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St. Louis Children's Hospital

Dentist Opportunity - Healthy Kids Dental Program

St. Louis Children's Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63146

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Additional Information About The Role St. Louis Children's Hospital and Healthy Kids Express Dental Program is seeking a Community Outreach Dentist to join our growing team. BJC Childrens Hospital Healthy Kids Program serves thousands of patients every day across the St. Louis area. Healthy Kids Express has expanded over the years to include several vans which focus on specific needs including asthma education and care, dental care and treatment, and preventative screenings.

Practice Highlights For Healthy Kids Dental Program

M-F 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (first patient scheduled at 9 a.m.)

Typically 4 days out servicing community and 1 office day

Visit one site per day; 40-50 different sites per year

See ages 3 to 21

Occasional weekend and evening events March through October

Ample Support Staff Includes

2 Dental Assts per Dentist

Van Driver

Administrative Assistant (oversees scheduling/answers phones) based at office

Community Health Workers

For questions and further details, please reach out to Amy Taylor at amy.taylor@bjc.org

Overview St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

Preferred Qualifications Role Purpose Diagnose, prevent and treat problems with teeth or mouth tissue. This role must have a Pediatric Dentistry certificate from an accredited program in the U.S. or Canada and be eligible to be certified for a specialty license for pediatric dentistry.

Responsibilities

Observes, evaluates, and applies knowledge of dental skills to provide optimal patient care. Diagnoses and renders appropriate dental care to patients. Fulfills dental consulting requests.

Records all procedures and pertinent information in patients record.

Trains, supervises and evaluates the work of clinic staff.

Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with superiors, associates, representatives of public agencies and organizations, and private health care providers.

Educates individuals and their families regarding dental health hygiene.

Minimum Requirements Education

Doctorate

DDS/DMD from accredited dental school

Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

American Dental Association

Licensed Dentist in Missouri

Peds Dentistry Board eligible/cert

Benefits And Legal Statement

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services first day of the month after hire date

Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance available on first day

BJC Institute for Learning and Development

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

Adoption assistance

Equal Opportunity Employer

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