Associate Director of Dental

About the role

The Associate Director of Dental (ADD) role combines clinical care and administrative leadership positions at STRIDE Community Health Center. This role requires a current Colorado Dental License and at least 3 years of general dentist experience.

Responsibilities

• Promote whole-person care across the healthcare delivery system.
• Lead and guide dental providers, ensuring they follow confidentiality guidelines and collaborate with other departments.
• Maintain clinical and financial sustainability while supporting the organization's mission and strategic plan.
• Provide mentorship and support to direct reports and internal partners.
• Manage provider chart review processes and lead initiatives to improve operational efficiency and quality assurance.
• Engage in continuing education and collaborate with dental leadership to maintain clinical guidelines and documentation.
• Organize and attend staff, Triad, and other meetings as needed.
• Monitor provider productivity and participate in budget planning and review for assigned clinic locations.
• Evaluate clinical quality and use data to drive quality assurance and improvement strategies.
• Assist in managing dental outreach activities and coordinate medical and dental integration with other management team members.
• Ensure the dental provider team's productivity and efficiency by evaluating clinical quality and using data to drive quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) strategies.
• Oversee orientation, education, and training of new dental providers, including electronic dental record (EDR) training, in coordination with Operations and Human Resources (HR).

Requirements

• Current Colorado Dental License.
• Experience in management and quality improvement.
• Minimum of 3 years of general dentist experience.
• FTE of 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week).
• STRIDE tenure of 1 year minimum, unless applied as an external candidate with relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Knowledge of and ability to work with electronic health records (EHR) systems.
• Ability to protect the confidentiality of patients, employees, and business information.
• Knowledge of and ability to provide leadership, mentorship, and supervision to other oral health providers on the team.
• Ability to interact positively and build rapport with patients, coworkers, and/or external contacts.
• Able to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity, and creativity to changing needs and situations.

Qualifications

• Capacity to use sound judgment, empathy, and innovative thinking when adapting to evolving circumstances and limited resources.
• Knowledge in integrated Whole Person Care and patient access.
• Ability to function in clinical settings with diverse cultural dynamics of clinical staff and patients.
• Ability to demonstrate the capability to effectively and sensitively respond to the needs and concerns of the full range of STRIDE’s diverse patient population.
• Ability to strictly enforce infection control protocols in dental settings, consistently maintaining the highest standards for patient and staff safety.
• Strong customer service skills, including the ability to diffuse distressed patients and manage challenging situations occurring in the health center.
• Ability to collaborate with other providers, clinical staff, and team.
• Ability to handle sensitive information ethically and responsibly.

Skills

• Sound judgment, empathy, and innovative thinking.
• Integrated Whole Person Care and patient access.
• Diverse cultural dynamics of clinical staff and patients.
• Infection control protocols.
• Customer service skills.
• Collaboration with other providers, clinical staff, and team.
• Sensitive handling of sensitive information.

Benefits

STRIDE offers a comprehensive full-time benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off (PTO) and holidays.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA), including dependent care options.
• 401(k) with matching.
• Work-life balance.
• NHSC Loan Repayment.
• Tuition reimbursement and/or Continuing Medical Education (CME).
• No nights, weekends, or major holidays.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee Discounts on top attractions, hotels, more.

Pay

$153,400 - $173,200 + $7,500, depending on your experience.

Schedule

Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hours/week).