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1 week ago
The Dental Care Specialist will provide high-quality dental services to inmate patients, adhering to the security regulations of the assigned institution. The successful candidate will be responsible for documenting services and monitoring compensation for service compliance with client contracts.
Requirements- Education: Graduate from an accredited school of dental medicine.
- Experience: One year of experience in general dentistry preferred.
- Licenses/Certifications: Must have and maintain current licensure as a dentist within the state of employment.
- Must obtain and maintain CPR certification.
- Reports to assigned facility at designated hour to examine, supervise and provide dental care/treatment to referred patients.
- Utilizes standard precautions when providing dental care and treatment.
- Evaluates patient dental care required or administered, dental operatory conditions, and equipment in use.
- Evaluates those patients needing or applying for dental care not included under basic health care services and makes whatever recommendations deemed clinically appropriate.
- Functions as a consultant to the staff health care provider, if needed.
- Monitors need for dental supplies and equipment.
- Performs routine cleaning, restorative dentistry, and extraction of teeth in accordance with dental policies.
- Perform dental examination in accordance with the requirements of the facility.
- Takes impressions for dental appliances, if indicated, sending prosthesis to outside dental labs.
- Instructs patients in good dental hygiene techniques.
- Ensures progress note documentation is in SOAP format, problem-oriented, legible and is dated, timed and signed.
- Keeps patient information confidential and respects patients' rights to privacy, in accordance with accepted confidentiality practices for incarcerated individuals.
- Provides in-service training for health staff members on appropriate issues such as dental hygiene, dental care, dental emergencies and techniques.
- Provides input into facility mandatory committees, when requested, such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Infection Control, Quality Improvement, and Medical Audit Committee as requested.
- Must obtain and maintain security clearance.
- Must maintain privileges.
- Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
- Must be able to apply sound judgment beyond a specific set of instructions and apply knowledge to different factual situations.
- Must be alert at all times; pay close attention to details.
- Must be able to work under stress on a regular or continuous basis.
The Dental Care Specialist will work in a clean, well-lit environment with fluctuating temperatures. The position requires substantial periods of work utilizing a computer, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The successful candidate will be required to lift and carry equipment and supplies weighing up to 35 pounds, push and pull equipment and supplies weighing up to 75 pounds, walk and stand, sit, negotiate stairs, lift patients in and out of bed, wheelchair, and/or stretcher, reach or bend frequently, and have visual acuity and manual dexterity to operate equipment. Potential for exposure to blood and/or body substances and hazardous materials requiring observance of Standard Precautions and safe handling practices.
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