Position Summary
The Dentist is responsible for the delivery of quality and efficient dental care to the Health Center patient population and be mission-driven to serve the medically underserved patient.
The Dental Team at Mary's Center is currently seeking full-time, part-time and per diem General Dentists at our 3 dental clinics.
Reportability
This position will report directly to the Vice President of Dental Services.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Complete routine and comprehensive oral examinations.
- Maintain the quality of dental care.
- Deliver fillings, endodontics, extractions, partials, crown and bridge, and sealants, etc.
- Diagnose dental disease, oral pathology, and develop a written treatment plan and prioritize treatments.
- Provide ongoing dental education.
- Be thorough in documenting all interventions done with/on behalf of the patient.
- Document services on the encounter.
- Oversee the dental hygienist and the dental assistant on duty.
- Consult on the purchase of dental equipment.
- Work in tandem with the other member of the health care team to ensure best practices in the delivery of dental services and the other services offered at Mary’s Center.
- Treat the patient with moderate to severe dental infections on an emergency basis.
- Participate in agency-wide and clinical meetings as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience – Qualified candidates must have completion of ADA accredited dental program; DDS/DMD degree; certification through DEA; and valid Washington DC License. Some ability to speak Spanish preferred.
Physical Demands – Regularly required to sit; frequently required to reach with hands and arms, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk or hear; must be able to lift objects up to twenty-five (25) pounds.
Work Environment – Mostly in a typical office and/or home setting with quiet to moderate noise level. May be exposed to extreme cold, heat, and humidity due to outside weather conditions.
Full-time Benefits:
- Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental & vision insurance, plus retirement options
- 25 days of paid time off (PTO) annually, in addition to 10 paid holidays, plus 5 educational days to attend training and conferences
- 4 days per week/10 hour shifts
- CME/License renewals
- Student loan repayment program, if applicable
- $2000/year tuition reimbursement to attend training and conferences
- WMATA metro/bus subsidy
About the company
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Mary's Center, founded in 1988, is a Community Health Center that provides health care, family literacy and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet by the public and private systems. Mary's Center uses a holistic, multi-pronged approach to help each participant access individualized services that set them on the path toward good health, stable families, and economic independence. The Center offers high-quality, professional care in a safe and trusting environment to residents from the entire DC metropolitan region, including individuals from nearly 50 countries, through 8 locations.
Mary's Center provides access to health care services regardless of participants' ability to pay.
We owe our success to a strategy of linking health care to community-based support services while helping family members reach their education goals. We believe that individuals who are healthy and feel supported in their communities become better learners and are motivated to achieve greater economic stability. We have observed that stable families place more emphasis on the educational achievement of their children, thus strengthening the well-being--and health--of the next generation.
We listen closely and carefully to our participants, and then work with them to create a customized prescription of services to help them attain good physical and mental health. We also work with participants to set attainable education goals that, once reached, will bolster their economic stability.
Because the individuals and families we serve often face multiple life challenges, we use a social change model that addresses the many factors that lead to poor health such as poverty, limited education, and few job opportunities. By integrating and linking our own services with those offered by our community partners, we empower vulnerable families to lead healthy and productive lives.
This comprehensive approach yields results. The mothers who come to us for prenatal care deliver babies with healthy birth weights. Participants with diabetes learn to control their blood sugar levels. Parents who attend our various programs increase involvement in their children's education and watch them graduate from college and lead productive lives. Our web of services helps the region save millions of dollars as we prevent child abuse, gang involvement, teen pregnancy and chronic diseases.
Simply stated, Mary's Center changes lives every day.