Dentist (1099, Locum Tenens)

Overview:

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"The Pawnee Indian Health Center is a modern, 67,000 square ft. facility completed in 2004. Each year, the Center provides approximately 38,000 outpatient visits to its patients. The facility provides quality healthcare to patients through a multitude of primary care services and specialty services including cardiology, pediatrics, diabetic counseling, rheumatology, wound care, and women's health, and is equipped with on-site diagnostic services including mammography, ultrasound, CT, and general x-ray.†For more information, visit - https://www.ihs.gov/oklahomacity/healthcarefacilities/pawnee/

Position details:* 1099, rate $130-140/hour

• Full time, Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
  
• Chenega covers medical malpractice insurance
  
• Patient Volume: Minimum of 8 per day
  
• 3 month period of performance starting September 2025
  

Responsibilities:

• Perform a full range of professional dental treatments to include treatment of commonly encountered dental diseases or dental health problems requiring standard corrective, restorative or preventative measures such as single and multiple tooth extractions, restoration of various lesions with standard and prescribed material, prosthodontics such as crowns, dentures and bridges.
  
• Strictly adhere to patient safety standards.
  
• Document patient treatment in the dental treatment record Dentrix to enter patient specific workload, readiness status and patient scheduling.
  
• Recommend and refer patients to other Indian Health Service providers and Purchase Referred Care vendors within appropriate IHS guidelines.
  
• Responsible for actions necessary for The Joint Commission (TJC) standard compliance and administrative policies, as directed.
  
• Provide consultation to the Hospital Emergency Department health care providers on an as needed basis.
  
• Provide physician service and staff urgent care clinic, as needed.
  
• Complete all annual training required by the Clinical Director and IHS/HHS policies.
  
• Electronically document services utilizing the appropriate electronic medical record system for patient encounters; complete all required administrative paperwork within 24-hours of patient visit to include electronic consults, co-signatures, completion of chart or Risk Management Reviews, unusual occurrences and peer review, as required.
  

Qualifications:

• Permanent, current, full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a state, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
  
• Graduate of an accredited dental school approved by the commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA) with either a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of dental Medicine (DMD) degree.
  
• Active BLS and ACLS.
  
• Shall have practiced dentistry for at least two (2) years on a full time basis and have practiced for a minimum of one (1) year within the past three (3) years or be a recent (1-year) graduate of an accredited post graduate dentistry training program.
  

Teleworking Permitted?: false Estimated Salary/Wage: USD $130.00/Hr. Up to USD $140.00/Hr.