Lead Dentist

Overview

This is a Dentist role with a stipend/annual renewal for the Lead Dentist duties

Get ready for something extraordinary! You’ll receive generous benefits including 6 weeks of paid time off in your first year, 12 paid holidays, a 401k with 100% employer match up to 5%, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision benefits, and gender-affirming care benefits. Additional benefits include employer-paid short and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, certification, and licensure assistance, with options for part-time roles.

This role is more than a job. It’s a chance to join an organization committed to a diverse workforce that reflects varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, enabling you to have a meaningful impact in our communities and with our patients.

Highlights of working at Vivent Health include:

• Equity Practices:
  Fair treatment, access, and opportunities for all employees, creating an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute.
• Professional Growth:
  Opportunities for professional development and advancement, with training programs and events that promote cultural competence, unconscious bias training, and awareness.
• Inter-disciplinary collaboration:
  In our integrated HIV care and prevention model, you’ll work with a high level of collaboration across disciplines to support whole person-care across medical, behavioral health, pharmaceutical, research, and more.
• Delivery of quality patient care:
  Our integrated HIV care and prevention model helps patients achieve positive health outcomes.

Working at Vivent Health allows you to serve the underserved and be an impactful part of their health journey.

Deliver Excellence. Oversee with Integrity. Drive Progress. Exceed Expectations.

The Lead Dentist will shape the strategic direction of dental services at the local level, ensuring the delivery of exceptional oral healthcare to our diverse patient population. The successful candidate will have advanced clinical skills, leadership experience, and a commitment to a collaborative, patient-centered approach.

Winning skills and behaviors for success.

Dentist Essential Job Duties (as part of patient care requirements):

• Conduct thorough patient consultations, gathering medical histories, assessing and diagnosing oral health conditions.
• Utilize radiographs and clinical exams to develop comprehensive treatment plans based on diagnostic evaluations and patient needs, ensuring effective care coordination with medical providers as needed.
• Perform a range of dental procedures, including exams, triage, fillings, crowns, complete and partial dentures, extractions, root canals, and biopsies with precision and efficiency.
• Diagnose and treat periodontal conditions, collaborating with dental hygienists to address gum disease.
• Educate patients on oral health, preventive care, and post-treatment instructions for optimal outcomes.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, treatment notes, and adherence to electronic health records (EHR) systems.
• Collaborate with dental hygienists, dental assistants, and other healthcare professionals to ensure holistic patient care.
• Provide training to dental clinical support staff as needed to improve procedure outcomes.
• Maintain licensure according to state regulations, including appropriate CE geared toward the Vivent Health Patient population.
• Must pass internal credentialing process and maintain this status throughout employment.
• Adhere to all agency policies, including Confidentiality, Employee Handbook, Health Care Corporate Compliance Plan, Standards of Conduct, and other relevant policies.

Additional Lead Dentist Essential

Job Duties:

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight to the local dental team, ensuring adherence to best practices and quality standards established in the Dental Clinic Manual.
• Lead daily huddles to help ensure clinic flow and address scheduling issues.
• Help monitor and evaluate the quality of dental services, implementing measures to maintain and enhance clinical excellence under direction of Dental Director and/or local VP.
• Provide…