Dentist - SCI Somerset

Do you want to apply your professional dental skills in a setting that values clinical autonomy and work-life balance as a Dentist with the Department of Corrections? This position offers meaningful clinical responsibilities along with leadership opportunities at the State Correctional Institution (SCI)  will work with dedicated staff and contribute to the well-being of inmates through quality dental care. The structure of this role helps you maintain stability, purpose, and personal time.

This position focuses on providing dental care, supervising dental staff, and maintaining safe and effective clinic operations within the correctional environment. Your work helps ensure that inmates receive proper treatment, accurate evaluations, and clear guidance on oral health. As a Dentist, you will perform the following duties:

• Dental Evaluation: Perform exams, review medical histories, diagnose conditions, and create treatment plans
• Clinical Treatment: Provide restorative and preventative care while maintaining infection control and safety
• Staff Leadership: Guide, train, and oversee dental assistants and dental hygienists and support hiring activities
• Record Review: Evaluate schedules, documentation, grievances, referrals, and reports to ensure proper operations
• Inventory Control: Maintain supplies, manage equipment needs, and enforce security and safety procedures
• Quality Improvement: Assess clinic practices, identify improvements, and prepare required reports

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch break. You will not be required to work evenings, weekends, or on-call duties.
• Eligible for full retirement benefits as early as age 55
• DEA License renewal and liability insurance is covered by the Commonwealth
• Up to 50 hours of additional paid leave for job-related continuing medical education
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Competitive, with potential for yearly incentive payments in addition to your standard salary. (Quality Assurance Payments)
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Graduation from an approved school of dentistry.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within three months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

• You must possess a license to practice dentistry issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry.

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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