Associate Director of Dental

Associate Director of Dental

At STRIDE Community Health Center, we're dedicated to more than just providing healthcare—we're committed to making a lasting impact on the lives of our patients and the communities we serve. As one of Colorado's largest Federally Qualified Health Centers, we offer comprehensive services—including primary care, dental, pharmacy, behavioral health, health education, and outreach—across our 13 clinics in the Denver Metro area.

With over 35 years of serving our community, our growing team is at the heart of this mission. We believe healthcare is about more than treating illness; it's about fostering wellness and addressing the unique needs of every person, ensuring that no one is left behind. If you're passionate about making a meaningful difference, thrive in a collaborative environment, and are ready for a career that transforms lives, including your own, STRIDE is the place for you.

The Associate Director of Dental combines clinical care and administrative leadership positions. The Associate Director of Dental is a healthcare provider who serves as:

• A clinical counterpart to Dental Business Operation, as well as to the Medical/Nursing team's clinical and operational leadership and Behavioral Health clinical and operational leadership, helping balance the delivery of whole-person care with creating and maintaining a productive and meaningful work environment.
• A supervisor and mentor to the other healthcare providers working in the health centers assigned to them.
• A liaison between the Executive Leadership and STRIDE's dental providers and staff.
• A STRIDE dental care-delivery expert who engages in and brings this perspective into projects and agency initiatives that impact or involve STRIDE's dental services.

The Associate Director of Dental (ADD) role includes 0.2 FTE dedicated to administrative duties (equivalent to 8 hours per week), along with a minimum of 0.8 FTE (32 hours per week) focused on clinical patient care. These administrative and clinical time allocations may be adjusted in response to evolving organizational requirements. The ADD may also be required to provide clinical coverage during their designated administrative hours to address staffing needs as necessary.

Essential Duties/

Position Responsibilities:

• Must promote whole-person care across our healthcare delivery system.
• Demonstrates strong local leadership, particularly amongst all clinical dental provider staff at Peoria, Geneva, and future dental site(s) under direct supervision.
• Understands and follows patient and organizational confidentiality related to sharing and releasing information to the health center and non-leadership staff and discloses information accordingly.
• Collaborates with all departments to support the organizational mission, vision, and strategic plan.
• Provides leadership, mentoring, stability, and support to all direct reports and internal partners.
• Maintains both the organization's mission and financial sustainability within our healthcare delivery system.

Patient Care:

• Provides direct oral health care services to patients, as per oral health provider job description within their own provider discipline.
• Acts as a role model for other providers.
• Must provide highly efficient and high-quality clinical care, meeting or exceeding STRIDE's productivity targets.
• Must be highly efficient with STRIDE's EHR system.

Administrative:

• Leads the oral health department by supervising and guiding dental providers.
• Collaborates daily with Operations, Medical/Nursing, and Behavioral Health teams as part of the health center leadership to evaluate and balance clinical and support staff needs, ensuring effective daily operations and high-quality patient care.
• Organizes provider chart review processes and leads initiatives to improve processes and ensure quality assurance at the health center.
• Engages in continuing education through oral health seminars, workshops, and review of current research literature.
• Ensures STRIDE's clinical practice meets current standards of care and collaborates with dental leadership to maintain clinical guidelines and documentation.
• Organizes and attends staff, Triad, and other…