What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dentist position at OVP Health Care?
A Dentist, or Dental Surgeon, is a healthcare professional with a focus on dental care. A Dentist helps people maintain their oral health and have attractive smiles.
Dentist duties and responsobilities:
The primary duty of a dentist is to deliver a high standard of care to every patient. To this end, they may have the following job duties:
- Performing exams and evaluating X-rays to determine a patient’s health
- Developing treatment plans to deal with any dental health issues
- Providing cosmetic services like teeth whitening, enhance the appearance of teeth
- Filling cavities, performing root canals, applying crowns and installing bridges and implants to fix broken and missing teeth
- Administering or prescribing medications to decrease pain and improve patient health
- Interacting with patients and instructing them on proper oral care
- Measuring and fitting dental appliances
- Maintaining accurate patient records
- Managing Dental Staff, assigining duties and schedules for support staff
- Maintaining and completing notes for billing
- EEO STATEMENT:
OVP Health Care provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law
requirements, OVP Health Care complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment
in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment,
including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation,
and training.
OVP Health Care expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper
inference with the ability of OVP Health Care employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and
including discharge.
Salary : $160,000
