DENTIST
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Dental / Dentistry
Dentistry / General Dentist
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DENTIST Department of Health Community Health Services Sevierville, TNMinimum Annual Salary: $Closing Date: 09/21/2026Who We Are And What We Do
TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision, and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access.
Mission:
Protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of all people in Tennessee.
Prevention
- Support Local Leadership
- Decrease Youth Obesity
- Decrease Tobacco Use
- Decrease Substance Misuse
- Prevent and Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences
The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is currently recruiting for a Dentist. A full-time position is available at the Sevier County Health Department for a dentist serving uninsured and Tenn Care adults and children. No weekends or on-call rotations. Full support staff to administer scheduling, billing, and claims.
Key Responsibilities- Provide Clinical dental services to patients to prevent or eliminate dental disease.
- Facilitate onboarding, training and continuing education of assigned staff and their work.
- Utilize quality improvement methods to ensure and maintain efficient and effective clinic processes, including patient flow.
- Analyze monthly productivity reports to identify issues or areas of improvement.
- Monitor clinical productivity and review other clinical reports on a regular basis.
- Identifying the developmental needs of others, coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Supervise local dental care staff, including supervisory administrative duties and performance management activities.
- Ensure compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry and the Tennessee Department of Health Essential to the control of preventable diseases and maintenance of dental health.
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) dental licensure in the State of Tennessee is required. Unrestricted DEA license is required. Candidate should be a self-directed problem solver possessing excellent clinical skills and significant clinical mentoring experience. Candidate must be a quick learner, have strong computer skills and have the ability to adapt to constantly changing environments, including new electronic dental and medical record systems.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.
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