Dentist - Star Community Health

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Fredericktown Hill (PA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network seeks a dentist to join its dental residency program. You will supervise dental staff, deliver comprehensive patient care, and guide residents in clinical practice.

The ideal candidate holds an active Pennsylvania dental license, CPR/BLS, and at least five years of clinical experience. Teaching and quality-improvement commitment are essential within our academic hospital setting. St.

Qualifications

• Active Pennsylvania dental license.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Five years of clinical experience recommended.

Responsibilities

• Provide full range of dental care to patients within St. Luke's university health network.
• Supervise dental assistants, hygienists and residents.
• Maintain compliance with infection control and charting standards (Dentrix).
• Engage in teaching and evaluate residents' clinical performance per program standards.
• Participate in Quality Improvement processes and departmental meetings.

Skills

Patient care

Clinical teaching

Supervision

Quality improvement

Communication

Education

Dental license PA

CPR/BLS certification

Tools

Dentrix

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides full range of dental care services to St. Luke's university health network dental patients.
• Demonstrates competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
• Supervises the day to day activities of dental assistant, dental hygienist and dental residents.
• Assess competencies and assists in conducting performance evaluations.
• Attends mandated hospital and departmental meetings and functions
• Monitors quality of patient care through a peer review system, medical record quality, laboratory and x-ray usage, including, pharmaceutical formulary and drug usage as appropriate.
• Maintains compliance with department policy regarding accurate and timely patient charting in the Dentrix system.
• Creates a positive milieu in the dental program that fosters dental residents learning and development.
• Evaluates residents' clinical learning process on a quarterly basis.
• Evaluates residents' clinical performance in accordance with established standards defined by the residency program and the commission on dental accreditation.
• Establishes positive faculty-resident relationship with effective communications in formal and informal contacts.
• Assumes clinical teaching assignments as per the dental residency program policy.
• Implements the program philosophy, conceptual framework, and content/ process instructional plan to insure integrity of the curriculum.
• Utilizes current dental research applicable to area of teaching.
• Participates in activities promoting the dental residency program.
• Serves as a professional role model for residents and staff.
• Monitors and complies with all infection control and safety procedures.
• Offers suggestions to improve work methods or procedures.
• Participates in Quality Improvement Process.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Sit up to 6 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.
• Stand for up to 2 hours per day.
• Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.
• Consistently lift, carry and push objects up to 10 lbs.
• Occasionally lift, carry and push objects up to 75 lbs.
• Frequently stoop and bend.
• Frequently reach above shoulder level.
• Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.
• Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies.
• Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral visions.

EDUCATION

• A valid unrestricted license to practice dentistry in the state of Pennsylvania and evidence of current professional liability insurance.
• A current conscious sedation (Nitrous Oxide sedation) license is desirable.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Five years of experience in a clinical setting is strongly recommended.
• Current certificate in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke's hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke's Children's Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke's was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke's is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke's has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke's was recognized as a national Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.

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