Dentist II

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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 university-wide, 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.

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; develop a plan of care that integrates medical and dental considerations.

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 causal 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

Work Arrangement : This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

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Posting Number : 24ST1036

Special Instructions to Applicants :

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.

Affirmative Action / Equal Employment Opportunity Statement : It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information, or any other category protected by law.

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