PRN Dentist

Overview

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.

Our Philosophy of Service: We believe all people have the right to adequate housing and health care. We work to remove the barriers that restrict access to these rights. Society benefits when adequate housing and health care are available to everyone. We create lasting solutions to homelessness by:

• Honoring the inherent dignity of those we serve, affirming their capabilities and fostering their hope that a better life is possible.
• Building strong, caring and trauma-informed communities through the integration of housing, health care and supportive services.
• Advocating for social and racial equity, inclusion and diversity, and challenging the status quo in partnership with our workforce members and those we serve.
• Achieving excellence through continuous quality assurance, innovation and professional development.
• Using resources judiciously and effectively.

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is seeking a Colorado licensed dentist to provide oral health services 8-24 hours per week at our downtown clinics. Come meet our mission driven, highly skilled oral health team.

Note: In order to ensure that our consumers receive the best possible care the candidate chosen to fill this position will be required to complete our internal credentialing and privileging process prior to a start date. The credentialing and privileging timeline is dependent on the selected candidate's submission of documents necessary for clearance. Please note that a start date will be scheduled once credentialing and privileging is complete.

Additional Requirement

• Valid driver’s license required. This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business.

• Provides care in the following disciplines of a general dental practice: diagnosis, preventive dentistry, operative dentistry, pedodontics, periodontics, removable prosthodontics, and endodontics.
• Makes an assessment of oral health status by: obtaining a relevant health and medical history; obtaining radiographs as required to assess dental status; performing oral/head and neck cancer screen; performing intra-oral exam, including hard and soft tissues.
• Coordinates referrals to specialty services or for special populations (i.e., children) in order to meet patient needs that exceed the practitioner’s scope of practice and limitations of the facility.
• Formulates comprehensive dental treatment plan to restore to optimal oral health and presents treatment plan to patient, providing patient with treatment options as appropriate.
• Undertakes implementation of the dental treatment plan and proper sequencing of treatment, including: emergency treatment, disease control, restoration and reconstruction (prosthodontics) and recall.
• Facilitates patient participation in obtaining oral health and provides oral hygiene instruction.
• Assumes administrative responsibility for organization and day to day operation of the dental program in absence of the Dental Director. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Directing the assignments of and supervising the work of all, hygienists, dental assistants and other assigned personnel including volunteer staff.
• Maintaining compliance with all state, federal and OSHA regulations, including any clinic and equipment inspections as required by law.
• Overseeing the ordering of supplies to provide optimal dental care.
• Ensuring efficient scheduling that provides high quality dentistry to as many patients as possible.
• Maintaining adherence to Dental Principles of Practice including, but not limited to, quality assurance reviews and periodic radiation safety inspections (as required by Colorado law).
• Maintaining sterilization techniques and overall cleanliness of the clinic.
• Setting…