Dentist
- Santa Rosa, NM
- Permanent
- Part-time
SCHEDULE: 20 Hours Per Week
FACILITY: Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
LOCATION: Santa Rosa, NMAre you ready to lead dental services where your clinical skill makes a lasting impact and your guidance shapes a team's success?Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is one of the nation's largest correctional healthcare providers, delivering essential dental care to justice-involved individuals for over 30 years. Many of our patients are receiving their first experience with professional, compassionate oral health care-and it starts with you.Position Summary
As the Dentist at our facility, you will serve as the clinical authority on all dental matters, providing high-quality oral health care and overseeing the dental department. In this dual leadership and treatment role, you will:
- Provide a full range of general dentistry services-preventive, restorative, surgical, periodontal, endodontic, and prosthodontic-per facility policy
- Oversee staff in cleanings, impressions for prosthetics, oral hygiene programs, and accurate recordkeeping
- Perform and interpret radiographic examinations
- Arrange appropriate referrals for procedures not performed on-site
- Set treatment priorities and determine appropriateness of non-routine care
- Document all examinations using applicable dental classification systems (e.g., APHA)
- Maintain dental office security, including instrument, medication, and needle counts
- Submit monthly dental department activity reports
- Develop and update departmental policies and procedures
- Participate in staff development and ensure compliance with facility standards
You'll provide care that restores function, prevents disease, and builds trust in the patient-provider relationship.Why Work with Wexford Health?
- Performance check-ins with annual merit increase
- Generous paid-time off program that combines vacation and sick leave
- Paid holidays
- Comprehensive health insurance through BlueCross BlueShield
- Dental and Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with 25% match
- Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance
- Non-taxed Healthcare and dependent care spending account
- Continuing education options
- Free CEUs
- Pet Insurance
- Flexible pay options including Wisley Card and PayPal
- Discounted Tuition at University of North Alabama, Chamberlain University, Salem University, and Southern New Hampshire University
- Partnership discounts on student loan refinancing, home/auto insurance, travel, electronics, entertainment, restaurants, health and wellness, and more!
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree
- Active unrestricted Dental license in state of practice.
- Board certified or Board-eligible in Dentistry.
- Active DEA license required.
- Active CPR certification required.
- Minimum one (1) year practicing dentistry; Correctional experience preferred
- Strong clinical, diagnostic, and procedural skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-demand environment while delivering compassionate care
We celebrate diversity and welcome all qualified candidates.Your skills matter here. Your compassion changes lives.
Apply today and become the Dentist your community needs.23798,
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