Dentist

Harlem United Community AIDS Center Inc•New York, NY

7d•$110,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Staff Dentist provides comprehensive dental care in the dental department, examines patients, determines treatment plans, and delivers initial, follow-up, emergency, periodontal, restorative, endodontic, prosthodontic, and surgical care. The dentist participates in dental quality-of-care initiatives and supports the day-to-day operation of the dental clinic and dental mobile unit. Weekly sessions are split between the clinic and mobile unit according to operational needs. The role includes supervising dental assistants during patient treatment; examining the head, neck, oral cavity, teeth, and supporting structures; treating existing disease and restoring dental form and function; and establishing treatment schedules and hygiene regimens to help prevent oral disease. The dentist performs a range of restorative, periodontal, prosthetic, oral surgical, and endodontic procedures, including molar root canals. The dentist also participates in continuous quality improvement activities, multidisciplinary task forces, committees, and projects, and performs other related duties as assigned. The position requires maintaining HIPAA confidentiality and willingness to accommodate and provide services outside normal business hours.

Requirements

Graduate of a United States dental school.
Board certified.
Possess a New York State dental license.
Excellent computer skills, including demonstrated ability to use word-processing or database programs.
Ability to quickly learn eClinicalWorks EMR and Dentrix.
Good customer service, organizational, interpersonal, oral communication, and written communication skills.
Typing, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and oral communication skills sufficient to listen to complex medical information and summarize it completely and concisely.
Ability and willingness to accommodate and provide services outside normal business hours.
Excellent organization and time-management skills.
Ability to work as a team player with a positive approach to working with others.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in French or Spanish.
Experience with the HIV/AIDS population.

Responsibilities

Supervise dental assistants while they perform their duties during patient treatment.
Examine patients’ head, neck, oral cavity, teeth, and supporting structures.
Determine treatment modalities to restore the form and function of dentition and treat existing disease.
Establish treatment schedules and hygiene regimens to prevent oral disease.
Perform restorative procedures, including pulp capping, amalgam restorations, composite restorations, and cosmetic bonding.
Perform periodontal procedures, including periodontal examinations, scaling and root planing, curettage, and periodontal surgery.
Perform prosthetic procedures, including crown and bridge preparation, temporary restorations, intra-canal posts, complete and partial dentures, and porcelain laminates.
Perform oral surgical procedures, including extractions, alveoplasty, alveolectomy, tuberosity reduction, biopsies, and removal of epulis.
Perform endodontic procedures, including molar root canals.
Participate in continuous quality improvement activities.
Participate in multidisciplinary task forces, committees, and projects.
Support the day-to-day operations of the dental clinic and dental mobile unit, splitting weekly sessions between them based on operational needs.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Maintain HIPAA confidentiality.