(Archived) PT Dentist in Erie PA

POSITION SUMMARY

A Dentist, licensed in the state of Pennsylvania, 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.

Now hiring PT ( 8 hours a week) Dentist in Westmoreland County Prison

JOB RELATIONSHIPS

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides overall supervision of the dental department including hiring, coaching, counseling, administering discipline and termination of subordinate staff as needed.

2. Provides preventive and restorative treatment to all inmates.

3. Performs and interprets radiographic examinations as indicated.

4. Performs all general dentistry services including, but not limited to restorative, surgical, periodontal, endodontic and prosthodontic services as described by facility policy.

5. Supervise staff in: cleaning of teeth, making impressions for prosthetic devices, planning and maintaining an oral hygiene program, completing appropriate records accurately and all procedures associated with the provision of dental care.

6. Arrange proper referral for procedures that cannot be performed on-site at facility.

7. Provides supervision of staff in instruction of inmates in preventive practices for maintaining proper oral hygiene.

8. Submit monthly report of Dental Department activities.

9. Participate in staff development programs.

10. Develop and update departmental policies and procedures.

11. Supervise and evaluate all assigned dental staff.

12. Forward all outside referrals of offenders to the Medical Director to assure the necessity for such referrals.

13. 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.

14. Determines the timeframes for non-emergent and elective treatments according to priority and availability.

15. Determines the appropriateness of non-routine treatment and ensure that such treatment will not interfere with the provision of greater priority services.

16. Examines patients and documents findings on standard forms, utilizing applicable dental classification systems (i.e., APHA).

18. Supplies data for clinic reports as requested.

19. Keeps dental licenses up-to-date, and ensure current copy is on file in the Health Care Unit.

20. Responsible for dental office security to include instrument, medicine and needle counts.

21. Responsible to ensure appropriate and quality orientation for all newly hired dental staff.

22. Notifies the Wexford Health Staffing Department of vacant or upcoming vacant positions in a timely manner and actively assists the Staffing Department in the filling of vacant positions.

23. Is familiar with overtime and commodities budgets and works to remain within budget.

24. Complies with and enforces Wexford Health/Facility policy and procedures and ensures subordinate compliance.

25. Member of the Quality Assurance Committee.

Upon receiving the necessary training and/or instruction, performs other related duties as required or assigned.

The physical demands that are described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential duties are routinely performed in a general office and clinical environment. Duties may require work in at a station/desk and entail paperwork, use of computers, fax machines, copiers, and other business machines and medical equipment. Essential duties may require the following physical demands: may be required to lift and/or move persons, carts, emergency equipment or other objects; vision to read printed materials and computer screen; walking; reaching; carrying; stooping; bending; squatting; balancing; prolonged sitting; handling (hand movement); hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone; intellectual skills including short and long term memory, abstract reasoning, and decision making.

Must be able to ambulate throughout the facility for extended periods of time; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception,and the ability to adjust focus; must be able to clearly communicate orally and via written and typed correspondence and notes using various forms, records, charts, and electronic media.This position may require rotating assignments, operating on a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week schedule where employee is subject to working non-traditional hours, either voluntarily or via mandate, on occasion as needed.

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