Dentist — Job
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Initiates and maintains compliance with company policies for accreditation.
- Performs routine cleaning, drilling, filling, and extraction of teeth in accordance with National Standards for dental care.
- Completes an initial dental screening on all new patients.
- Evaluates those patients needing or applying for dental care and makes whatever recommendations deemed clinically appropriate. Takes impressions for dental plates. Sends prostheses to outside dental labs.
- Documents all services rendered in the patient dental health record.
- Monitors need for dental supplies and equipment.
- Provides in-service training for health staff members on appropriate issues, such as dental hygiene, dental care, dental emergencies, and techniques.
- May direct the work of staff employees. Provides input into performance evaluation.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Degree in dentistry from an accredited dental school required. Licensed to practice as a registered dentist in the state in which the facility is located is required.
- Two (2) years of direct work experience preferred.
- Professional license must remain on file at all times at the facility where services are rendered.
- Must be mature, flexible, intellectually alert, able to command the respect and confidence of inmates and staff, and philosophically committed to the objectives of the facility.