Job Description

Employer : Shasta Community Health Center

Location : Redding

Salary : $142,737 to $185,394 Annually

Posted : Aug 24, 2023

Description:

The Dentist examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums. May treat diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting oral hygiene and retention of teeth. May fit dental appliances or provide preventive care.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To relieve dental pain and infection.
2. To provide basic dental services.
3. To maintain quality dental care equal to or greater than the private sector.
4. Motivate the employees of the dental clinic, especially those involved in direct dental service delivery.
5. To provide the dental procedures of prevention and restorative to include:
1. Exam & x-rays
2. Prophylaxis
3. Sealants
4. Scale and rootplane
5. Extractions
6. Alveoloplasty
7. Minor surgery
8. Biopsies
9. Dentures
10. Denture repairs and relines
11. Fillings (composite and amalgam)
12. Stayplates
13. Stayplate and partial denture repairs and relines
14. Cast crowns
15. Stainless crowns
16. Fixed bridges (as center allows)
17. Partial dentures (as center allows)
18. Root canal therapy (as center allows)
6. Provide direct oversight to the Dental School Externs in the clinic and complete assessments as required.
7. Provide direct oversight to the AEGD residents in the clinic and complete evaluations as required.
8. Provide patient care on the HOPE van as requested.
9. Provide direct oversight to the Shasta College Dental Hygiene program clinic as requested.
10. Other duties or projects as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of current dental principles.

Education & Experience:

Graduate from an accredited American Dental School.
DDS or DMD degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

Two years’ experience as a dentist.
Dental community clinic setting experience.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:

Employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to commencing, and for the duration of their employment with Shasta Community Health Center. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable law.

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