Dental Services Specialist

Overview

CHI Mercy Health offers the unique opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive highly rewarding work environment and to satisfy your soul in the surroundings of a breathtakingly beautiful natural setting. More than 100 years after the founding of our organization the core values - Compassion Inclusion Integrity Excellence and Collaboration - that guide our interactions with our patients and each other remain the same. In the welcoming embrace of these nurturing communities you will feel immediately at home. 

Roseburg is located on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon's scenic Douglas County. The community is nestled in a lush forested region known as the 100 Valleys of the Umpqua. In many places you’ll find it hard to maintain a healthy work-life/personal-life balance because the pace of one is indistinguishable from the other. Not here. Life never stops here but it slows to an easy welcome pace. A traffic jam means you missed the yellow and have to wait for the next green. A terrible parking space is the one across from the restaurant instead of in front of it. And the three words you may never hear are “Wow that’s expensive.” Easy is the best way to describe life here. Hard-to-beat works too.

 

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision FSA matching retirement plans paid vacation adoption assistance annual bonus eligibility and more!

Responsibilities

Shift: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4pm

 

Job Summary:

 

Under the direction of the Healthy Kids Outreach Program (HKOP) Manager, the Dental Services Specialist  works with the Dental Team and within the scope of HKOP and rural Douglas County school districts to plan and present oral health education with an interactive hands on dental learning lab along with supporting dental clinic organization, data collection and connections to care.    

 

Essential Duties:

• Assesses and coordinates student patient appointments based on Dental Hygienist triage and screening protocol.
• Collects, organizes and maintains student consent forms, screening documents and report cards as needed for clinic organization and connections to care.
• Coordinates donations of resources and supplies as well as assisting with fundraising events including sponsorship recruitment.
• Communicates and coordinates with HKOP nursing staff and dental team to expedite referral for services and assistance with local resources.
• Manages and maintains child dental records for school district children.
• Organizes, schedules and delivers hands on Dental Learning Lab for grades K-8 at assigned schools and assists as needed at other sites.
• Coordinates and schedules volunteers for Dental Learning Lab.
• Compiles all school aged dental outcome data both for clinic and educational data. Coordinates and collects child dental outcomes with Dental program partners such as Advantage, Head Start, etc. Prepares and provides outcome data in format ready for Grant Funder Reporting.
• Assumes additional responsibilities as needed, with little or no direction, and shows initiative in assisting others within the department.

Qualifications

License/Certification:

• A valid Oregon Driver’s License and driving record clear of: a) Any chargeable accidents, involving negligence, within the previous 36 months; b) More than 2 moving violations in the previous 12 months; c) More than 4 moving violations in the previous 36 months; or Any felony conviction related to the operation of a motor vehicle; e) D.W.I. – D.U.I.I. conviction.

Experience:

• One (1) year dental field experience and/or teaching experience required.
• Health Education experience preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical aspects of dental care, good organization skills, communication skills, follow-up and initiative are required.
• Must be able to demonstrate initiative and problem-solving skills, using sound judgment.
• Must possess the ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• Must be able to apply administrative concepts and create meaningful operational plans, services and educational programs.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office software required.  

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.

Pay Range
$18.74 - $25.77 /hour