Dentist II

Recruitment/Posting Title Dentist II

Job Category Staff & Executive – Healthcare

Department RWJ-EBCHC-DENTAL

Overview 

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating universitywide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary 

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Dentist II for the Eric B. Chandler Health Center at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The primary purpose of the Dentist II position is to provide dental treatment to patients; remediate pain and suffering to patients; ensure ongoing preventive care; develops a plan of care that integrates medical and dental considerations; develops list according to the individual Plan of Care.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Obtains complete medical/dental history.
• Diagnoses and treats dental disease including caries, trauma, and oral pathology. Documents findings according to policies and procedures.
• Provides a variety of dental services, including amalgams, composites, extractions, endodontics, fixed and removable prosthetics, preventative treatments and emergency care.
• Uses pharmacological adjuncts appropriate to individual circumstances including local anesthesia and other supportive medications.
• Consults with medical staff when necessary to ascertain the casual factors that affect the onset of progression of dental diseases.
• Instructs and supervises the dental assistants during patient treatment.
• Prescribes and reviews work performed by the dental hygienist.
• Completes, records and reports patient treatment, necessary for the administration of the dental department (including charts, encounter forms, preauthorization and lab forms).

Position Status Full Time

Hours Per Week 

Daily Work Shift 

Work Arrangement 

This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

FLSA Exempt

Grade 01S

Position Salary 

Annual Minimum Salary 24616.00

Annual Mid Range Salary 116348.00

Annual Maximum Salary 208080.00

Standard Hours 37.50

Union Description Health Care Professionals

Payroll Designation PeopleSoft

Benefits 

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.

Seniority Unit 

Terms of Appointment Staff – 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility ABP

Minimum Education and Experience 

• Two (2) years in the practice of dentistry.
• In lieu of one (1) year of practice experience, may have successfully graduated from an American Dental Association (ADA) approved General Practice Residency (GPR) or Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency training program.

Certifications/Licenses 

• Must possess a License to practice Dentistry (DDS or DMD) in the State of New Jersey.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Preferred Qualifications 

Equipment Utilized 

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

• Physical Demands:Position requires standing 1/3 of the time, walking 1/3 of the time, sitting 2/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle or feel 2/3 of the time, ability to reach with hands and arms 1/3 of the time, ability to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl 1/3 of the time and talk or hear 2/3 of the time. Position requires lifting up to 25 pounds 1/3 of the time.
• Work Environment:Work near moving mechanical parts 1/3 of the time, fumes or airborne particles 2/3 of the time, risk of radiation 1/3 of the time. Moderate to loud noise. Exposure to bloodborne pathogens that require use of personal protective equipment.

Special Conditions 

Posting Number 24ST1036

Posting Open Date 

Special Instructions to Applicants 

Regional Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus Rutgers University – New Brunswick

City New Brunswick

State NJ

Location Details 

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