Dentist-West Palm Beach Dental Clinic

Health Care District of Palm Beach County; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Dentist for its West Palm Beach Dental Clinic. This role involves diagnosing and treating oral diseases, providing preventive care, participating in outreach functions, and ensuring high-quality patient interactions. Ideal candidates will hold a DDS or DMD degree and possess strong communication and teamwork skills, with a focus on excellent customer service.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of dentistry experience preferred.
• Licensed and registered DDS or DMD in Florida required.
• ACLS or BLS certification mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Diagnoses and treats diseases and injuries of teeth and gums.
• Provides preventive care and educates patients on dental hygiene.
• Collaborates in Quality Performance Improvement programs.

Skills

Excellent oral communication

Teamwork

Customer service

Analytical thinking

Education

DDS or DMD degree from an accredited dental school

Current BLS certification

Job description

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General Statement of Job:

Under the general supervision of the Director of Dental Services, the Dentist diagnoses and treats diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums, and related oral structures.

Job Description

General Statement of Job:

Under the general supervision of the Director of Dental Services, the Dentist diagnoses and treats diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums, and related oral structures.

Essential Functions

Examines the patient to determine nature of condition.

Provides preventive dental care and general dentistry.

Participates in outreach functions.

Educates patient in oral and dental hygiene.

Participates in collaborative efforts.

Collaborates in Quality Performance Improvement programs.

Provides instruction to dental assistants as needed.

Customer Service

As a patient care facility the HCD PC Clinics and its staff are responsible for providing a high quality of internal and external customer service. The Dentist must demonstrate a focus on customer service and the ability to attain high levels of customer satisfaction by providing appropriate leadership. Maintaining positive relationships with customers both internally and externally is essential.

Communication

The Dentist position requires excellent oral and written communication skills. This includes the ability to share information in a timely manner, both verbally and in writing; keeping peers, colleagues, and staff appropriately informed. The position also requires interpersonal skills such as effective listening, appropriate use of style and language for audience, and productive processing of information.

The Dentist position is expected to process information in an analytical fashion and be able to communicate findings and results effectively. This includes effective verbal presentation and written analysis adjusting language and terminology to the needs of the audience.

Teamwork

The Dentist position has responsibility over clinical care as assigned by the Director. The Dentist must be adept at dealing with varying personality types, patients, families, physicians, peers, supervisors and external parties. The must be able to independently determine the timing and manner of presentation in which each situation is addressed.

Productivity

The Dentist must be able to work toward multiple goals concurrently and set priorities according to standards and guidelines.

Diversity Competencies

The Dentist ensures that service delivery is provided in a culturally competent way and consistently treats customers, stakeholders, partners, and coworkers with dignity and respect.

Additional Duties

This Job Description reflects the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a complete description of all the work requirements and expectations that may be inherent in the position.The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position.Management of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County reserves the right to assign duties not listed herein as necessary to accomplish the goals of the organization.

Education

QUALIFICATIONS

• DDS or DMD degree from an accredited dental school is required.
• Health Care District Primary Care Clinics providers must be licensed and registered as a DDS or DMD in the State of Florida.
• Current BLS certification required.
  
  

Experience

Minimum of one (1) year of dentistry experience. Practice in community or public health setting preferable.

Certification

Health Care District Primary Care Clinics providers must be licensed and registered as a DDS or DMD in the State of Florida.

Current ACLS or BLS certification required.

Licensure

Unrestricted license from the Florida Dental Board.

Registrations

Unrestricted license from the Florida Dental Board.

About Us

The Health Care District of Palm Beach County is an independent special taxing district that has served as a healthcare safety net for more than 36 years to fill in gaps in access to healthcare services. This unique healthcare system covers the entire county and provides a wide range of services such as nine community health centers (Federally Qualified Health Centers) which serve everyone regardless of ability to pay; school health teams in 172 public schools; a lifesaving Trauma Hawk aeromedical helicopter program; a rural, public teaching hospital, Lakeside Medical Center; an award-winning skilled nursing center; a ground ambulance program for Health Care District patients needing a higher level of care and the county’s Trauma Agency, which ensures quality outcomes within the county’s trauma system and leads initiatives to prevent traumatic injury.

Health Care District of Palm Beach County is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug-Free Workplace. We embrace diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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