses, and records patients’ symptoms, reactions, and treatments progress
- Prescribes medications and provides patients with pertinent medication instructions, as needed
Team Support
- Works with dental team to facilitate prescription refills and paperwork completion
- Provides dental backup to NHC dental sites and clinicians, as needed and available
- Provides supervision, consultations, instructions to Dental Assistants and other health care delivery team members in NHC dental sites, as needed
- Serves as preceptor to dental and paraprofessional students placed with NHC
Clinical Administration
- Accepts additional patients into the schedule, as needed
- Accommodates patients with urgent dental needs, including walk-ins
- Minimizes rescheduling of patients; provides instructions if necessary
- Completes and submits daily billing to reflect accurate coding and charges of all services rendered
- Works with management on improving efficiency, patient flow, program development, and revenues
- Maintains necessary credentialing, licensure, and continuing education requirements
- Assists management with employee evaluations for the Dental PSRs or Dental Assistants, as needed
- Participates in audits, peer reviews, patient satisfactions, protocol developments, meetings, and in-servicing trainings
- Contributes to the success of NHC by participating in quality improvement activities
- Completes legible and legally defensible dental records
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Doctorate degree in Dental Medicine (DMD) or Dental Surgery (DDS) required
- Valid CA Dental License required
- Valid DEA license and current CPR/AED certification required
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Pay range: $158k-210k per year depending on experience.
Salary : $158,000 - $210,000
