Dentist

🦷 If you are passionate about making a difference in patients' lives and are dedicated to providing exceptional dental care, we invite you to join our team!🦷

Salary : $100 per hour

Schedule : 9 hour shift, Friday ONLY.

Responsible to : Dental Director

Job Summary :

The Baker Victory Dental Center provides high quality and affordable dental care to our patients. We serve a variety of patients from the community, including individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or other special needs, and ensure that they all attain the greatest levels of oral health possible. Dentists are expected to meet established productivity standards to ensure the financial health of the Center.

Essential Job Duties :

Provide comprehensive and periodic examinations, including digital radiographic exposure / diagnosis to patients within the designated clinical settings

Diagnosis and referral of oral conditions requiring specialty evaluation

Treatment of oral conditions requiring restorative care, extractions, endodontic and prosthetic care as determined by Delineation of Privileges and NYS Practice Act

Triage and treatment of emergency situations, as appropriate for the clinical setting

Completion of treatment logs, laboratory prescriptions, quality assurance records, and documentation of delivered services

Keep accurate and complete patient records

Will meet established productivity standards

Work directly with all Program Staff on all aspect of operations, both clinical and administrative as needed

Participate in all required employee training programs

Comply with all federal and state regulations and agency policies pertaining to HIPAA, false claims, whistleblower policies and all others

Keep all patient, personnel and business information confidential, access patient information on a need-to-know basis only, discuss confidential information in private areas only and conduct conversations with discretion to protect confidentiality

Complete Continuing Education as required for NYS Licensure

Provides Dental Administrative staff with needed documentation to ensure credentialing in a timely manner

Create positive first impressions for patients by welcoming all patients in a warm, friendly manner, presenting a professional image, and anticipating specific patient needs such as hearing impairments, language barriers and disabilities

Treat everyone with respect by putting the patient and family first and respond to the patient’s needs in a timely fashion; Model the OLVHS agency values of integrity, respect, accountability, and teamwork

Communicate compassionately and effectively by taking time to be a good listener, trying to understand the patient’s needs and making sure any questions are answered

Maintain a safe environment by writing instructions and orders clearly, obtaining a second opinion from one of your colleagues if necessary, asking for assistance, knowing how to use all equipment and treating the equipment well

Performs all other job-related duties assigned by supervisor

Skills : Computer skills

Customer services skills

Analytical skills

Minimum Education Required :

Minimum Degree Required : Doctoral Degree in Dental Medicine

Minimum Experience Required : 1-year clinical experience

License / Registration / Certifications Required :

Active NYS License in Dentistry

Additional Requirements : Must provide documentation for the following :

MMR Record

DEA license

Malpractice insurance

Training Requirements :

• New Hire Orientation

Physical Requirements :

The overall nature of the position is sedentary requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions

Job Details

Job Function Essential

Pay Type Hourly

Education Level Doctorate

Travel Required No

Hiring Min Rate 100 USD