Dentist

Staff Dentist

Join Our Team! Are you a compassionate and dedicated Dentist looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Join Health Partners of Western Ohio and help provide high-quality, patient-centered dental care to individuals and families in a community health center setting. As a Dentist with Health Partners, you will deliver preventive and primary dental care, educate patients on oral health and disease prevention, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team committed to improving community health.

This role offers the opportunity to work with a diverse patient population while making a lasting difference in the lives of those we serve.

About Us Health Partners of Western Ohio is an independent, non-profit and community-directed organization. We serve low-income areas and places without access to care. We're led by a volunteer Board of Directors. Most of our board members are also patients. Our Mission is to eliminate gaps in health outcomes for all members of our community by providing access to quality, affordable, preventive and primary health care.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) – Accrued per pay
• Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability)
• Paid Holidays – 7 paid holidays
• 403b Retirement with up to 8% match (starts at 3% and increases with time of service at HPWO)
• Annual Reviews and Increases
• Mileage Reimbursement – Work related travel
• Employee Assistance Program
• Referral Bonus – Earn more by expanding our team
• Training Opportunities
• Eligible to apply for the Emerging Leaders Program after 1 year of service
• Eligible to Apply for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment
• Annual Continuing Education Money ($3,000) - that can be used for licensures, memberships, CE classes and travel expenses (pro-rated first year of employment)
• Up To Date  – latest medical info at your fingertips. (applicable positions only)
• FTCA Malpractice Coverage
• Productivity Bonus Opportunities

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

Graduate of an accredited dental school is required.

Required Knowledge:

• Successful completion of in-house training.

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to maintain appropriate clinical privileges is required.
• Current Ohio DEA registration
• Unrestricted license to practice dentistry in the State of Ohio.
• CPR – BLS (basic life support) required.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of public health principles and practices
• Ability to work with a culturally-diverse staff and patient population.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with HPWO management and medical staff members.
• Ability to lift 20-50 pounds.

Essential Functions and Basic Duties:

• Examines individuals requesting care, diagnoses their dental/oral conditions, prescribes and carries out, or directs others in carrying out, appropriate dental/oral treatment, or refers individuals for specialty consultation or treatment in conformance with approved clinical protocols and guidelines.
• Records patient-dentist transactions as they occur in the patient's dental record so that the dental record accurately and completely reflects the nature of the contact, the condition of the patient and the care or treatment provided. In addition, the Dentist shall complete referrals, data collections instruments, and other records or paperwork as shall be required from time to time by the Health Center.
• Educates individuals on the nature of oral health related conditions and in the general promotion of oral health related disease prevention.
• Supervises dental residents and dental students, as needed.
• Actively participate in the Dental Quality Improvement Program, and other health center committees as assigned.
• Assists in the provision of continuing education, on-the-job training, and the orientation of community health center staff as requested.
• Travels when necessary to fulfill HPWO's needs and attends meetings as necessary to represent HPWO.
• Maintains and updates skills and knowledge to appropriate professional levels with continuing education courses and educational materials.
• Adheres to the standards and policies of the Organizational Privacy/Security and Compliance Programs, including the duty to comply…