Dentist - Endodontist (Riverside & San Diego County)

Neighborhood Healthcare • Riverside, CA

226d • $195,000 - $245,530

About The Position

The Endodontist (dental specialist) works to support the mission and vision of Neighborhood Healthcare (NHC) by providing endodontic services to patients. This role will perform endodontic procedures and services to patients based on in-house dental assessments and plans, diagnosing and treating complex causes of tooth pain (i.e. infections leading to tooth abscesses). In addition, this role will impart health education information, relevant techniques to patients, as well as advising patients on post-surgery dental care, and prescribing suitable pain-relief medication.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree in Dental Medicine (DMD) or Dental Surgery (DDS) required
• Completion of a post-doctoral residency program in endodontics
• Certification through the American Board of Endodontics (ABE) is preferred
• Proven experience working as an Endodontist (prefer a minimum 2 years of experience as an Endodontist)
• Valid CA Dental License required
• Valid DEA license and current CPR/AED certification required
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication skills
• Good hand-eye condition
• A patient and empathetic disposition

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Conducts, develops, and/or confirms suitable individualized in-house endodontic diagnosis and care plan based on dental conditions
• Reviewing patients' medical history and discussing their symptoms and concerns
• Utilizing dental instruments and x-ray equipment to determine the cause of patients' oral pain and discomfort
• Provides appropriate endodontic dental care/services, in compliance with standard of care
• Performing nonsurgical root canal treatment to treat damaged, infected, or calcified tooth pulp and/or canals
• Performing apicoectomies to treat persistent inflammation or infection occurring in the bony area around the end of the tooth
• Maintaining teeth that have previously undergone root canal procedures (aka retreatments)
• Performs dental procedures and services that are within the approved skills profile and/or scope of practice
• Observes, assesses, and records patients' symptoms, reactions, and treatments progress
• Prescribes medications and provides patients with pertinent medication instructions, as needed
• Reasonably accepting of additional patients into the schedule, as feasible
• Accommodates patients with urgent dental needs, including walk-ins
• Creating and maintaining a professional appearance
• Lead your team, dental assistants, hygienists, and other staff members to ensure smooth patient care and treatment coordination
• Works with dental team to facilitate prescription refills and paperwork completion
• Provides dental backup to NHC dental sites and clinicians, as needed and available
• Provides supervision, consultations, instructions to Dental Assistants and other health care delivery team members in NHC dental sites, as needed
• Serves as preceptor to dental and paraprofessional students placed with NHC
• Minimizes rescheduling of patients; provides instructions if necessary
• Completes and submits daily billing to reflect accurate coding and charges of all services rendered
• Works with management on improving efficiency, patient flow, program development, and revenues
• Maintains necessary credentialing, licensure, and continuing education requirements
• Assists management with employee evaluations for the Dental PSRs or Dental Assistants, as needed
• Participates in audits, peer reviews, patient satisfactions, protocol developments, meetings, and in-servicing trainings as available and appropriate
• Contributes to the success of NHC by participating in quality improvement activities
• Completes legible and legally defensible dental records

Benefits

• Pay Ranges- $195,000-$245,530, per year depending on experience (DOE)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees