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Make a Lasting Impact—Even Temporarily. 🦷 Step in as Our Temporary Dental Director!

Baker Victory Dental Center is looking for a Temporary Dental Director to lead our dedicated team and ensure continuity of exceptional care during a key transition period.

Additional Information:

+ This is a temporary secondary position that may be subject to end at any time.

+ The position will be ≈ 9 hours a week

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FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Dental Director

Responsible to: Chief Medical Officer

Job Summary: The Dental Director is a licensed dentist who provides direct patient care and serves as the clinical and administrative leader of the Baker Victory Dental Center, with a specialized focus on serving patients with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. This role ensures high-quality, person-centered, and accessible oral healthcare by directing clinical operations, guiding team development, and advancing standards of care in alignment with current best practices and regulatory requirements.

Essential Job Duties:

+ Provide direct patient care, including comprehensive and periodic examinations, including digital radiographic exposure/diagnosis to patients within the designated clinical settings.

+ Diagnosis and referral of oral conditions requiring specialty evaluation.

+ Treatment of oral conditions requiring restorative care, extractions, endodontic and prosthetic care as determined by Delineation of Privileges and NYS Practice Act

+ Triage and treatment of emergency situations, as appropriate for the clinical setting

+ Completion of treatment logs, laboratory prescriptions, quality assurance records, and documentation of delivered services

+ Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of clinical policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and evidence-based practices.

+ Supervise and mentor dental providers and support staff; oversee recruitment, onboarding, and training of dental hygienists, assistants, and administrative personnel.

+ Serve as the lead clinician for complex treatment planning, especially for patients requiring behavioral accommodations, sedation, or specialized referrals.

+ Provide strategic input and collaborate with agency leadership to align dental operations with broader organizational goals.

+ Monitor clinical quality indicators and lead performance improvement initiatives, particularly those that improve access and care delivery for the special needs population.

+ Work with clinic leadership to manage scheduling, staffing ratios, patient flow, and resource allocation to optimize productivity and patient satisfaction.

+ Participate in interdepartmental planning with medical, and behavioral health leadership to provide holistic care.

+ Treat everyone with respect by putting the patient and family first and respond to the patient’s needs in a timely fashion; Model the OLVHS agency values of integrity, respect, accountability, adaptability and teamwork.

+ Comply with all federal and state regulations and agency policies pertaining to HIPAA, false claims, whistleblower policies and all others

+ Oversee the dental department’s annual budget, capital planning, and purchasing of equipment and supplies.

+ Dentists are expected to meet established productivity standards to ensure the financial health of the center.

+ Stay current with trends in special care dentistry, including emerging technologies, behavioral management techniques, and community partnerships.

+ Represent program at annual Board meetings and responsible for creating all Board program reports.

+ Any other duties as assigned by Chief Medical Officer

Skills:

• Demonstrated experience and passion for treating individuals with intellectual, developmental, or

physical disabilities

•Some experience in Pediatric dentistry preferred

•Strong leadership and decision-making skills; able to work independently and collaboratively

•Prior experience with EMR systems such as NextGen, Eaglesoft, or Dentrix strongly preferred

•Effective interpersonal and communication skills; bilingual skills a plus

•Strong understanding of Medicaid and special population billing procedures highly desirable

•CPR/BLS certification required; sedation or hospital dentistry credentials are a plus

Minimum Education Required:

DDS of DMD from an accredited dental school

Minimum Experience Required:

Minimum 1 year of clinical experience; at least 2 years in a leadership or supervisory role preferred

License/Registration/ Certifications Required:

Active and unrestricted license to practice in the State of New York

Additional Requirements: Must provide documentation for the following:

•MMR Record

•DEA License

•Malpractice Insurance

Training Requirements:

•New Hire Orientation

Physical Requirements:

•The constant physical demand of the position are standing and walking

•The frequent physical demands of the position are sitting, repetitive motions, and eye/hand

Coordination

•The occasional physical demands of the position are lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing,

stooping, reaching, handling and grasping

Job Details

Pay Type Hourly

Employment Indicator Per Diem

Hiring Rate 104 USD