Dental Director

Dental Director

Village Health Center (FQHC) Senior Clinical & Leadership Role

Why This Role Matters

At Father Joe’s Villages, we’re looking for compassionate, mission-driven individuals to join our team and help us end homelessness—one life at a time. Our work is guided by our C.R.E.E.D. values—Compassion, Respect, Empathy, Empowerment, and Dignity—which shape how we serve our clients, support one another, and engage with the broader community.

The Dental Director plays a critical leadership role in advancing this mission by ensuring access to high-quality, ethical, and trauma-informed dental care for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or housing instability. This senior leadership position oversees all dental services within the Village Health Center (VHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and partners closely with medical and behavioral health leaders to deliver integrated, whole-person care.

This role is ideal for a clinician-leader who believes excellent healthcare and human dignity go hand in hand—and who is motivated to build systems, teams, and services that create lasting impact.

-

How You’ll Live Our Mission

Lead with Compassion and Clinical Excellence

• Provide clinical leadership in a dental program serving patients who identify as homeless or are at risk of homelessness.
• Deliver direct patient care consistent with approved privileges, serving both scheduled patients and walk-ins with compassion and respect.
• Model trauma-informed, patient-centered care that reflects empathy, cultural humility, and nonjudgment.
• Lead quality assurance and improvement initiatives to ensure safe, ethical, and high-quality dental care.

Build and Empower a Strong Dental Team

• Recruit, hire, develop, and retain a multidisciplinary dental team, fostering a culture rooted in respect, accountability, and collaboration.
• Coach and mentor staff to support professional growth, empowerment, and engagement.
• Address performance concerns in a fair, constructive, and timely manner.
• Facilitate monthly team meetings and trainings that promote alignment, learning, and shared purpose.
• Oversee privileging and credentialing to ensure safe and compliant care delivery.

Strengthen Systems that Support Dignity and Access

• Direct day-to-day dental clinic operations, including workflows, staffing, scheduling, and patient access.
• Develop, review, and approve clinical policies and procedures that promote consistency, safety, and efficiency.
• Review and act on financial and operational reports to support sustainability and responsible stewardship of resources.
• Ensure ethical revenue generation aligned with the mission and regulatory requirements.

Collaborate, Integrate, and Advocate

• Partner with health center leadership to advance strategic goals and integrated care across dental, medical, and behavioral health services.
• Address patient concerns with empathy and professionalism, supporting trust and positive patient-provider relationships.
• Collaborate on grants, audits, licensing, reporting, and compliance activities.
• Represent the dental program in leadership initiatives, community partnerships, and external engagements, as appropriate.

-

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD).
• Active California Dental License in good standing.
• Minimum of 8 years of dental practice experience, including:

o Proficiency in oral surgery (simple and surgical extractions, minor biopsies, pathology).

o Extensive experience with denture and partial denture fabrication.

• At least 3 years of leadership experience, including recruitment, training, performance management, and team development.
• At least 3 years of experience using an electronic health record (including training).
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to meet required TB and other health screenings (reasonable accommodations considered).
• Eligibility to participate in State and Federal healthcare programs (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid).

-

Why Join Father Joe’s Villages

• Be part of an organization deeply committed to Compassion, Respect, Empathy, Empowerment, and Dignity.
• Lead care that restores health, trust, and hope for individuals facing complex challenges.
• Work alongside a collaborative, mission-driven leadership team in an integrated care model.
• Shape the future of dental services within a respected FQHC while continuing meaningful clinical practice.