Dental Supervisor

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services.

Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services.

We are recruiting for the following position:
Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization The main Function of the Dental Supervisor is to supervise the dental assistants and dental receptionists, coordinate patient flow, and assist the dental provider in the delivery of dental services to Sea Mar Community Health Center patients.

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

• The Dental Supervisor must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• The Dental Supervisor must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• The Dental Supervisor must be able to identify and categorize each patient’s age specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.

• Must be able to greet, sit, and depart patients and assist in giving instructions to patients before, after, and during dental procedures. Must be courteous and professional at all times when talking to patients or discussing confidential information.
• Must be able to organize and coordinate patient scheduling in order to maintain an efficient and productive patient flow. Must be able to triage patients, coordinate dental appointments, coordinate the daily activities that pertain to patient flow, and communicated accurately with dental patients.
• A Dental Supervisor must be knowledgeable of the proper sterilization methods and OSHA regulations. The Dental Supervisor must be able to utilize the Sterilization Room to process instruments through the proper sterilization process as defined in Policy 900.044.
• Must be able to supervise the dental assistants and dental receptionists, and be able to communicate and guide the Dental Providers. The Dental Supervisor must be able to verbal counsel and give disciplinary actions as required. Dental Supervisors must be able to participate in the training of new employees and dental trainees.
• Must be knowledgeable about dental insurance programs and dental procedure codes in order to make corrections on the encounter forms or be able to answer questions regarding costs of treatment. Must be able to operate the Misys systems or whatever computer systems currently used at Sea Mar Community Health Center.
• The Dental Supervisor must complete the assignments that pertain to the Quality Improvement activities of the dental department and of Sea Mar Community Health Centers following the current QI Department Calendar (example, chart audits and patient surveys, and health and safety activities).
• Must be able to help make dental care available to the patients of Sea Mar Community Health Centers and to the public by participating in activities which promote dental and oral…