Dentist

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Full-Time Chicago, IL, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Department: Primary Care

Shift: Full-time

L
ocation: 5501 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60621 and 4009 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60613

Heartland Alliance Health's (HAH
) mission is to transform healthcare for the most vulnerable - particularly people experiencing homelessness, mental illness or addictions, or struggling with multiple chronic illnesses - improving health for all and the well-being of our community.

Heartland Alliance Health is seeking a compassionate Part-Time Dentist to deliver high-quality dental care to individuals experiencing homelessness and participants in the Ryan White Program. The dentist in this position will work within a multidisciplinary team focused on improving access to care, provide dental services, including preventive, restorative, and urgent care, in a supportive environment, and help make a difference in the lives of vulnerable populations

The Dentist provides quality oral health care services to special populations, emphasizing the prevention and treatment of disease. The role of the Dentist in a community setting is a response to society's demand for accessible quality dental care services to all populations regardless of socio-economic status. The Dentist is a licensed professional who manages actual and potential oral health problems. The health conditions include common, complex and/or advanced orally related diseases needing continued supervision of the prescribed treatment plan.

The Dentist practices independently and interdependently by collaborating with physicians, dental specialists, and other health care providers. The Dentist is ultimately responsible for the delivery of dental care within legal parameters established by the Illinois Dental Practice Act.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitates entry of the client into the oral health care system by assessing the primary oral health care needs, including eliciting comprehensive health histories, performing oral examinations, order and/or performing diagnostic tests, analyzing collected data to determine client health status and formulating a problem list (diagnosis.)
• Provides coordinated, continuous, and culturally competent oral health care to clients that span the health continuum through mutual goal setting and planned delivery of care. Oral health care services are provided at the Heartland Alliance Health clinic sites, community and shelter outreach sites.
• Prescribes a variety of treatment modalities made available to the provider through Health Center's resources to meet preventative oral health and disease needs of participants.
• Collaborates with physicians and dental auxiliaries to assure that oral health instruction and counseling is provided.
• Manages and evaluates the plan of care, process, and outcome, and then modifies plan as needed.
• Coordinates services in conjunction with other team members to meet client's oral health care needs, and to ensure the continuity of care.
• Collaborate with other multi-disciplinary professionals and community agencies to provide high quality care, including referral to appropriate dental specialists, if indicated. Providers are expected to continue follow up with those referred to dental specialist to monitor status of such referrals in the continuum of care for that individual to promote completion of treatment or completion of alternatives to care.
• Adheres to collaborative principles of respect and joint decision making when:
• providing clinical supervision of the oral health care delivered by the dental hygienist and dental assistant.
• consulting with health team members about managing the client treatment plan.
• following clinical practice standards (protocols) related to each oral health care provider’s role responsibilities
• Participates in quality improvement activities though protocol development, staff training and collaborative peer review by:
• developing oral health and joint practice protocols, identifying appropriate evaluative criteria for utilization of review activities and performing such reviews as indicated.
• evaluating care based on clinical standards through the quality improvement process. Implements recommended changes and/or improvements to guarantee quality of care based on the evaluative process.
• completes data collection activities…