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USD 173480 - 219401
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Job Description
Dentist
This position will support One Community Health by providing comprehensive primary oral health care and preventive dental care to patients in a community healthcare setting. The dentist will work directly with the Dental Director Chief Health Officer and the dental team to provide highquality patientoriented dental care.
This role is onsite at our Carmichael CA location 95608.
Dental Department Hours:
- Monday Friday 8am5pm
Essential Functions:
- Perform all functions of a clinical general practice dental provider
- Under guidance of the Dental Director is responsible for implementing workflows involving Epic Wisdom and Dexis interoperability and functions
- Collaborate with Dental Director on long range goal planning and new program development.
- Collaborate with the Dental Director when planning and maintaining clinical quality and productivity.
- Coordinate with the dental staff to ensure adequate practice management and facilitate improvements in dental quality and its metrics.
- Attend Leadership and Committee meetings when assigned by the Dental Director
- Demonstrate initiative in offering proactive suggestions for improvements in departmental workflow and processes.
- Embrace and support the organizations commitment to Process Improvement and Quality initiatives
- Assists the dental staff in the development and training of educational programs for staff and patients.
- Participates in Dental Department recruitment/retention activities.
- Function as a member of the care team and as such actively collaborates with other clinical and nonclinical staff to ensure care is proactive and coordinated among care providers and care settings. This collaboration includes attendance at daily team huddles care conferences and training communication processes including the electronic health record and effective patient communication.
- Performs other related and/or necessary tasks to achieve organizational and programmatic goals and objectives.
- Performs patient exams diagnoses dental disease and conditions evaluates oral health and plans; and provides treatment using principles of theories and practices of dentistry (requirement is 100 clinical).
- Recommend changes in all dental clinical services or in general to improve patient flow dental record dental billing and appointment practices.
- Works with the Dental Director and Dental Supervisor to support compliance of clinic personnel with OSHA standards HIPAA privacy and other applicable federal and state laws regarding the practice of dentistry.
- As directed by the Dental Director performs other related work or necessary tasks to achieve goals and objectives of the Dental Department and organization.
- Participates in collaborative learning projects and quality improvement initiatives that One Community Health programs may engage in.
- Meets and or exceeds OCH Dental program productivity goals. 1.7 encounters per hour2024 and 60 dental sealant rate for eligible children.
- Provides leadership and guidance to assigned dental assistant staff to achieve productivity goals.
- Achieves Phase One Treatment Plan completion rate to regulate panel size to increase new patients.
- Competency to perform simple and moderately complex extractions
- Competency to perform pulpectomy for urgent management of pain and infection and endodontic procedures on anterior and premolar teeth
Education/Experience Required:
- All licenses and certifications are to be kept current and in good standing with the CA Dental Board
- D.S./D.M.D. from an accredited dental school
- CA Dental License
- DEA license
- CA Board approved courses necessary for license renewalCA Dental Practice Act and CA Dental Infection Control
- American Heart Association approved BLS Certification (CPR)
- Professional clinical dental experience in practicing dentistry.
- Interest in design and evaluation of efficiency of a dental program in a community health center setting.
- Authoritative knowledge of the practice and techniques of dentistry as a general practitioner in a community health center is highly desirable.
- Licenses required for this position must be kept current valid and in good standing with the presiding entity.
- Advanced Education in General Dentistry or General Practice Residency training is preferred.
Preferred
- A minimum of 2 years clinical experience is preferred.
- Advanced Education in General Dentistry or General Practice Residency training
- One Community Health serves a widely diverse patient population with a rich blend of races ethnicities cultures ages religions disabilities sexual orientations gender identities and socioeconomic backgrounds. Individuals with life experience in these areas contribute to our ability to serve this population more effectively.
- Demonstrated personcentered approach and familiarity with trauma informed systems and restorative practices.
Reasonable Accommodations
One Community Health endorses and supports the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are applicants or employees who need accommodations. If you require an accommodation due to a disability to complete this application or you are experiencing difficulty submitting your application please contact us at
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We only employ US citizens and nonUS citizens authorized to work in the United States in compliance with federal law.
Employment Type
Full-Time
