Dentist

Exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced medical team within a growing federally qualified community health center. HealthFirst Family Care Center Inc. The Heart of Our Community provides comprehensive services including adult/pediatric medical care health education health assessment and screenings gynecology cardiology behavioral health substance use treatment and adult/pediatric dental care.

Dentist

Duties include the following:

Examine patients teeth and surrounding oral cavity using various dental instruments and radiographs to determine the need for dental treatment. Educates patients regarding their care diagnoses treatment plans medications and prognosis. Participate in training and quality improvement activities of the department. Clinical and operational functions are required. Provide dental services to HealthFirsts patients which include various therapies such as:

Primary preventive services (preventing initiation of disease): plaque control pit and fissure sealants topical fluoride patient education and oral cancer screening

Secondary preventive services (active intervention in disease process): temporary sedative fillings permanent fillings

Tertiary preventive services (services to prevent loss of function): molar root canals minor surgical procedures pulpotomies crowns space maintainers and their appropriate dental treatments and procedures to restore dental health and function.

Participate in preventive dental education in the schools and within the community. Represents HealthFirst with school and the community as required for community outreach program. Records results of examination in the patients dental record and formulates dental plan. May perform minor laboratory procedures as necessary. Perform administrative duties such as maintaining patient records attend and participate in various meetings within the Health Center

Experience and Education include:

• DDS/DMD or foreign equivalent
• 12 months of experience as a Dentist
• Massachusetts Dental License or Massachusetts Limited Dental License

Location

387 Quarry Street Fall River MA 02723

Hours/Salary

Minimum of 40 Hours / Week at $116396.80 per year

Send CV to Healthfirst Attn: Ms. Renzo HealthFirst Family Care Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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HealthFirst Family Care Center Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

HealthFirst celebrates and supports diversity and varied perspectives. We strive to eliminate discrimination and to hire applicants of diverse backgrounds cultures and thoughts. HealthFirst does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race color national origin religion sex (including pregnancy/breastfeeding transgender status and sexual orientation) age physical or mental disability genetic information or any other protected class