Dentist - Warm Valley Health Care

POSITION SUMMARY:

Provide comprehensive and compassionate dental care to include diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic services to pediatric and adult patients served by Warm Valley Health Care facilities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide screenings, limited and comprehensive examinations.
• Perform all facets of general dentistry on patients of all ages, including but not limited to restorative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthodontics, endodontics, simple and surgical extractions, general oral surgery and general pediatric care.
• Manage significantly medically-compromised patients, consulting with physicians and specialists as necessary.
• Perform thorough documentation in both medical and dental electronic health records.
• Keep abreast of most recent evidence-based standards of care by attending in-person CDE courses annually and completing online trainings and webinars.
• Evaluate dental assistants' performance and gives real-time feedback; performs competencies and performance evaluations.
• Work with dental supervisor and all dental staff in the facility, maintaining and completing dental department's mission and vision within Warm Valley Health Care.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have a degree of dentistry from an accredited school of dentistry
• Must have a state license in dentistry
• Must have knowledge of dental disease
• Comprehensive knowledge of anesthetics and pharmaceuticals
• Comprehensive knowledge of acceptable dental treatment plans
• Extensively skilled in fitting prosthetic work involving complex problems, e.g. lack of bone support, and substantial changes in oral formation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of all phases of routine and complex dental services
• Extensively skilled handling patients with behavior problems
• Comprehensive knowledge of supervisors' regulations and requirements
• General knowledge of WVHC mission and administrative functions, to include budget.
• Complete interview process and be selected for position