Dental Director

The Providence Community Health Centers, Inc. • Cranston, RI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Dental Director provides clinical leadership and oversight for the organization’s dental program, ensuring safe, ethical, evidence-based, and patient-centered oral healthcare across pediatric, perinatal, adult, and integrated care services. This role serves as the primary clinical authority for dental standards, quality assurance, provider supervision, clinical protocols, peer review, infection prevention, and interdisciplinary dental-medical collaboration. The Dental Director maintains an active patient care schedule while guiding workforce development, academic partnerships, regulatory compliance, strategic planning, community oral health initiatives, and providing direct patient care consistent with organizational expectations and clinical privileges. The Dental Director works collaboratively with Operations Director of Dental & Specialty Services, and reports to the Chief Medical Officer.

Requirements

• Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), from an accredited school of dentistry
• Licensed to practice dentistry in the state of Rhode Island.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience as a practicing clinician.
• Minimum of three (3) years as senior or director-level management in clinic setting
• Experience with healthcare information systems, electronic health records, and practice management systems such as Epic and MiPacs.
• Maintains ongoing professional education and certification as mandated by specialty board or state regulation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in pediatric dentistry preferred.
• Experience in a primary family care setting, familiarity with FQHC operations

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical leadership and oversight for the organization’s dental program.
• Ensures safe, ethical, evidence-based, and patient-centered oral healthcare across pediatric, perinatal, adult, and integrated care services.
• Serves as the primary clinical authority for dental standards, quality assurance, provider supervision, clinical protocols, peer review, infection prevention, and interdisciplinary dental-medical collaboration.
• Maintains an active patient care schedule.
• Guides workforce development, academic partnerships, regulatory compliance, and strategic planning.
• Leads community oral health initiatives.
• Provides direct patient care consistent with organizational expectations and clinical privileges.
• Works collaboratively with Operations Director of Dental & Specialty Services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree