Dentist

River Valley Family Health Center•Montrose, CO

16d•Onsite

About The Position

River Valley Family Health Centers is seeking a Dentist to work in its clinics in Montrose and Delta, Colorado. The Dentist provides consistent, high-quality clinical dental services and preventive care, evaluates patient needs, and contributes to care in a community health center setting. In the absence of the dental director, the staff dentist supervises the center’s dental assistants and dental hygienists. This is a full-time, salaried exempt position working 40 hours per week. River Valley Family Health Centers provides high-quality healthcare in an integrated and culturally respectful manner, with affordable and accessible care for the community. The organization values patient-centered, quality care, accountability, integrity, and overcoming barriers to care.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited dental school.
Unrestricted license to practice dentistry in Colorado, and DPS and DEA registration.
Ability to maintain positive working relationships with team members, patients, families, and others.
Ability to use a computer for timekeeping, documenting electronic medical records, and completing follow-up tasks.
Caring, kind, and professional bedside manner.
Ability to work as a team player and support and assist team members as needed.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Ability to stand and walk for long periods, sit at a computer, and lift, carry, push, and pull up to 35 pounds.
Employees are exposed to blood, body fluids, and other occupational hazards and must complete mandatory vaccines, including Tdap, Hep A, Hep B, MMR, Varicella, and the yearly flu vaccine.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of public health principles and practices.
Bilingual candidates are preferred.

Responsibilities

Examine individuals requesting care, diagnose dental and oral conditions, prescribe and provide appropriate treatment or direct others in providing it, and refer patients for specialty consultation or treatment in accordance with approved clinical protocols and guidelines.
Record and document patient-dentist transactions in dental records as they occur, ensuring the record accurately and completely reflects the contact, the patient’s condition, and the care or treatment provided.
Examine teeth, gums, and related tissues using dental instruments, X-rays, or other diagnostic equipment; evaluate dental health; diagnose diseases or abnormalities; and plan appropriate treatments.
Supervise dental assistants and dental hygienists in the absence of the dental director.
Travel between clinics as needed.