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Hospital Residency Director

La Clínica de La Raza Inc., Oakland, CA, United States


The overall goal of the Children’s Dental Clinic at La Clínica de la Raza is to improve the oral health of medically complex, special needs, vulnerable, underserved, and rural children in California by expanding and enhancing the postdoctoral training programs in pediatric dentistry and dental public health, and by providing care under general anesthesia care to this vulnerable and underserved population. This position will directly contribute to this goal by supporting the expansion of sedation, general anesthesia, and hospital dentistry experiential learning of pediatric dental residents at La Clínica de la Raza

Job Description

Provides hospital dental care and directly responsible for the care and coordination of the general anesthesia program, inpatient hospital dentistry consults, and emergency department dental care within UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland and affiliated hospitals of the Children’s Dental Clinic at La Clínica de la Raza.

Establish and maintain relationships with UCSF Benioff’s Children’s Hospital, Oakland administration, departments, and staff

Provide guidance in the credentialing and proctoring and ongoing oversight of La Clínica De La Raza/CHO dental providers and trainees in delivery of dental care under general anesthesia, responding to in-patient consults, and emergency room care during and outside of office hours, as well as coordinating patient care following consult. This includes participating in after-hours calls and consults with residents.

The Hospital Residency Director is responsible for ensuring the quality of care of the in-patient/out-patient and general anesthesia dental care of La Clínica providers and trainees

Maintains equipment and dental supplies used in hospital general anesthesia and in-patient/out-patient dental care and emergency department.

Provides direct patient care and supervises trainees at La Clínica De La Raza/CHO dental clinic.

Provides pediatric sedation services and supervises residents in providing pediatric conscious sedation dental care.

Coordinates with and works alongside the UCSF Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Program Director and the La Clínica Associate Director of Pediatric Dentistry for the training, evaluating and outcomes assessment of the UCSF pediatric dentistry trainees in the practice of hospital dentistry.

Coordinates, oversees and supports patient referrals from the La Clínica De La Raza dental clinics to affiliated and unaffiliated hospital dental services

The Hospital Residency Director supports and helps oversee the clinic support person assigned to tasks of coordinating referrals and insurance and medical consults for general anesthesia cases.

Trains and supervises dental assistants in general anesthesia and hospital in-patient/out-patient, Emergency Department dental care.

Maintains full-time employed position at La Clínica de la Raza as a pediatric dentist provider and a UCSF faculty appointment in pediatric dentistry

Location

La Clínica’s Children’s Hospital Dental Clinic Oakland, affiliated hospitals across the Bay Area

Requirements

Requires graduation from an ADA or Canadian accredited school of dentistry

Possession of valid D.D.S./D.M.D. license to practice in the State of California;

Certificate of advanced training in Pediatric Dentistry in a CODA accredited program.

Board-certification is preferred. Consideration will be given to a candidate who is board-eligible with intention to obtain board certification.

DEA licensure

Pediatric Conscious Sedation Certificate

Applicants should have clinical experience and be competent in all areas of pediatric dentistry, especially in providing care to individuals with acute and chronic medical conditions and patients with special health care needs in the clinical and hospital-based setting. This will include experience providing comprehensive surgical and restorative care in the hospital operating room as well as other advanced forms of behavior guidance such as oral conscious sedation.

Highly Desirable Experience

Two or more years of experience in all phases of pediatric dentistry and auxiliary utilization.

Experience in teaching, clinical research, and administration is strongly preferred.

Cultural competence working in diverse/under-served communities

Fluency in Spanish to better serve our large Spanish speaking community

Ability to work across cultures and demonstrate support of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Major Areas of Responsibility include but are not limited to

Competent in all aspects of pediatric dentistry.

Perform oral exams, preventive care, restorations, extractions, behavior management, basic orthodontia, basic endodontia.

Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of dentists and physicians that provides exceptional patient care, and performs four-handed dentistry and oral surgery.

Treat oral diseases and confer with physicians regarding medical/dental problems, and assign patients to plaque control or other educational and preventive programs.

Attend La Clínica and UCSF meetings as required

Keep clinical and other records regarding services provided, supplies and materials used.

Daily oversight, instruction, clinical training, and evaluation of pediatric dental trainees at La Clínica de La Raza Oakland/Vallejo.

Oversee the hospital-based dental programs of La Clínica de la Raza.

Provide didactic training in pediatric dentistry and mentorship in scholarly research and job placement for pediatric dentists, as needed

Report to the UCSF pediatric dentistry program director quarterly to discuss resident progress.

Complete bi-annual resident evaluation forms in a timely manner.

Work collaboratively with UCSF Division of Pediatric Dentistry to implement all educational program objectives and quality assurance systems.

The Hospital Residency Director reports to the Associate Dental Director.

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