Dentist
Description: Heartland Alliance Health (HAH) is a rapidly growing federally qualified health center with clinics located in Uptown, Englewood, and the West Loop. The Dentist role positively affects participants, many of whom are battling homelessness, and live with multiple, chronic health conditions. HAH is a lead provider of care delivery at shelters and in community settings through medical outreach teams.
Heartland Alliance Health offers employees advantages, not found in other clinical workplaces, including:
· The opportunity to be part of a hyper-growth company, with more than 1,700 human rights workers located globally, regionally, and at more than 60 sites across Greater Chicago
· Paid vacation/sick time, retirement options, as well as health, vision and dental benefits
· Supportive and fun culture
· High levels of responsibility and rapid advancement
|
Job Type: Full-time |
Benefits: |
Pre-Employment Requirements: |
|
401(k) |
Health insurance |
Fit for Duty Clearance |
|
Dental insurance |
Vision insurance |
TB symptom questionnaire or TB test documentation |
|
Disability insurance |
Employee assistance program |
|
|
Flexible spending account |
Health savings account |
Immunization documentation for: COVID, MMR, Hep B, Varicella |
|
Life insurance |
Paid time off |
|
|
Schedule: |
8-hour shift |
Background Check |
|
Day shift |
Monday to Friday |
Created ADP Account Set Up |
|
No weekends |
Work Location: In person |
|
|
|
Loan repayment: National Health Service Corps |
|
Summary: The Dentist provides quality oral health care services to special populations, emphasizing the prevention and treatment of disease. The role of the Dentist in a community setting is a response to society's demand for accessible quality dental care services to all populations regardless of socio-economic status. The
Essential Functioning:
· Facilitates entry of the client into the oral health care system by assessing the primary oral health care needs, including eliciting comprehensive health histories, performing oral examinations, analyzing collected data to determine client health status and formulating a diagnosis
· Provides coordinated, continuous, and culturally competent oral health care to clients that span the health continuum through mutual goal setting and planned delivery of care. Oral health care services are provided at the Heartland Alliance Health clinic sites, community and shelter outreach sites.
· Collaborates with other multi-disciplinary professionals and community agencies to provide high quality care, including referral to appropriate dental specialists, if indicated.
· Prescribes a variety of treatment modalities made available to the provider through the Health Center’s resources to meet preventative oral health and disease needs of participants.
Education and Experience:
· DDS or equivalent degree
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
· Unrestricted IL Dental License