Locum Tenens Dentistry Jobs in Winterhaven, California

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Dentistry
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• State License Required: No
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Long Term (More than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: Immediately

About the Facility – Fort Yuma Health Care Center
This facility provides services to the Cocopah and Quechan, two distinct tribes that are served at Fort Yuma. The Quechan Reservation consists of 45,814 desert acres along the Colorado River in California's Imperial County, just outside Yuma. The Cocopah Reservation comprises 1,722 acres near Somerton, AZ. The Cocopah and Quechan tribal members live a contemporary lifestyle, but many still practice traditional ways. This facility provides services for behavioral health, dental, laboratory, nutrition, optometry, pharmacy, prescription refill line, physical therapy, primary care, and public health nursing.

Facility Address: 401 Picacho Rd, Winterhaven, CA 92283
Dentist - Responsibilities:

• Perform a full range of professional dental treatments to include treatment of commonly encountered dental diseases or dental health problems requiring standard corrective, restorative, or preventative measures, such as single and multiple tooth extractions, restoration of various lesions with standard and prescribed material, prosthodontics such as crowns, dentures, and bridges.
• Strictly adhere to patient safety standards.
• Document patient treatment in the dental treatment record, Dentrix, to enter patient-specific workload, readiness status, and patient scheduling.
• Recommend and refer patients to other Indian Health Service providers and Purchase Referred Care vendors within appropriate Client guidelines.
• Responsible for actions necessary for The Joint Commission (TJC) standard compliance and administrative policies, as directed.
• Provide consultation to the Hospital Emergency Department health care providers on an as-needed basis.
• Provide physician service and staff the urgent care clinic, as needed.
• Complete all annual training required by the Clinical Director and Client/HHS policies.
• Electronically document services utilizing the appropriate electronic medical record system for patient encounters; complete all required administrative paperwork within 24 hours of patient visit to include electronic consults, co-signatures, completion of chart or Risk Management Reviews, unusual occurrences, and peer review, as required.

Dentist - Qualifications:

• Permanent, current, full, and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Graduate of an accredited dental school approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA) with either a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree.

• Active BLS or ACLS.
• Minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience.

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Doctor of Dental Medicine/Surgery (DDS)
• Board Certification: Board Certified
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen