Dentist - 12 hours a week Job at Wellpath, Illinois

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  • Wellpath
  • Illinois

Job Description

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities


Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Dentist is responsible for providing dental services to inmate patients within the institution they are assigned to, while adhering to the security regulations of the facility. They are required to maintain accurate and timely documentation of their services and provide it to the director or designee to ensure compliance with client contract and proper compensation for services rendered .

Key Responsibilities

  • Provides dental care and treatment to referred patients in accordance with facility regulations and standards.
  • Performs routine cleaning, restorative dentistry, and extractions as needed.
  • Evaluates patients' dental care needs and makes clinically appropriate recommendations .
  • Takes impressions for dental appliances and instructs patients in good dental hygiene techniques.
  • Maintains accurate and confidential patient records and provides in-service training for health staff members.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • Graduate from an accredited school of dental medicine.

Experience

  • One year of experience in general dentistry preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

  • Must have and maintain current licensure as a dentist within the state of employment.
  • Must obtain and maintain CPR certification.

Additional Details

Tuesdays & Thursdays 7a-1p

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Job Tags

Contract work, Part time,

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