• Reports to assigned facility at designated hour to examine, supervise and provide dental care/treatment to referred patients
• Utilizes standard precautions when providing dental care and treatment
• Evaluates patient dental care required or administered, dental operatory conditions, and equipment in use
• Evaluates those patients needing or applying for dental care not included under basic health care services and makes whatever recommendations deemed clinically appropriate
• Functions as a consultant to the prison staff health care provider, if needed
• Monitors need for dental supplies and equipment
• Performs routine cleaning, restorative dentistry, and extraction of teeth in accordance with dental policies
• Perform dental examination in accordance with the requirements of the facility
• Takes impressions for dental appliances, if indicated, sending prosthesis to outside dental labs
• Instructs patients in good dental hygiene techniques
• Ensures progress note documentation is in SOAP format, problem oriented, legible and is dated, timed and signed
• Keeps patient information confidential and respects patients rights to privacy, in accordance with accepted confidentiality practices for incarcerated individuals
• Provides in-service training for health staff members on appropriate issues such as dental hygiene, dental care, dental emergencies and techniques
• Provides input into facility mandatory committees, when requested, such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Infection Control, Quality Improvement, and Medical Audit Committee as requested by Director of Nursing and H.S.A.
• Must obtain and maintain security clearance
• Must maintain privileges
• Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
• Must be able to apply sound judgment beyond a specific set of instructions and apply knowledge to different factual situations.
• Must be alert at all times; pay close attention to details.
• Must be able to work under stress on a regular or continuous basis.
• Post orders, if applicable, per site contract.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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