Pediatric Dentist

• Respect
• Teamwork
• Excellence
• Stewardship
• Employee Engagement
• Caring & Compassion
• Make Peak Vista a Great Place to Work

• Provides care in the following disciplines of pediatric dental practice: diagnosis, preventative dentistry, operative dentistry, sedation, periodontics, pulpal therapy, oral surgery and orthodontics.
• Appropriately communicates with health & human services agencies, local governments, and community organizations as needed.
• Acquires and maintains hospital privileges at the local hospital or partnering outpatient surgical center as necessary.
• Engages actively with dental provider team in determining clinical guidelines for dental program and complies with established Peak Vista Standards of Care.
• Engages as an equal and partnering member of the team to provide top-of-the skill set care throughout all levels of the team.
• Supports and teaches team members at the site/region. Teaches students enrolled in a relevant health-profession training program.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of pediatric dental practice, including accepted and evidence-based behavior management, and risk-based care practices.
• Ensures optimal access to care through clinical productivity and a willingness to consider and address patient barriers to care.
• Engages effectively with team members outside of dental and supports overall integration of Peak Vista systems, particularly between medical and dental clinical teams.
• Exhibits positive leadership skills, actively striving to improve the patient and staff experience of Peak Vista, as well as strong communication skills.
• Handles ongoing daily clinical work in a timely and thorough manner.
• Effective use of the electronic dental and health records (EDR, EHR), registries and templates.

• Maintain a safe work environment:

• Implement, review, apply and actively enforce the clinic’s safety policies, and in particular by application of safe practices in area of own responsibility.
• Compliance:

• Knowledgeable of and compliant with all laws and regulations governing area of responsibility.
• Responsible for reporting any potentially non-compliant conduct.
• Cooperate fully with our Compliance Officer in upholding our Compliance Plan.
• Leadership and modeling of Peak Vista values.

• Provide dental services to patients and serve as a consultant to the clinical staff.
• Works with management staff to maintain quality of care and efficiency.

• Graduation from an approved School of Dentistry.
• Possession of a current license to practice dentistry in the State of Colorado or the ability to obtain a State of Colorado license to practice dentistry.
• Successful completion of a pediatric residency including board certification.

• Knowledge, skills and abilities:
• Sensitivity to low income and ethnic minority community a must.
• Bilingual in Spanish is preferred.
• Ability to diagnose and treat dental and oral disease.
• Working knowledge of the principles, standard practices methods, and techniques of dentistry.
• Knowledge of preventative dentistry, risk-based care, and educational/communication methodologies utilized in prevention.
• Skill in oral operative techniques and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients and staff.
• Ability to work in a team-based care environment required.
• Understanding and application of practices and principles of quality improvement (QI) preferred.

• All Peak Vista employees, managers and leadership
• Patients
• Outside contacts such as community, other healthcare providers

• Dental materials and equipment
• Electronic dental record
• Computer
• Telephone

• Risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens.
• Dental Operatory and equipment as well as usual office environment with sitting, walking, standing, stooping
• Ability to travel from clinic to clinic in own vehicle as required.

• Medical - Dental - Vision - Life - STD - LTD
• 403(b) Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Continuous Medical Education
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Perks Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program

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