Dental Anesthesia Attending- Per Diem

Saint Barnabas Medical Center•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dental Anesthesia Attending will provide a full spectrum of dental anesthesia services to patients of the dental department at SBH Health System. This includes evaluating, selecting, and determining the potential response and risk associated with various forms of anxiety and pain control modalities based on patient’s physiological and psychological factors. The role also involves providing dental anesthesia for patients including mild, moderate, and deep sedation by various routes of administration, while instructing and supervising dental anesthesiology residents for CODA accreditation. Additionally, the Attending will provide lectures and clinical instruction in dental anesthesia, conduct scholarly activity, and mentor resident research projects.

Requirements

NYS Dental License
NYS Anesthesia Certification

Nice To Haves

Experience Preferred
Two Letters of Recommendation

Responsibilities

Promote a safe, cooperative and professional health care environment to ensure optimum patient care.
Adhere to all hospital policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
Make Customer Service a priority, treating customers (patients, visitors, and co-workers) in a professional manner exercising courtesy and tact.
Effectively communicate with patients and others about SBH services in their area(s) of expertise or responsibility and ensures that concerns, questions or issues reach the right person(s) in SBH in a timely fashion.
Provide a full spectrum of dental anesthesia services to patients of the dental department at SBH Health System.
Evaluate, select, and determine the potential response and risk associated with various forms of anxiety and pain control modalities based on patient’s physiological and psychological factors.
Provide a full spectrum of dental anesthesia services for patients including mild, moderate, and deep sedation by various routes of administration (oral, intravenous, intramuscular, intranasal, and inhalational).
Instruct and supervise dental anesthesiology residents as required for CODA accreditation of the dental anesthesiology program.
Serve as Anesthesia Attending for Pediatric and General Practice Residency Programs.
Provide dental anesthesia lectures to Pediatric and General Practice Residents.
Instruct and supervise residents in the administration of local anesthesia as well as psychological management and behavior modification as they relate to anxiety and pain control in dentistry.
Instruct residents in managing perioperative emergencies and complications related to anxiety and pain control procedures, including the immediate establishment of an airway and maintenance of ventilation and circulation.
Instruct residents in the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of acute pain related to the head and neck region.
Instruct residents in patient preparation for sedation/anesthesia, including pre-operative and post-operative instructions and informed consent.
Instruct residents in the use of anesthesia-related equipment for the delivery of anesthesia, patient monitoring, and emergency management.
Provide didactic and clinical instruction in aspects of dental anesthesia.
Conduct scholarly activity in the form of research and mentoring resident research projects.