We're looking for someone to join our team as an
Associate Director of Dental Providers: Provides direct patient care while supporting clinical oversight, provider mentorship, and continuous quality improvement.
Essential Functions:
I. Clinical Responsibilities
- Provides comprehensive dental care, including diagnostic, preventive, emergency, restorative, periodontal maintenance, prosthetic, and oral surgery services.
- Delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with clinical standards and organizational protocols.
- Completes accurate, timely documentation in the electronic health record (EHR).
- Manages assigned work queues in a timely manner, ensuring appropriate follow-up and continuity of care.
II. Administrative & Leadership Responsibilities
- Assists in developing, implementing, and monitoring strategic plans aligned with the community needs and organizational goals.
- Attends and actively participates in all meetings (e.g., department meetings, program meetings, employee staff meetings) and other internal and external activities as assigned.
- Assists in arranging and conducting regular meetings for dental providers.
- Attends workshops/seminars as necessary to increase skills and knowledge to provide effective care, treatment, and/or leadership.
- Participates in community outreach activities.
- Assists in assuring compliance with related state licensing requirements, special clinical initiatives, and grant guidelines.
- Assists in recruitment of dental staff.
- Prepares recommendations for hiring, and termination for the review and approval of the CMO and CEO.
- Completes staff evaluations timely and recommends merit increases.
- Serves as a clinical reviewer for all dental evaluations when needed.
- Assists with scheduling clinical assignments, rotations, on-call, etc.
- Assists in instituting and managing CME requests for dental staff.
- Participate in the development of compliance and risk management protocols.
- Assist in the supervision of the development, implementation, and operation of a quality assurance program as it related to patient care.
- Advocate for the health center and serve as liaison to local and state professional societies, as well as to health officials, organizations, and health training institutions, as appropriate.
- Supports the overall needs of the health center by working flexible or extended hours when necessary.
- Works with dental providers to ensure productivity expectations are met and/or succeeded.
- Acts on behalf of the Dental Director in their absence as assigned.
- Assist in the oversight and support of the Dental Residency program.
- Must travel for site visits at all sites in system to mentor, evaluate & train providers.
- See job description for full list of duties.
Qualifications:- Graduation from an accredited dental school.
- Must have a dental license to practice in California.
- Three years previous dental experience desired.
- Experience in working or desire to work in rural community setting with many ethnic groups.
- Ability to converse with Spanish-speaking patients desirable.
- Must be able to work a full-time schedule.
- Must be able to pass all pre-employment screening (background check, drug tests, and references).
- Must be able to comply with organizational behavioral standards.
Intrigued? We'd love to hear from you! Please review the job details below and then click "apply" or call/text Noemi Cardenas at [redacted].
