Job Description

1. Promote a safe, cooperative and professional health care environment to ensure optimum patient care (as per HR Policy 113c).

2. Adheres to all hospital policies, procedures, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, absenteeism, ETIME, cellular telephone usage, dress code and rules of conduct.

3. Makes Customer Service a priority, treating customers (patients, visitors, and co-workers) in a professional manner exercising courtesy and tact. Effectively communicates with patients and others about SBH services in their area(s) of expertise or responsibility and ensures that concerns, questions or issues reach the right person(s) in SBH in a timely fashion.

4 Knowledgeable about Department policies and protocols, so as to be able to convey that information to the residents.

5 Responsible for a timely, comprehensive review and signing of charts of all residents s/he worked with.

6. Provide clinical supervision of residents in Pediatric, General Practice, Orthodontic, Oral Surgery and Dental Anesthesia Residency Programs as defined by the attendings areas of expertise. It should be noted that all specialists should be able to supervise basic dental procedures (exams, prevention, and emergency dental treatment).

7. Provide dental lectures to Pediatric, General Practice, Orthodontic and Dental Anesthesia Residents as defined by attendings area of expertise.

8. To be available to mentor residents in QI and research projects.

9. To follow all hospital directives, including but not limited to maintaining an up- to- date Healthstream and OHS file, and attendance at Department Staff meetings.

Qualifications

DDS or DMD degree

NYS license

Minimum 5-year experience (waived if completed GPR at SBH)

BLS certification