Per Diem Dentist

Salary: $100 per hour

Job Summary

The Baker Victory Dental Center provides high quality and affordable dental care to our patients. We serve a variety of patients from the community, including individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or other special needs, and ensure that they all attain the greatest levels of oral health possible. Dentists are expected to meet established productivity standards to ensure the financial health of the Center.

1. Provide comprehensive and periodic examinations, including digital radiographic exposure/diagnosis to patients within the designated clinical settings
2. Diagnosis and referral of oral conditions requiring specialty evaluation
3. Treatment of oral conditions requiring restorative care, extractions, endodontic and prosthetic care as determined by Delineation of Privileges and NYS Practice Act
4. Triage and treatment of emergency situations, as appropriate for the clinical setting
5. Completion of treatment logs, laboratory prescriptions, quality assurance records, and documentation of delivered services
6. Keep accurate and complete patient records
7. Will meet established productivity standards
8. Work directly with all Program Staff on all aspect of operations, both clinical and administrative as needed
9. Participate in all required employee training programs
10. Comply with all federal and state regulations and agency policies pertaining to HIPAA, false claims, whistleblower policies and all others
11. Keep all patient, personnel and business information confidential, access patient information on a need-to-know basis only, discuss confidential information in private areas only and conduct conversations with discretion to protect confidentiality
12. Complete Continuing Education as required for NYS Licensure
13. Provides Dental Administrative staff with needed documentation to ensure credentialing in a timely manner
14. Create positive first impressions for patients by welcoming all patients in a warm, friendly manner, presenting a professional image, and anticipating specific patient needs such as hearing impairments, language barriers and disabilities
15. Treat everyone with respect by putting the patient and family first and respond to the patient’s needs in a timely fashion; Model the OLVHS agency values of integrity, respect, accountability, and teamwork
16. Communicate compassionately and effectively by taking time to be a good listener, trying to understand the patient’s needs and making sure any questions are answered
17. Maintain a safe environment by writing instructions and orders clearly, obtaining a second opinion from one of your colleagues if necessary, asking for assistance, knowing how to use all equipment and treating the equipment well
18. Performs all other job-related duties assigned by supervisor

Skills

• Analytical skills

Minimum Degree Required: Doctoral Degree in Dental Medicine

Minimum Experience Required

1-year clinical experience

License/Registration/ Certifications Required

Active NYS License in Dentistry

Additional Requirements

• MMR Record
• DEA license
• Malpractice insurance

Physical Requirements

The overall nature of the position is sedentary requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions.

• Standing, walking
• Sitting, climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling