Site Dental Director

Fitchburg | Fitchburg
Fitchburg, MA 01420, USA

• Pay or shift range: $135,000 USD to $157,000 USD The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Essential Duties and Major responsibilities:

• Provides clinical leadership ensuring adherence to U.S. dental regulations, accreditation standards, and quality assurance program
• Oversees clinical operations in alignment with state and federal regulatory requirements and community health center best practices
• Supports providers in developing proficiency with U.S.
  
  -based clinical workflows, documentation, and compliance standards
• Directs and coordinates the patient care activities.
• Completes staff reviews.
• Attend required meetings.
• Works closely with Director of Dental Operations.
• Responsible for training and orientation of all Dentists and Hygienists.
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to supervise, advise, and train clinical professionals in area of expertise.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team
• Ability to work collaboratively with the Management Team
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment of the health center mission.
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards. Other job-related duties as assigned.

• Provide direct service to patients
• Ensure that DPH, OSHA and Dental Association regulations are strictly followed.
• Comply with departmental protocols
• Meet productivity standards
• Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of dental care.
• Commitment to providing dental care to families in a medically under-served community.
• Willingness to be flexible in the development of new methods of dental services delivery.
• Ability to deal with sensitive information in a highly confidential manner.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written, with patients, families, visitors, co-workers, health care professionals, funders, and other regulatory agencies.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Awareness of resources available within the health center to accommodate the needs of patients. Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed conditions. Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.

• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience working as a dentist in a U.S.
  
  -based dental practice or community health setting preferred
• Demonstrated experience with U.S. dental regulations, documentation standards, and patient care workflows required
• Experience working within a U.S. healthcare system, including familiarity with Medicaid (Mass Health) and managed care environments strongly preferred
• Knowledge of U.S. compliance standards including OSHA, HIPAA, and infection control protocols required
• DDS or DMD from an accredited Dental School
• If Limited Licensed must have a min. of 2 yrs. AEGD or GPR successfully completed residency program. Licensed in Massachusetts to practice Dentistry.
• Experience with electronic dental/health record systems used in U.S. clinical settings preferred
• Prior experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), community health center, or similar setting preferred
• Public Health experience preferred.
• CPR certified or equivalent
• Physical requirements include near visual acuity to observe changes in health/illness status of patients.
• Manual skills required include good eye and hand coordination in combination with finger dexterity for administration of injections, treatments, etc.

Supervision Exercised: Dentist, Dental Assistants and Residents

Physical Requirements: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Environmental

Working Conditions:

Usual working environment found in outpatient primary care office setting. Exposure to blood products, body fluids, cleaning solutions, and medications.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands are…