Dentist I (On-call)

Dental Provider Opportunity At La Clnica De La Raza

La Clnica De La Raza is a community-based health center committed to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. As a sophisticated provider of primary health care services with 35 sites across Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties, we are dedicated to making sure individuals who do not have health coverage get the same level of quality healthcare as those who have it.

Join the La Clnica family and work shoulder to shoulder with some of the most dedicated dental professionals you'll meet. The sense of teamwork, commitment to our community, and our dedication to giving our diverse patients the high quality dental care they deserve, will inspire you. You will be rewarded by your work with patients whose families choose La Clnica generation after generation. You will see the impact of your efforts as well as those of your colleagues in the faces of our patients. You will further your professional development through opportunities for mentorship, leadership, and continuing education designed to expand your reach as a mission-driven dental provider.

Major Areas Of Responsibility

• Handle all aspects of general dentistry
• Perform oral exams, restorations, extractions, and prophylactic work
• Treat oral diseases and confer with physicians regarding medical/dental problems
• Assign patients to plaque control or other educational programs
• Examine teeth, gums, and related tissues, using dental instruments, x-rays, or other diagnostic equipment, to evaluate dental health, diagnose diseases or abnormalities, and plan appropriate treatment
• Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, or malformations of teeth, gums, or related oral structures and provide preventive or corrective services.
• Write prescriptions for antibiotics or other medications.
• Formulate plan of treatment for patient's teeth and mouth tissue

• Advise or instruct patients regarding preventive dental care, the causes and treatment of dental problems, or oral health care services
• Use masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect patients and self from infectious diseases
• Design, make, or fit prosthodontic appliances, such as space maintainers, bridges, or dentures, or write fabrication instructions or prescriptions for dental assistants.

• Willing to be credentialed as volunteer faculty for University of California San Francisco and Lutheran Medical Center to assist the Associate Dental Director in mentoring and supervising of AEGD residents at La Clinica
• Serve as a member of a cross-functional team of Dentists that provides exceptional patient care, and performs four-handed dentistry and oral surgery.
• Attend staff conferences; keep clinical and other records regarding services provided, supplies and materials used.

Minimum Job Requirements

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measure
• Good time management skills and evidence based approaches to dental care
• Patient Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing patient services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of patient satisfaction.
• Healthcare Technology: Working knowledge and experience with Practice Management System software

Abilities

• Ability to deal courteously and effectively with patients and maintain good working relationships with other staff
• Ability to work across cultures and demonstrate support of diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Ability to operate all types of dental equipment and machinery
• Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects
• English/Spanish proficiency preferred but not required

Experience and Other Certifications

• Requires graduation from an accredited school of dentistry; Possession of valid D.D.S. /D.M.D.
• One year experience in all phases of general dentistry and auxiliary utilization and/or administrative experience in a clinic setting
• License to practice in the State of California
• DEA number
• Cultural competence working in diverse/low income communities
• Must hold a current BLS (Basis Life Support) /CPR Certificate. You will have a 30-day grace period to obtain your certificate from the date of hire.