Dental Director at United Family Medicine – St Paul, Minnesota

Riverland Community Health is a Federally-Qualified Health Center in St. Paul, where patients receive community-based Family Practice medical care in addition to mental health, dentistry, and other integrated services. When joining Riverland, you become part of a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming team who are dedicated to serving our patients and pursuing our mission to deliver excellent healthcare for all and training for the providers of tomorrow.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Dental Director position is responsible for providing clinical leadership, fostering superior quality patient care, developing dental strategic goals and direction, and providing for the recruitment and retention of the dental staff at the Dental department. The Dental Director works cooperatively and effectively with the CEO/COO and Medical Director utilizing a balanced and collaborative approach to include the perspective of all disciplines involved in the clinic’s services, ensuring the achievement of annual business and strategic goals, and objectives. In addition, this position delivers effective and efficient patient care during required clinical time in compliance with established clinical protocols.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Patient Care Duties:

• Provide quality patient and family-centered dental treatment within the licensee's scope of service following best practices standards.
• Collaborate with other health professionals to manage patient care, plan and coordinate the total health needs of the patient, and achieve health goals.
• Provide oversight of dental education to patients and community groups to optimize preventive measures and develop community dental health initiatives. Provide dental education to clients or community groups as requested.
• Works to remove barriers to care by providing exceptional access to dental care.

Leadership Duties:

• Provide clinical and operational direction and supervision to Dental staff, serve as a catalyst for staff to know, understand and support organization initiatives.
• Hold 1:1 meetings, monthly staff meetings, huddle communications.
• Participate in the hiring and performance management of all dental department staff.
• Conduct periodic quality peer reviews and education for Dental providers and other clinical staff in accordance to Riverland’s risk management program to ensure findings are used to update and improve clinic policies and staff training.
• Offer input and training to ensure timely and accurate completion of patient records, including following relevant guidelines.
• Collaborate with Leadership (CEO/COO, Manager of Compliance & Quality, Medical Director) to monitor and improve patient care.
• Collaborate with other department leaders to ensure integrated care and successfully execute Riverland’s annual strategic plan.
• Provide input into the development of and supports organization strategic initiatives.
• Develop, plan and implement strategies to manage program growth and ensure self-funding and sustainability of the program. Regularly review and recommend changes in program services to meet client needs with particular emphasis on services for underserved populations, oversight of program evaluation and quality assurance functions for department including assessment of applicable legal and professional requirements and monitoring treatment plans for clients.
• Define provider scheduling procedures in collaboration with the CEO/COO to ensure patients will be served efficiently, professionally and in accordance with best practice standards.
• Provide input into the establishment of dental fees and collection policies in conformance with HRSA and related grant requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to effectively build, coach and lead a team of employees.
• Ability to analyze processes to identify areas in need of improvement.
• Ability to effectively implement process changes.
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Extensive knowledge of the principles and practice of dental medicine in the care and treatment of patients.
• A working knowledge of the administrative practices and procedures, rules, regulations and policies that govern the rendering of responsible dental care.
• A working knowledge of public health and preventative care guidelines in oral health care.
• The ability to effectively supervise professional and non-professional employees in their clinical duties.
• The ability to prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently.
• The ability to be flexible as to the changing needs of the clinic.
• Ability to perform the job in accordance with Riverland’s Standards of Business Conduct, which includes compliance, ethics and integrity, confidentiality, protection of assets and avoidance of conflicts of interest and inappropriate business relationships.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• DDS, DMD, or Advanced Dental Therapist.
• Graduate of an accredited school of dentistry.
• Valid and active Minnesota License.
• DEA Controlled Substance Registration Certificate if applicable.
• Current CPR certification.
• Licenses and certifications in good standing.
• Leadership and/or management experience
• Prior experience working in Federally Qualified Health Center or community clinic is strongly preferred.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Dental Providers, Dental Assistants, Dental Patient Access, Dental Coordinator.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Considerable sitting, standing or walking. Assists in lifting and moving patients as necessary. Lifts supplies/equipment up to 20 lbs. occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. frequently. Must be able to act rapidly and effectively while following policies and procedures during routine as well as emergency situations. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in a dental clinic office environment. Contact with staff, patients and outside agencies. Possible exposure to communicable disease and medical preparations common to clinic environment. Work may require light lifting, repetitive movements, prolonged standing or sitting in compromised position, and transfer of wheelchair patient with assistance when safe to do so.

Salary for this position is $130,000 to $200,000 annually DOE.

A summary of our benefits include but are not limited to: health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, basic life insurance, voluntary additional life insurance, spousal and child insurance, long-term disability, and a 403b retirement plan.

In addition, job offers made during flu season are conditioned on the candidate receiving the annual flu vaccination before their start date.

RCH is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.