Dental Director

Job Details

Job Location
: 2960 TONGASS AVE - KETCHIKAN, AK 99901

Position Type
:
Regular Full-Time

Salary Range
: $ - $ Salary/year

Job Shift
: M-F 8am-5pm

Job Category
:
Dental

The Dental Director provides direct acute primary oral health care services including diagnosis, treatment, referral, and follow-up to eligible Indian and Alaska Native beneficiaries. Incumbent will provide supervision and direction to dental staff. In conjunction with the KIC Health Administrator, determines the most appropriate range and depth of dental programs ensuring strict compliance with AAAHC standards and federal regulations.

• Personnel Management
  • Directs personnel management for consistency in the programs and services of the KIC Dental Department. Monitors and approves staff development and training standards. Ensures the personnel policies are followed, interprets policy and monitors personnel actions for adherence to Tribal policy. Monitors staff evaluations process and annual employee safety programs. Ensure adhere to local, state or federal standards for employee training, specifically, HIPAA compliance, safety, workplace violence, and preventing sexual harassment.
  • Recruits, selects, orientates, trains, coaches, counsels, and disciplines the department staff;
  • Recommends all hiring, promotions, salary increases, merit increases, transfers, discipline and removal of all department employees per Tribal personnel policy to the Health Administrator.
• Financial Oversight
  • Monitors and enforces internal financial policies and procedures regarding the Dental Department budget. Coordinates with Health Administrator in the preparation of the annual budget. Complies with federal regulations outlined in the self-governance compacts, and other state and federal funding sources.
  • Administers the approved department operating budget by monitoring expenditures and recommending justifiable changes to the Health Administrator.
• Maintains AAAHC Accreditation Standards By:
  • Recognizing and supporting the basic human rights of patients;
  • Acknowledging the governing body that sets policy;
  • Assuring the provision of high-quality health care services that fulfills the Tribe’s mission, goals, and objectives;
  • Providing high quality health care services in accordance with the principles of professional practice and ethical conduct, and with concern for the costs of care and for improving the community’s health status;
  • Striving to improve the quality of care and to promote more effective and efficient utilization of facilities and services;
  • Maintaining a clinical records and health information system from which information can be retrieved promptly;
  • Striving to improve the professional competence and skill, as well as the quality of performance, of the health care professionals and other professional personnel it employs;
  • Providing a functionally safe and sanitary environment for its patients, personnel, and visitors.
• KICTHC Dental Department Policy System
  • Responsible for establishing and maintaining KICTHC Dental Department and administrative policies. Ensures policies are in compliance with accreditation standards and state, federal, funding laws, and regulations. Develops policies as needed for programs and services. Monitors the policy review process and interprets policy and procedures for efficient operations. Attends the Policy Committee of the Tribal Council when KICTHC Dental policies are being reviewed.
  • Initiates, coordinates, and enforces program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures with ethical business practices.
• KICTHC Dental Service Equipment
  • Inspects and evaluates the physical condition of the patient care area, recommending necessary changes to Maintenance to improve sanitation, appearance, and efficiency. Develops operations, quality, and troubleshooting procedures. Arranges Bio-medical instrument performance certification and equipment replacement, service, and repair as necessary.
• General Job Functions
  • Complete preliminary examination, review patients’ medical and dental histories, examine the teeth and periodontium for evidence of plaque and periodontal disease, interpreting radiographic…