Director of Dental Services

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for leadership and management of the dental program and providing professional dental care to Oyáte Health Center (OHC) patients by diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums, and related oral structures. Ensures the delivery of quality services to the patients of OHC.


Essential Functions and Professional Behavior Expectations:

• Provides leadership and management oversight of dental clinic operations related to budget, purchasing, personnel, administration, and performance management, ensuring safe and efficient patient care.
• Evaluates patient condition using clinical examination and radiographs.
• Performs prophylaxis and provides preventive dental services to patient such as applications of fluoride and sealants to teeth.
• Fills cavities and places crowns if necessary.
• Administers local anesthetic as needed for patient comfort.
• Performs root canal therapy.
• Performs oral surgery including extractions, alveoloplasty, biopsy, and other procedures as needed.
• Designs and fabricates fixed and removable dentures to replace missing teeth.
• Educates patient in oral hygiene and home care.
• Develops and implements comprehensive dental services plan for OHC.
• Hires, trains/precepts, assigns, schedules, directs, supervises, evaluates and disciplines assigned personnel. Arranges for contract staff as needed.
• Identifies and orders equipment and supplies necessary for safe and effective operations.
• Coordinates facility design to ensure effective utilization of space based on dental service needs.
• Recommends and implements guidelines, policies, and services.
• Develops a quality assurance dental program.
• Establish relationship with clinical staff and other personnel to facilitate appropriate health care provision.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data applicable to the oral health status of the populations within the jurisdiction.
• Participate as a member of the OHC executive leadership team.
• Maintains current knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations affecting areas of responsibility. Understands and complies with infection control, safety and OSHA procedures and regulations.
• Maintain effective, collaborative interdepartmental and external relations.
• Actively participates in clinic quality improvement activities.
• Participate in meetings and represent OHC as required.
• Utilization of EHR with accurate timely notes to ensure required documentation is entered for billing and referrals.

• Must comply with federal laws and regulations as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Performs related duties.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have a Doctor of dental surgery (DDS) or dental medicine (DMD) from a school approved by the Council on Dental Education, American Dental Association (ADA) or other dental school.
• Two (2) years' experience as a practicing dentist and one year of supervisory experience.
• Must have a permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in any U.S. State or Territory.
• Must obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required, or must be obtained within ninety (90) days of employment.
• Must successfully pass a criminal and background check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Native American/American Indian Preference in hiring will be applied as defined in title 25 usc 44-46 &474.

Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks and pre-employment drug screen.


Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.