Director Dental Services - Correctional Health

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon

B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health's robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine;
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth);
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

The Dental Director will be responsible for providing comprehensive dental care services to dental patients, as well as, administrative duties, for the Harris County Jail. This position is 80% clinical and 20% administrative. Administrative duties include quality assurance program, policy and procedure creation/review, dental standards of care and protocol implementation, and monitoring benchmarks.

• Degrees: Doctor of Dental Services (DDS) Required
• Advanced training (GPR, AEGD): preferred
• Licenses & Certification: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners;
  Certified Correctional Healthcare Professional (CCHP) certification to be completed within one (1) year if not held at time of appointment.
• Work Experience: Three (3) years of direct dental services experience.
• Management
  
  Experience:
  
  Two (2) years of experience with oversight of dentists and dental assistants.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Above average verbal communication (heavy public contact); exceptional verbal (public speaking); writing/correspondence; writing/reports.
• Proficiencies: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook.

• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Analytical;
  Medical terms;
  Statistical.