Dentist

Job Description

The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is a minimum custody, male facility that houses approximately 1150 incarcerated individuals.

Our goal is to offer treatment, work, education and apprenticeship opportunities in order to prepare them for their entry back into the neighborhoods of Iowa.

This position will provide incarcerated individuals with dental screening/treatment in accordance with DOC dental services, policy and procedures; diagnoses and treat diseases, injuries and malformations of teeth, gums, and related oral structures; perform examinations of incarcerated individuals, utilized diagnostic procedures and instruments.

Cleans, fills, extracts and replaces teeth, designs and build crowns, bridges and dental appliances.

Provides clinical supervision of dental hygienist and other staff assigned to clinic; endure the dental services provided are in accordance with DOC HSP 1001 Dental Services and HSP 1003 Infection recommendations on the DOC Dental Program to the DOC Health Care Director based on Professional research of recent studies and practices.

Document services provided in incarcerated individual's ICON Medical Records.

Attend and participate in Statewide health care meetings and any meetings at the facility.

The hours will be Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov .

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Licensure as a dentist as issued by the Board of Dental Examiners of the Iowa Department of Health shall be considered as qualifying.

NOTE: Be sure to include your license information with your application

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