Dentist

Brown Medicine • Cranston, RI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the general supervision of the Dental Director, Joseph Samuels Dental Center, the Dentist provides direct clinical services following policies and procedures in the provision of dental care to a special needs patient population. This population includes individuals with intellectual disabilities, pediatric patients, and high-risk inpatients and outpatients, including those with contagious and communicable diseases. The Dentist will perform all dental procedures per their delineation of privileges, ensuring all essential functions reflect the age-specific needs of the patients. Brown University Health employees are expected to embody the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate core Success Factors such as Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate. The role involves performing a wide range of dental procedures, providing inpatient consults and treatment, and potentially comprehensive dental treatment in the operating room. The Dentist also contributes to program development, assists in staff training and evaluation, participates in teaching programs, maintains accurate dental records, assesses patient oral health, provides age-specific patient/caregiver education, and engages in departmental performance improvement activities and professional meetings.

Requirements

• Completion of training and degree from an accredited dental school.
• Must be legally licensed and registered in the State of Rhode Island.
• Demonstrated ability to operate computer system.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills to explain procedures, allay patient fears and exchange information regarding their treatment.
• Requires an in-depth knowledge of dental procedures and the manual dexterity to perform them.
• Certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

Nice To Haves

• Previous hospital or institutional experience preferred to include completion of post-doctoral program and familiarity in the pediatric, intellectual disability, and special needs patients.

Responsibilities

• Performs dental procedures chairside, including preventative, restorative, prosthodontic, minor orthodontic, endodontic, periodontal and extraction services.
• Provides consults and treatment for inpatients.
• Provides comprehensive dental treatment in the OR when privilege delineated.
• Provides input to develop and recommend long-range and intermediate goals and objectives for the dental program consistent with those of the hospital.
• In conjunction with the Dental Director, provides support in accomplishing departmental goals and objectives.
• Assists in providing proper orientation, training and inservice education of dental staff in evaluating their overall performance.
• Instructs, supervises and participates in teaching programs.
• Ensures that all dental records and reports are prepared in accordance with established policy and completed in a timely manner.
• Assesses, evaluates and records patient oral health and general health information.
• Provides patient age-specific (patient/caregiver) education related to nutrition, general and dental/oral health, and conveys treatment and treatment plan to the patient, parent and/or caregiver.
• Participates in departmental performance improvement activities.
• Attends and participates in meetings, committees and professional associations within the hospital and the community as appropriate.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities
• Work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment
• Diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives
• Respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports the holistic well-being of our employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees