POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

General Duties:

• Diagnosing oral diseases.
• Promoting oral health and disease prevention.
• Creating treatment plans to maintain or restore the oral health of their patients.
• Interpreting x-rays and diagnostic tests.
• Ensuring the safe administration of anesthetics.
• Performing surgical procedures on the teeth, bone, and soft tissues of the oral cavity.

Dentists’ oversight of the clinical team is critical to ensuring safe and effective oral care. Even seemingly routine procedures such as tooth extractions, preparing, and placing fillings or administering anesthetics carry potential risks of complications such as infection, temporary or even permanent nerve damage, prolonged bleeding, hematomas, and pain.

Position Qualifications;

• Safety Awareness – Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Reliability – The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Active Listening – Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
• Communication, Written – Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Delegating Responsibility – Ability to allocate authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate people.
• Presentation Skills – Ability to effectively present information publicly.
• Coaching and Development – Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific Knowledge/Skill areas.
• Judgement – The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
• Honesty/Integrity – Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Customer Oriented – Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Decision Making – Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
• Ethical – Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Friendly – Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
• Leadership – Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
• Organized – Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Working Under Pressure – Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
• Tactful – Ability to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.
• Resource Management (People & Equipment) – Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel.

Position Supervised by:

Dental Director

Personnel Supervised by this position:

Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistant