DENTIST (Community Family Clinic - Dental - Part-Time) Idaho Falls

This position is less than 30 hours per week. It is considered Part Time with No benefits

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (This is not an exhaustive list of all duties/responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned)

• Provide preventative, complex, and comprehensive dental care services
• Examine patients, diagnose their dental/oral conditions, prescribe and/or carry out appropriate treatments
• Record patient-dentist transactions in the patient’s dental records
• Complete referrals, data collection instruments, and other records or paper work
• Ability to refer patients for specialty consultation or treatment if needed
• Educate patients in oral health related conditions and prevention
• Must be able to listen to concerns and suggestions and provide follow-up and feedback in a timely manner
• Ability to calm nervous patients
• Ability to respond effectively to patients of all ages
• Train and evaluate assigned staff remain calm and professional under pressure
• Ability to work independently, exercise judgment, and resolve problems
• Potential for mucous membrane or skin contact exposure to blood, fluids, or tissue. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE), when appropriate, is required
• Exposure to hazards or physical risks (i.e., Blood, Sharps, Needles), which requires following basic safety precautions
• Will work with blood or blood-borne pathogens and will require knowledge and understanding of OSHA protocols
• Maintain standards of confidentiality of CC Idaho clients and records
• PHI (Protected Health Information) Compliance
• Perform all work duties and activities in compliance with CC Idaho, Joint Commission, OSHA and HIPAA regulations

Qualifications

Required

• DDS or equivalent from an accredited dental school
• Unrestricted dental license (D.D.S or D.M.D) to practice dentistry in the state of Idaho
• DEA registration
• Current CPR/1st Aid
• Successful clearance of general and DHS background checks

Preferred

• Two years of professional dentistry experience and/or training
• Knowledge of public health principles and practices
• Completion of an accredited general practice residency program
• Ability to read, speak, and write in both English/Spanish in a business setting

Required Physical Demands

• Is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; reach with hands and arms; grasping/holding
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Depth perception, normal visual acuity, and hand-eye coordination
• Ability to differentiate between colors

Work Environment

Work in an office setting; the work may be stressful; the noise level is moderate; exposed to x-ray equipment, nitrous oxide and oxygen gas tanks, dental chemical and pharmaceutical products and sterilization equipment