Dentist

Responsibilities

Patient Relations

• To treat dental pain and infection.
• To maintain quality dental care equal to or greater than the private sector.
• To provide care and instruction to prevent tooth loss.
• To provide preventive oral healthcare

Staff Relations/Team Building

• Participates in meetings and in-services given by the Center.
• Helps to implement goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and systems such as Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Meaningful Use (MU), and other programs or objectives for HCI.
• Supports and helps to achieve HCI’s clinical and business work plan in accordance with standards required to meet Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition and other programs or objectives for HCI.
• Develop collaborative relationships with other departments, services, and community health care agencies to facilitate and support quality care.

Clinical Duties

• To provide basic dental services to as many people as possible.
• To provide dental care in the form of:
• Extractions
• Alveoplasty
• Dentures
• Denture repairs and relines
• Fillings (composite and amalgam)
• Periodontal Treatment
• Endodontic Treatment
• Crowns
• Post-Implant restorations
• Root canal therapy
• Perform his/her duties in accordance with the rules of ethics of the medical profession.
• Perform his/her duties in accordance with the appropriate standard of care for his/her medical profession and specialty.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.
• Perform individual emergency treatment while already providing or undertaking covered services.

Administrative Duties

• Provide instruction and direction to dental staff.
• Conducts annual performance evaluations of all dental staff.
• Maintains licensure and valid DEA license in good standing in the state of Arkansas.
• Cooperates with the administration of the medical practice including but not limited to:
• Maintaining medical records in a timely fashion
• Billing
• Peer Reviews
• Compliance programs

Job Benefits

• 4-day work week
• No weekends
• No on-call
• All daytime shifts
• 401K with up to a 3% match
• Medical and dental insurance
• 3 weeks PTO
• Paid CME
• Paid licensure
• Paid malpractice insurance
• Competitive compensation

NHSC Loan Repayment Program

“Healthy Connections is an Approved NHSC site offering health workforce incentive programs such as scholarships and loan repayment programs for those that qualify.”

Qualifications

• Arkansas Dental License and DEA permit.
• Willingness and ability to follow clinic policies established as a result of regulations and/or grant requirements of State Department of Health, Rural Health Division, State licensing and certification and the Board of Director.
• Current certificate of training in CPR
• Demonstrated ability to do detailed work according to established formats and protocols.
• Must receive Arkansas Medicaid number as a condition of employment.
• Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft office products, and familiarity with network systems.
• Excellent organizational, written and customer service skills necessary.
• Ability to travel to all locations and to meetings outside of the service area.
• Ability to understand verbal communication and instruction, exchange verbal information and to present information verbally.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective, courteous working relationships with patients, staff team members, business entities and others.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and problem-solve independently.