DOC Chief of Oral Health Services

Job Requisition :53501
Closing Date: 02/27/2026 11:59PM
Agency:Department of Corrections
Class

Title:

SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMIN (40070)
Skill Option:Dentist License
Bilingual Option:None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $12,000;
Anticipated Starting Salary Range $12,000-$15,000/month
Job Type: Salaried
Category:Full Time
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Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code:None
Merit Comp Code:Term Appointment/ Agency

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Lead the statewide dental program for the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), guiding policy, clinical quality, and public health integration to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based oral healthcare for individuals in custody. This role serves as the subject matter expert on oral health, overseeing policy implementation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), infection control collaboration, and preventive and specialty dental initiatives. Using clinical and quality data, the position evaluates system performance, drives program improvements, and helps standardize dental practices across facilities.

Working closely with dental supervisors, healthcare leadership, and quality teams, this role ensures a coordinated, comprehensive model of care statewide. The position also acts as a liaison with dental schools, training programs, professional organizations, and national public health agencies, aligning IDOC dental services with best practices and advancing oral health outcomes in a complex healthcare environment. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

• Serves as the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) dental program policy manager.
• Serves as IDOC subject matter expert on oral health issues.
• Oversees the dental care provided to IDOC individuals in custody.
• Maintains a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program.
• Acts as liaison.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires the applicant to be a Doctor of Dental Surgery or a Doctor of Dental Medicine.
• Requires an Illinois license to practice as a Dentist or the ability to obtain an Illinois license within 90 days of an employment offer.

• Prefers at least five (5) years of experience overseeing the delivery of dental care.
• Pref…