Part-Time Dentist

Interior Community Health Center; Highland Park (AK); On-site; USD 85,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

Interior Community Health Center in Alaska provides comprehensive preventive dental services two to three days per week across ethnically diverse patient populations and life spans.

The role requires Alaska licensure with DEA and BLS certification, with experience in community health and electronic dental records preferred. This part-time position emphasizes coordination of care and adherence to regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Alaska dental license and DEA registration are required.
• Current BLS certification.
• Experience with underserved populations and EDR is preferred.
• Two years post-graduate practice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Report to work as scheduled, on time and prepared.
• Provides direct patient care to dental patients.
• Supervises dental assistants with the Dental Director.
• Coordinates services with clinic and community providers.
• Coordinates with other providers to deliver integrated primary care services.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Ensures compliance with OSHA, CLIA, and billing policies.
• Keeps current with standards of practice.
• Participates in community meetings.
• Develops collaborative memorandums of agreement for services.
• Adheres to policies and procedures.
• Uses computer systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Patient communication

Problem solving

Education

Alaska dental license (DDS/DMD)

DEA registration

BLS certification

Tools

Dentrix

Electronic Dental Records

Job description

This position provides comprehensive coordinated preventive dental services two to three days per week to an ethnically diverse patient populations across the lifespan.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

Dentist Licensed in the State of Alaska and DEA registration. Current certification in BLS.

Experience

Experience in dealing with medically underserved populations. Experience with Electronic Dental Records required; experience with Dentrix preferred. Two years post-graduate practice experience preferred.

Essential Functions:

1. Report to work as scheduled, on time and prepared to start working. Remain at work for their entire work schedule.
2. Provides direct patient care to dental patients of the Interior Community Health Center.
3. Supervises, in conjunction with Dental Director, dental assistants.
4. Coordinates services with clinic and community providers to ensure delivery of comprehensive dental care services.
5. Coordinates with Center’s and community’s providers to ensure delivery of integrated multidisciplinary comprehensive primary care services.
6. Participates in center’s continuous quality improvement systems and activities.
7. Assists with the center’s dental procedures and systems to assure compliance with federal laws, regulations and standards of practice, including, dental policies and procedures, OSHA, CLIA, patient care, employee health, coding and billing.
8. Remains current with standards of practice.
9. Participates in community meetings.
10. Participates in development of written collaborative and memorandums of agreement for Center’s and patient services.
11. Complies with corporation’s policies and procedures.
12. Utilizes personal computer.
13. Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to coordinate care with other medical, behavioral health and dental staff.

Knowledge of dental clinic operations.

Ability to support and work collaboratively with clinicians and administrators to oversee dental and business plan.

Basic computer skills to include proficiency with Electronic Dental Records.

Excellent oral and written communication, problem solving and negotiation skills.

Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.

Ability to work under pressure.

Ability to work as successful integrated multi-disciplinary primary health care team.