Dentist (WHWC)

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Essential Duties:

• Maintains patient confidentiality and complies with all federal and state health information privacy laws.

• Provides quality dental care and related services to patients including but not limited to preventative services, operative services (root canals, dentures, extractions, crowns, bridges, partial plates, fillings, etc.) and educational services.

• Develops and follows a treatment plan based on individual needs of patients.

• Provides educational information on all phases of preventive and operative dentistry and oral hygiene.

• Use local anesthesia for patient comfort and pain management

• Diagnosis and treat general, periodontal and endodontic disease

• Prescribe appropriate medications

• Use digital imaging and 3D ceramic computer restoration equipment for diagnosis, treatment and/or restorations

• Reviews and follows all Dental Clinic protocols, policies, and procedures.

• Participates in the analysis of community dental health problems and the development of the community health care plan.

• Assists in screening of prospective dental staff.

• Participates in the annual evaluation of the dental support staff.

• Participates in the dental quality assurance program through chart audits and development of criteria.

• Participates in the evaluation and implementation of changes in the dental services to ensure quality of service to the community.

• Provides screenings and educational programs for local elementary and middle schools.

• Maintains dental records of patients.

• Follows budgetary guidelines.

• Provides input for supervision of subordinate personnel including: assisting with hiring, determining workload and delegating assignments, training, monitoring and evaluating performance, and initiating corrective or disciplinary actions.

• Assists in the resolution of complaints, requests and inquiries from all clients.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals ...