Staff Dentist

Job title: Staff dentist.

Job type: Full-time.

FLSA status: Exempt.

Travel: Limited/no travel required.

Job summary:

The staff dentist works as part of the dental team to provide dental care in a community health center setting. The staff dentist recognizes the challenges and limitations of providing excellent dental care to an uninsured population, and promotes a holistic approach to care as consistent with the mission of Catherine’s Health Center.

Primary location:

Position supervisor: Lead dentist.

Description of duties/responsibilities:

• Examines individuals requesting care, diagnoses their dental/oral conditions, prescribes and carries out appropriate dental/oral treatments, or refers individuals for specialty consultation or treatment in conformance with approved clinical protocols and guidelines.
• Records patient-dentist transactions as they occur in the patient’s dental record so that the dental record accurately and completely reflects the nature of the contact, the condition of the patients and the care or treatment provided.
• Educates individuals in the nature of oral health related conditions and in the general promotion of oral health related disease prevention.
• Assists in the provision of technical assistance and health education to the community as requested.
• When necessary, collaborate with medical and behavioral health team members to facilitate the delivery of patient-centered holistic care.

Minimum position qualifications:
• Graduation from an accredited dental program; completion of an accredited general practice residency program is preferred; and Minimum of five years clinical experience preferred.
• Unrestricted license to practice dentistry in the state of Michigan, Michigan DEA certification, eligible for enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Skills, knowledge, and experience requirements:
• Excellent clinical skills, communication skills, and a strong commitment to providing excellent care that is team oriented.
• Excellent bedside manner and time management skills.
• Experience with a fully-integrated team approach is desired.
• Commitment to proving quality, compassionate care to a diverse and needy patient population.
• Previous experience with an electronic medical records system.

Notifications and acknowledgements:
The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the job. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required in order to perform the work. The health center reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the business need arises. Additionally, this job description is not intended as an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and the Center continues to maintain its status as an at-will employer.

If the essential functions of this position cannot be performed in a satisfactory manner by the employee, reasonable accommodations may be made.

Job requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, this job description is subject to change at any time.

Physical demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust and focus.

Work environment:
In the performance of the job duties, the employee will work primarily in an office environment. The noise level in this environment is usually moderate.

Non-discrimination:
We are committed to providing a welcoming environment that is non-discriminatory.

Employee immunization:
The staff dentist position (Category I) is at risk for blood/body fluid exposure. Catherine’s recommends all immunizations. Hepatitis B immunization is required. TB testing and annual screening are also required.

Employee acknowledgement:
I, acknowledge by my signature below that:

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• I have reviewed this job description and understand my duties and responsibilities detailed therein.
• I am aware of the physical and other working conditions required of the job and am able to perform the essential duties and functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
• I am aware that the job description is not inclusive and that my job may require me to complete a task that is not listed in the description.