ORAL SURGEON

Overview:

Do you have a personal mission to make an impact in an underserved community and improve access to quality primary care?

Are you a patient advocate who is passionate about promoting health and wellbeing?

Do you have the ability to listen and communicate with patients from a variety of backgrounds, social and family situations, helping them to face the challenges they have dealing with their illnesses?

The Institute for Family Health may be a great fit for you!

Join our team and work with an organization that supports a healthy work life balance while making a great impact on the lives of many we serve. Numerous opportunities for professional growth in developing new clinical skills, clinical research, education, training and advocacy for social justice in health care.

Summary:

The Oral Surgeon will provide outpatient dental services to patients, precept residents and assist the Dental Director when needed in specified areas as indicated.

Requirements:

• Provide direct and comprehensive oral surgery care, including consultation, extractions( complicated and simple), biopsies, disease and trauma management etc.
• Refers patients to appropriate dental or medical specialties when indicated.
• Obtains medical and nursing consultation when necessary in addressing total needs of patients.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date patient records.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned area.

Qualifications:

• D.D.S. or D.M.D. from an accredited dental school.
• Minimum of two (2) years experience as a general dentist preferred.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, leadership, supervisory, clinical, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated interest in employment in a community health center.
• Bi-lingual Spanish preferred
• Demonstrated experience with dental electronic medical record preferred.
• NYS License

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action:

The Institute for Family Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. This job summary is intended to be brief and may not list all the duties and functions required, however, it does highlight the essential requirements. Nothing outlined in this job summary is to be construed as an express or implied contract of employment.

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