Dentist

Position: Dentist

Schedule: Part time (8 hours/week)

Facility: Southern Regional Jail

Location: Beaver, West Virginia

Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is one of the nation's largest correctional health care providers. Over the past 30 years, our team of dedicated clinical professionals has helped literally millions of justice‑involved patients receive life‑changing medical and mental health services. The majority of our patients come from marginalized or impoverished backgrounds; in many cases, our doctors, nurses, and behavioral health professionals represent the patient’s first experience with quality, compassionate health care.

We heal and rehabilitate thousands of incarcerated patients every day. When you join Wexford Health, you do more than just further your career—you become part of a team‑a family‑whose mission is to care for patients that cannot care for themselves. You change lives. You make a difference. If you are looking for a position that empowers you to do more, then look at Wexford Health.

Under the supervision of the Regional Dental Director, a Dentist licensed in the state of West Virginia is responsible and accountable for supervising the dental staff and managing the dental activity as well as for providing oral health care to patients such as fillings, extractions, dentures, root canals, etc.

• Provides overall supervision of the dental department including hiring, coaching, counseling, administering discipline and termination of subordinate staff as needed.
• Provides preventative and restorative treatment to all inmates.
• Performs and interprets radiographic examinations as indicated.
• Performs all general dentistry services including, but not limited to restorative, surgical, periodontal, endodontic and prosthodontic services as described by West Virginia Health Service Bulletins.
• Supervise staff in cleaning of teeth, making impressions for prosthetic devices, planning and maintaining an oral hygiene program, and completing appropriate records accurately and all procedures associated with the provision of dental care.
• Arrange proper referral for procedures that cannot be performed on‑site at facility.
• Provides supervision of staff in instruction of offenders in preventative practices for maintaining proper oral hygiene.
• Submit monthly report of Dental Department activities.
• Participate in staff development programs.
• Develop and update departmental policies and procedures.
• Supervise and evaluate all assigned dental staff.
• Forward all outside referrals of offenders to the Regional Dental Director to assure the necessity for such referrals.
• Serves as clinical authority on all matters related to the delivery of dental services, and provides direction, guidance, and oversight to the dental staff and programs.
• Determines the time frames for non‑emergent and elective treatments according to priority and availability.
• Determines the appropriateness of non‑routine treatment and ensure that such treatment will not interfere with the provision of greater priority services.
• Examines patients and documents findings on standard forms, utilizing applicable dental classification systems (i.e., APHA).
• Provides or arranges for appropriate preventative restorative dental care as needed within the administrative guidelines to all inmates.
• Provides or arranges for appropriate care for emergency patients as soon as possible.
• Ensures continuity of care.
• Supplies data for clinic reports as requested.
• Keeps dental licenses up‑to‑date, and ensures current copy is on file in the Health Care Unit.
• Must be CPR certified and skilled in recognizing the symptoms of shock and fainting, and must be prepared to provide necessary aid as directed during emergency procedures.
• Responsible for dental office security, including instrument, medicine and needle counts.
• Responsible to ensure appropriate and quality orientation for all newly hired dental staff.
• Notifies the Wexford Health Staffing Department of vacant or upcoming vacant positions in a timely manner and actively assists the Staffing Department in filling vacant positions.
• Is familiar with overtime and commodities budgets and works to remain…