Provide dental services.

• Maintain dental expertise and competency (to include age specific competency) as well as demonstrate thorough knowledge of procedures to deliver quality primary dental care.

• Provide dental sessions, as scheduled, in direct patient care at clinic site, including extended hours clinics.

• Provide services equaling to at least forty (40) hours per week in clinic.

• Examine, diagnoses, treats and/or refers patients assigned to dentist’s panel, on an in-patient and out-patient basis (as per individual employment agreements)

• Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed dental conditions.

• Refer clients for appropriate specialty care services, lab and x-ray and any other ancillary services that are appropriate for patient’s management and care.

• Review all lab and x-ray reports for patients under his/her care on a timely basis and makes dental management decisions appropriately.

• Follow appropriate standards of care for each patient.

• Provide continuity of care to center patients on his or her patient panel and other patients as assigned, including routine in-patient and nursing home care to center patients.

• Maintain a problem oriented dental record for each patient seen in accordance with the Center’s established Health Information Management policies and procedures.

• Lead the oral health care team in identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing patient and family needs to develop a plan of care.

• Ensure that patient and family/significant others are educated about diagnosis and the plan of care.

• Act as a resource for facilitating communication when necessary.

• Participate in specified oral health promotion, education and/or prevention programs as needed

• Attend and participate in clinic meetings/departmental meetings and other clinic functions as required by the Center.

Provide clinical oversight under the supervision of the Dental Director.

• Assume responsibility/accountability for delegating, directing, and supervising patient care activities.

• Train, mentor and supervise students and dental support staff engaged in activities and procedures, as appropriate.

• Participate in

  • Analysis of community health problems and assists in the development of the community health care plan.

  • Compliance and Performance Improvement activities for continuous quality improvement and risk management purposes.

  • The evaluation of products, procedures, and patient care standards.

  • The review and development of patient care policies, including health maintenance schedules and continuity of care.

  • The review and development of protocols and standing orders.

• Implement the plans, procedures and protocols for the dental team.

• Serve as a resource and positive, proactive leader for the department.

• Accept responsibility for remaining current with oral health care trends and information that impact the dental practice.

• Provider is responsible for practicing accepted infection control procedures at all times to include attending individual/group infection control training, and to comply with infection control monitoring.

Maintain professional courtesy at all times.

Perform all other related duties as assigned.