Exodontist or Oral Surgeon; Part-time

Community health is about more than just vaccines and checkups. It’s about giving people the resources they need to live their best lives. At Neighborhood, this is our vision. A community where everyone is healthy and happy. We’re with you every step of the way, with the care you need for each of life’s chapters. At Neighborhood, we are Better Together.

As a private, non-profit 501(C)(3) community health organization, we serve over 350k medical, dental, and behavioral health visits from more than 77k people annually. We do this in pursuit of our mission to improve the health and happiness of the communities we serve by providing quality care to all, regardless of situation or circumstance.

We have been doing this since 1969 and it is our employees that make this mission a reality. Regardless of the role, our team focuses on being compassionate, having integrity, being professional, always collaborating, and consistently going above and beyond.

Part‑time schedule: 2nd and 4th Friday every month from 8:00 am‑5:00 pm (1 hour lunch).

The Oral Surgeon or Exodontist works to support the mission and vision of Neighborhood Healthcare (NHC) by providing outpatient oral surgery services to patients—treating conditions, defects, and injuries of the mouth, gums, teeth, and jaw. This role will perform more complex tooth extraction procedures, including removing impacted teeth, and may perform biopsy and tumor or cyst removal of the jaw and mouth.

These procedures are based on in‑house dental diagnostic assessments/consults and corresponding treatment plans. In addition, this role will include appropriate follow‑up care, impart health education information (including risks, benefits, alternatives), share relevant techniques with patients, advise patients on post‑surgery dental care, and prescribe suitable pain‑relief medication.

• Conducts, develops, and/or confirms suitable individualized in‑house oral surgery diagnosis and care plan based on dental conditions
• Review patients’ medical history and discuss their symptoms and concerns
• Utilize dental instruments and appropriate imaging to determine the cause of patients’ pain and discomfort
• Provide appropriate oral surgery services, in compliance with standard of care
• Perform more complex tooth extraction procedures, including removing impacted teeth
• Perform biopsy and tumor or cyst removal of the jaw and mouth
• Perform ridge preservation techniques (to be determined)
• Administer anesthesia services as appropriate
• Perform dental procedures within the approved skills profile and/or scope of practice
• Observe, assess, and record patients’ symptoms, reactions, and treatment progress
• Prescribe medications and provide patients with pertinent medication instructions, as needed
• Accept additional patients into the schedule, as feasible
• Accommodate patients with urgent dental needs, including walk‑ins, as feasible
• Create and maintain a professional appearance

• Lead dental assistants, hygienists, and other staff to ensure smooth patient care and treatment coordination
• Work with the dental team to facilitate prescription refills and paperwork completion
• Provide dental backup to NHC dental sites and clinicians, as needed and available
• Provide supervision, consultations, and instructions to Dental Assistants and other health care delivery team members in NHC dental sites, as needed
• Serve as preceptor to dental and paraprofessional students placed with NHC
• Participate in morning huddles

• Minimize rescheduling of patients; provide instructions if necessary
• Complete and submit daily billing to reflect accurate coding and charges of all services rendered
• Work with management to improve efficiency, patient flow, program development, and revenues
• Maintain necessary credentialing, licensure, and continuing education requirements
• Assist management with employee evaluations for the Dental PSRs or Dental Assistants or others, as needed
• Participate in audits, peer reviews, patient satisfactions, protocol developments, meetings, and in‑servicing trainings as available and appropriate
• Contribute to the success of NHC by participating in…