DENTIST - 79176

Job Overview

The Tennessee Department of Health is seeking to hire a Dentist to support local leadership and meet the oral health needs of underserved Tennesseans.

Strategic Priorities

• Prevention
• Support Local Leadership
• Decrease Youth Obesity
• Decrease Tobacco Use
• Decrease Substance Misuse
• Prevent and Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Optimize Internal Clinical Efficiency
• Improve External Primary Care Access
• Leverage Innovation
• Expand Partnerships

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical dental services to prevent or eliminate dental disease.
• Facilitate onboarding, training, and continuing education of assigned staff and their work.
• Utilize quality improvement methods to ensure and maintain efficient and effective clinic processes, including patient flow.
• Analyze monthly productivity reports to identify issues or areas of improvement.
• Maintain clinical productivity and review other clinical reports on a regular basis.
• Identify the developmental needs of others, coach, mentor, or otherwise help others improve their knowledge or skills.
• Supervise local dental care staff, including supervisory administrative duties and performance management activities.
• Ensure compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry and the Tennessee Department of Health.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) dental licensure in the State of Tennessee is required.
• Unrestricted DEA license is required.
• Candidate should be a self-directed problem solver possessing excellent clinical skills and significant clinical mentoring experience.
• Candidate must be a quick learner, have strong computer skills, and have the ability to adapt to constantly changing environments, including new electronic dental and medical record systems.

Essential Duties

Essential to the control of preventable diseases and maintenance of dental health.

Background Check

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who We Are And What We Do

TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access.

Our Values

• Collaboration
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Compassion
• Respect
• Health Equity

How You Make a Difference

Are you ready to leave the private sector and the related worries with working in or owning your own private practice? Are you interested in public health and meeting the oral health needs of many underserved Tennesseans?