PrimeCare Medical of New York, Inc. (i.e., PrimeCare), recruiting on behalf of Professional Care Dental Services PC; is a, physician-founded, privately owned/operated, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.

Correctional medicine is a challenging and exciting opportunity for today’s dental professional, allowing you to truly utilize all your learned skills and knowledge. It is the perfect hybrid of Outpatient and Urgent/Emergency Dentistry, serving an underserved and extremely diverse patient population.

We are currently recruiting for a Part-Time Dentist to join our team at the Schenectady County Jail in Schenectady, NY.

This position only requires up to 8 hours of on-site dental care weekly! Flexible schedule Monday - Friday, during normal business hours.

To quickly highlight some key points:

• Hourly compensation is negotiable and commensurate based on experience,
• Company paid malpractice liability insurance (including tail) is provided, &
• Part-Time PTO & Sick Leave package included.

Job Description

The right candidate for this opportunity will provide and supervise dental care of inmates/patients, evaluate dental health programs and dental services, function as a consultant to the facility(ies) physicians, monitor the need for dental supplies and equipment, and participate in dental health planning. Other responsibilities will include:

• Perform routine drilling, filling and extraction of teeth in accordance with established standards of practice.
• Complete, within seven (7) days for prisons, fourteen (14) days for jails, and seven (7) days for juvenile centers; an initial dental screening on all new commitments.
• Evaluate those inmates/patients needing or applying for dental care, not included under basic dental care services and make recommendations deemed clinically appropriate.
• Treat inmates/patients whose dental care is significantly affecting their nutritional status.
• Take impressions for dental plates and completes follow-up care that is required.
• Document completely all services rendered in the inmate/patient dental health record.
• Instruct inmates/patients in dental hygiene techniques.
• Provide in-service training for health staff in areas of dental hygiene, care, emergencies, techniques and treatment.
• Complete dental exam on inmates/patients at anniversary date of incarceration. The period for jails is one (1) year, prisons thirty (30) days and juvenile centers sixty (60) days.
• Any/all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or delegated.

Company Overview:

We are committed to managing and reducing risk in correctional health care by providing cost-effective quality health care management, continuously improving the standards of care.

PrimeCare prides itself on our strong client relationships, effective and efficient management of health care services. These attributes continue to be the hallmark of our success. With new contracts established regularly; opportunities for growth, development and advancement are ample.

We utilize a proprietary EMR system, customized to our practice, and specifically designed for correctional health care. Said technology is user-friendly, intuitive, and always available. We are also dedicated to your long-term success and foster this by providing individually catered training to every one of our physicians. We teach you how to document in real-time and tactfully structure our call requirements to ensure that your life outside of your career is focused on the things that truly matter.

To learn why PrimeCare is The Choice for Quality Correctional Health Care, please apply today to schedule a phone interview.

We look forward to speaking with you about the many benefits of Correctional Health Care, and why you should seriously consider joining the Professional Care Dental Services PC family!

• Graduate of an accredited School of Dental Medicine.
• Licensed to practice dentistry in the State of New York.
• Maintain a current DEA number & ability to prescribe medications in New York.
• Strong communication skills, as well as the ability to develop a trusting relationship with patients/inmates.
• Ability to monitor, observe and document patients.

Are you looking for...?

• Reliable/Flexible Monday - Friday schedules (i.e., no weekends)?
• Work-life balance?
• Competitive compensation?
• Co-workers and support staff who understand the value of teamwork?
• Strong/supportive leadership?
• Opportunities for growth and advancement?

If you said yes, then a career in Correctional Health Care with Professional Care Dental Services PC may be exactly what you've been looking for!