Executive Service
Background Check:
This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.
Who we are and what we do:
TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access.
Mission: Protect, promote and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee.
Vision: Healthy People Healthy Communities Healthy Tennessee
Our Values: Collaboration Excellence Integrity Compassion Respect Health Equity.
How you make a difference in this role:
Are you ready to leave the private sector and the related worries with working in or owning your own private practice Are you interested in public health and meeting the oral health needs of many underserved Tennesseans The Tennessee Department of Health is seeking to hire a Dentist.
Job Overview:
Strategic Priorities:
Prevention:
Access:
Key Responsibilities:
Provide Clinical dental services to patients to prevent or eliminate dental disease.
Facilitate onboarding, training and continuing education of assigned staff and their work.
Utilize quality improvement methods to ensure and maintain efficient and effective clinic processes, including patient flow.
Analyze monthly productivity reports to identify issues or areas of improvement.
Monitor clinical productivity and review other clinical reports on a regular basis.
Identifying the developmental needs of others, coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Supervise local dental care staff, including supervisory administrative duties and performance management activities.
Ensure compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry and the Tennessee Department of Health Essential to the control of preventable diseases and maintenance of dental health.
Minimum Qualifications:
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) dental licensure in the State of Tennessee is required. Unrestricted DEA license is required. Candidate should be a self-directed problem solver possessing excellent clinical skills and significant clinical mentoring experience. Candidate must be a quick learner, have strong computer skills and have the ability to adapt to constantly changing environments, including new electronic dental and medical record systems.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.
