General Dentist

Desert Senita Community Health Center • Full-time • Arizona City, Arizona, United States • $160k - $200k / year • 3m ago

PURPOSE

Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), oversees the delivery of dental care services and directly supervises the activities and personnel of the Desert Senita Dental Center. Performs direct patient services, orients and supervises all dental clinician staff, and supervises and ensures the effectiveness of support services systems directly related to the delivery of primary dental care, including referrals systems, ancillary services, and outreach and health education. Oversees service delivery compliance with licensure, medical, and/or funding requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

· Oversees development and implementation of dental health care services program tailored to meet patient needs, including dental records; triage and scheduling patient flow; direct patient services; and laboratory, x-ray, referral, and education/outreach services

· Provides direct dental care services

· Serves as dental advisor to Leadership Team and Board of Directors, including oversight and integration of oral health standards and protocols, and input into other departmental protocols and standards to insure integration of all health care and oral health standards and protocols.

· Makes policy recommendations to CEO for effective implementation of services and compliance with Arizona licensing and other federal, state, or local requirements

· Oversees development and implementation of dental quality improvement activities, and ensures effective solutions and implementation of corrective action plans for any dental services or delivery mechanisms found to be out of compliance with acceptable standards

· Handle complaints/suggestions from dental clinician, front and back office staff.

· Adhere to all required OSHA and health regulations.

· Attend meetings as requested

· Participate in the planning, development, implementation, and support of policies and procedures, to continually improve the quality of patient care

· Actively participates in budget, cost containment, and productivity efforts

· Provides dental leadership and actively supports and participates in chronic disease

collaborative(s) and/or other re-engineering and quality improvement efforts, including testing, implementation, and oversight of changes, as appropriate

· Peer review

· Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

· Demonstrated competency, education, training and experience in provision of dental services

· Demonstrated ability to establish relationships with all levels of personnel, patient and families

· Demonstrated ability to communicate in oral and written forms

· Maintain DDS certification and current Arizona license

· Prior personnel and business management experience desirable

· Familiar with the dental environment; familiarity with medical and/or community health center environment preferred

· Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

· CPR certification

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Air-conditioned office/treatment rooms. Daily patient contact with exposure to communicable diseases, blood and/or blood products. Considerable sitting, standing, and walking.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $160,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

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