General Dentist

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION  

Title: General DentistFLSA Category: Exempt

Reports To: Dental Director and Chief Medical Officer

Date Issued: August 2022, Revised June 2024

Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare across Southern Maryland. With 9 clinical sites across Prince George's, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, we serve over 18,000 patients each year. We provide fully integrated care that includes primary care, pediatrics, women's health, Title X family planning, dental care, behavioral health, WIC, pharmacy services, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program. Our patient population is primarily made up of Medicaid and uninsured individuals. We are deeply proud to deliver these vital services to everyone in our community, regardless of their ability to pay, making Greater Baden an incredibly rewarding place to grow your career while making a tangible, life-changing impact every day.

Job Summary:

Responsible for providing comprehensive and appropriate dental care and treatment to patients in a clinical setting. Responsible for dental health management, coordination of services with other agencies, clinical tracking of special population groups and any other activities or duties required to assure optimal patient services.

  Essential Functions:

1. Provide routine and emergency dental services, including diagnosis and treatment plans, general restorative procedures, periodontal procedures, minor oral surgery, crown and bridge, removable prosthodontics, uncomplicated endodontics and pediatric services.

2. Interpret x-rays and lab studies.

3. Administer anesthetics.

4. Administer or prescribe medications.

5. Conduct follow-up patient care.

6. Straighten teeth to correct bite issues.

7. Place sealants or whitening agents on teeth. 

8. Provide dental and oral health education to patients and families about diet, brushing, flossing, use of fluoride, and other aspects of dental care.

9. Manage difficult patients and clients.

10. Take impressions, measurements and make modes for dental appliances and prostheses.

11. Analyze, interpret and diagnose conditions based on report or test findings. 

12. Teach and train patients and staff on illness prevention.

13. Oversees maintenance of case histories, health examination reports, and other dental records.

14. Inspects and makes recommendations regarding infection control and elimination of health hazards.

15. Actively participate in community dental programs.

16. Provide tele-dentistry visits when needed or appropriate. 

17. May make house and emergency calls. 

18. Refer patients for specialty care to other clinics or outside agencies as appropriate.

19. Assist with in-service and on-going training of clinic staff.

20. May conduct oral examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage.

21. Provides direct patient care as needed and appropriate to serve the community in accordance with the organization’s Health Care Plan.

22. Provides appropriate documentation of clinical care provided in a timely manner. This includes maintenance of patient charts in accordance with clinic protocols, and timely documentation of clinical procedures on encounter forms.

23. Complies with regulations regarding consultations and other services as required by patients’ insurance coverage.

24. Complies with Joint Commission standards for ambulatory care.

25. Communicate with others in verbal and written communication format.

26. Performs timely entry into, and manipulation of, the Electronic Health Record. 

 

Nonessential Functions:

27. Provides clinical leadership and acts as a resource to other members of the health care team, patients, or other members of the community.

28. Works with center manager to facilitate smooth operation of clinic flow.

29. Assures quality of patient care by participating in the organization’s Performance Improvement activities.

30. Cooperates with compliance review activities.

31. Submits information needed for credentialing files in a timely manner.

32. When needed, assists the Safety Officer with employee health activities, especially in the event of an exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

33. Participates in team/staff meetings; attends in-service meetings and applicable workshops. 

34. Performs any and all other duties required to provide for optimal patient care.

Supervisory Responsibility

1. Dental Assistants

3. Students, interns, fellows and the like

 

Managerial Responsibilities - None

  Minimum Qualifications

1. Current License to practice dentistry in the State of Maryland.

2. Current Maryland prescriber number, and current D.E.A. and C.D.S. License.

3. Board certification or eligibility in dentistry. Board certification preferred, certification expected within one year of employment.

4. Insurability (malpractice)

5. Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)

6. ACLS or Advanced Life Support within 12 months of employment, if appropriate

Substitutions

None

  Core Competencies Needed

Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully, develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

  Communication Skills -  Listen verbally in order to solve problems and provide information and direction, ensuring the experience is a positive one. Record issues and resolutions to maintain accurate records and data for further analysis by management. 

  Analytical Skills -  The ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach. Possess creative thinking, learning, systems thinking and problem solving. Must be effective at defining and solving problems in order to ensure that the real, underlying challenge is understood and that solutions actually address it.

  Healthcare Systems  - Knowledge of healthcare and medical terminology.

  Organizational Skills - Effectively managing tasks and information and organize information to ensure a timely response to questions. Develops and uses systems to organize and keep track of information or work progress. 

  Results Orientation – The ability to focus on the desired results, setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them.

  Time Management - Understands what is required and prioritizes to get tasks/projects completed and establishes/implements an effective course of action (ex. establishes appropriate deadlines). Reprioritizes work efforts based on changing situations and emerging issues (e.g., in response to organizational, systems, and/or schedule changes).

  Collaboration - Engages others by gathering multiple views and being open to diverse perspectives, focusing on a shared purpose that puts the organization overall success first.

  Work Environment

This job operates in an outpatient office environment. This role is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and high stress situations or events.

  Physical and Mental Demands

1. Ability to cope with stress.

2. The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office

3. Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.

4. The person in this position frequently communicates with patients and/or employees. Must be able to summarize and exchange accurate information.

5. Must be able to lift or catch patient weighing more than 50 pounds in the event of emergency.

6. Performs with frequent interruption or distractions.

7. Adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.

8. Ability to interact appropriately with colleagues for different purposes in different context.

9. Ability to perceive the nature of sound.

10. Expressing or exchanging information by means of the spoken word, or to convey detailed spoken instructions accurately, loudly or quickly.

11. Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships to perceive objects where and as they actually are.

12. Cognitive ability to analyze, count, summarize and synthesize information from multiple sources.

13. Ability to recognize social or professional behavioral cues.

  Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret written or verbal documents and instructions. Ability to speak effectively to patients, employees and/or stakeholders of the organization.

Travel

Must be able to drive between Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc. locations as required.

  Compliance

This position requires compliance with Greater Baden Medical Services (Health Center’s) compliance standards, including its Standards of Conduct, Compliance Program, and policies and procedures. Such compliance will be an element considered as part of the Dentist regular performance evaluation.