Director of Dental Operations and Standards

4 weeks ago


Springfield, Illinois, United States SIU Medicine Full time
Job Summary

The Director of Dental Standards and Operations position serves as the subject-matter expert in dental enterprise operations, providing information and advisory services based on evidenced-based literature, compliance regulations, data analysis, and leading practices for dentistry and dental administration to OCM partner and stakeholder organizations.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Administration: 90%
  2. Serves as the principal administrator and champion of the Dental Operations & Standards unit of the SIU School of Medicine's (SIU SOM) Office of Correctional Medicine (OCM) with responsibility for the oversight, planning, organizing, managing, evaluating, and enhancing partner and stakeholder dental services, processes, functions, and program development.
  3. Summarizes and evaluates dental safety activities in the correctional health clinics and compiles comprehensive reports and recommendations of the results of such reviews of patient medical records, adverse events, grievances, complaints, and lawsuits.
  4. Serves as a correctional dental operations and standards expert to staff, vendors, and non-medical facilities that work both inside and outside of the organization and utilizes dental and quality management knowledge to participate in review, audit, performance improvement, and dental services and administration design.
  5. Assures continual assessment of space, staff, and resource requirements to maintain the highest quality of dental care; develops long-term facilities planning in conjunction that places dental services as an integral part of patient care.
  6. Utilizes accepted leading practices, dental care standards, and benchmark comparisons to develop strategic operating plans that will position the dental program for optimal value, efficiency, and service excellence.
  7. Directs the development and implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines.
  8. Communicates with OCM QMOE Director, and as appropriate, with IDOC Office of Dental Services Chief and/or other appropriate and involved parties regarding dental services and clinical enhancements necessary to maintain or achieve a safe, high-quality patient care environment.
  9. Assures compliance with regulatory agencies in the design and execution of dental programs and operations.
  10. Recommends up-to-date dental information resources to patients, medical staff, nursing staff, and ancillary department personnel.
  11. Serves as supervisor of direct reports; assigns and reviews work; provides guidance and training; approves time off and reassigns staff to meet operating needs; counsels staff regarding work performance; recommends and imposes discipline; establishes objectives and prepares performance evaluations.
Qualifications
  1. Requires DDS or DMD with current and valid Illinois license to practice which must be maintained.
  2. Experience in the field of correctional medicine.
  3. Requires substantive and proven administrative experience in directing, planning, and evaluating dental operations.
  4. At least one (1) year experience in training others on dental administration and/or delivery.


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