Dentist

Your Skills Can Change More Than a Smile.

Join Affinity Health Center and make a meaningful impact through patient-centered dental care. As part of our integrated healthcare team, you’ll have the opportunity to provide quality care, collaborate across disciplines, and serve patients with compassion, dignity, and respect.

Affinity Health Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina is seeking a full-time general practice dentist to provide high-quality dental care for individuals and families with limited access to dental services. The dentist will join a dynamic team who are working together to expand services offered to the community served. Affinity is a rapidly growing nonprofit health center (FQHC) comprised of Physicians, PAs/NPs, Behavioral Health Clinicians, Dentists, and other health care personnel. We have a state-of-the-art eight-operatory dental clinic where all patients are treated with dignity and respect.

Job Duties

Provide comprehensive, high-quality dental care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Perform dental examinations, diagnose oral health conditions, and develop individualized treatment plans.
Provide preventive, restorative, and emergency dental services, including examinations, cleanings, fillings, extractions, and other appropriate procedures within scope of practice.
Diagnose and treat dental conditions while promoting optimal oral health and disease prevention.
Educate patients on oral hygiene, preventive care, treatment options, and maintaining good oral health.
Review medical and dental histories and assess patients for conditions that may affect dental treatment.
Develop and maintain accurate, timely, and complete patient records in accordance with AHC standards and regulatory requirements.
Prescribe medications and treatments as clinically appropriate and within applicable laws and professional standards.
Coordinate patient care with dental team members, medical providers, behavioral health professionals, and other members of the integrated care team.
Refer patients to specialists and other healthcare providers when services are outside the scope of care provided by AHC.
Participate in case consultation and collaborative care planning for patients with complex medical and oral health needs.
Provide urgent dental care and evaluate patients presenting with dental pain, infection, trauma, or other acute dental concerns.
Participate in quality improvement activities designed to improve clinical outcomes, patient experience, access to care, and operational efficiency.
Maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws; dental practice standards; OSHA; HIPAA; and Affinity Health Center policies and procedures.
Maintain required professional licensure, certifications, continuing education, and clinical competencies.
Participate in staff meetings, training, community outreach, and other organizational activities as appropriate.
Demonstrate a commitment to culturally responsive, compassionate, and patient-centered care.
Support Affinity Health Center's mission by providing care with compassion, dignity, and respect to patients and the communities served.

Pay: $150,000-$185,000

Required Qualifications

DDS, DMD or DD required
Current license to practice dentistry in S.C.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience preferred (Community Health Center experience a plus)
Bi-lingual in Spanish
Experience with digital dental workflows, including 3D design and 3D printing

Benefits

National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment Program Participation
Fully funded health insurance
15 paid time off days and 12 paid holidays
403B Retirement Plan with 3% match
Group Life/ Dental/ Vision/Disability
CDE time and funding
Malpractice coverage
Professional licenses paid by organization

Collaborate with healthcare professionals • Patient care outcome improvement • OSHA (regulatory compliance area) • Spanish • Dentistry • Completing CE credits • Dental diagnosis • 3D modeling software • 403(b) matching • Dental care patient counseling • Community care (work setting) • Community health center experience • 3D printers • Dental License • Paid holidays • Regulatory compliance • Loan repayment program • Working with pediatric populations • HIPAA • Working with geriatric patients • Full-time • Mid-level • Health insurance • Dental fillings • Dental insurance • Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) • Preventive health (patient care) • Digital design for dental prosthetics • Dental prophylaxis • Paid time off • Medical treatment knowledge • 3D printing • Doctor of Dentistry • Pediatrics • Health information regulatory compliance • Health record tracking • Urgent care • Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) • Dental extractions • Adolescents • Multidisciplinary team collaboration for treatment planning • Dental treatment planning • Working with families • Additive manufacturing implementation • Working with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds • Prescribing medications • Dental clinic • Vision insurance • Healthcare diagnosis • 403(b) • Pediatric dentistry • Patient education • Oral surgery • Patient referrals • Managing patient records • Geriatrics • Digital design • Healthcare consultation • Emergency care