School Based Dentist - Waterbury Schools & CHC of Meriden 24 Hours

About the role

The position is part-time, covering Crosby & Wilby High Schools in Waterbury for 16 hours and CHC of Meriden on Fridays for 8 hours.

Responsibilities

• Provides diagnosis and treatment planning of routine and emergency dental patients.
• Provides general dentistry services to target population according to the mission and goals of CHC.
• Affords assistance with orientation, training & development of dental clinical personnel (includes students, residents).
• Performs appropriate diagnosis and treatment planning of routine and emergency dental problems.
• Makes appropriate referrals of patients to specialist or alternative providers, as needed.
• Offers routine comprehensive and emergency dental treatment with an emphasis on preventive care.
• Ensures strict compliance with safety and infection control standards by self and other dental team members.
• Ensures continuous maintenance of dental facility and equipment by appropriate dental team members.
• Provides diagnosis, treatment and referral for dental emergencies, after hours, for CHC patients, via on-call service.
• Maintains open communication with Dental Director, Site Director, Practice Manager and other staff.
• Participates in clinical staff training, evaluation of and assessment of dental services and quality assurance program.
• Participates in continuing education activities to improve clinical dental skills.
• Maintains compliance with agency annual Training/Education requirements as outlined in Policies & Procedures manual (Working Safely, EOC, Abuse trainings, etc.).

Requirements

• Education - DDS or DMD degree from accredited dental school required.
• Residency - (preferred) GPR or AEGD certification OR 1-2 years general dental clinical experience.
• Licensure - State of Connecticut dental license, NERB or Regional Dental Boards, DEA (Federal and State) active licensure.
• Interest in providing care to diverse patient population.
• Written and oral bilingual fluency in language spoken by our patient population (for example, English/Spanish or English/Polish) strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires good to excellent manual dexterity and fine motor coordination; good vision; physical mobility and flexibility; good reflexes; light lifting required; potential exposure to blood borne pathogens through direct patient contact.
• Must follow OSHA standards and universal precautions.

Skills

• Excellent verbal skills to communicate with patients and staff daily.
• Good listening skills for understanding patients.
• Good penmanship and clear concise writing skills for dental record documentation.

Benefits

Confidentiality of patient and business information is a requirement. Confidentiality of patient and business information is a requirement. Full access to patient medical records and encounter data. Confidentiality must be maintained according to CHC policies. Responsibility for client data entry. Access to medical system information. Confidential patient correspondence.

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Part time - as scheduled. Per diem - as needed.