Part-Time Dentist in Neptune, New Jersey

Part-Time Dentist Opportunity – Family Health Center, Neptune, NJ

The Family Health Center in Neptune, NJ is seeking a part-time attending dentist to join our team! This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work alongside dental residents, providing Chairside teaching, diagnostics, and patient care in a supportive environment.

Position Details:

• Part-time (23 hours per week)
• Competitive benefits package
• No weekends, no call, no holidays
• Spanish-speaking preferred

This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated professional who enjoys mentoring and working with residents while delivering high-quality dental care to our community.

Responsibilities:

• Provide chairside mentorship and teaching to dental residents.
• Diagnose and treat patients, including performing routine cleanings and preventative procedures.
• Develop and implement patient treatment plans.
• Perform a range of dental procedures, including extractions, root canals, implants, fillings, and oral surgery.
• Address bite issues and overcrowding.
• Apply dental sealants and whiteners.
• Prescribe medications as needed (e.g., pain relievers, antibiotics).
• Administer sedatives or anesthesia as required.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests (e.g., x-rays, models).
• Maintain accurate patient records, documenting oral health and treatments provided.
• Collaborate effectively with other staff members to ensure comprehensive patient care.
• Supervise dental residents
• Other duties as assigned
• Adhere to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications:

• DDS or DMD degree from an accredited dental program.
• Successful completion of the National Board Dental Examination and relevant state or regional clinical examination.
• Five or more years of experience in an academic dental program.
• Familiarity with Commission on Dental Accreditation standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Founded in 1904, Jersey Shore University Medical Center has a strong reputation for delivering the most advanced programs and services in central New Jersey. The 618-bed teaching hospital also offers the only Level II Trauma and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Monmouth and Ocean counties, and is home to one of the three Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute locations.

AT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, WE'RE READY TO HELP YOU ADVANCE YOUR CAREER!

Our collaborative team of physicians and advanced practice professionals help make us a distinguished leader, committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

WE KEEP GETTING BETTER: 

Hackensack Meridian Health is the leading not-for-profit health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. We aim to serve as a national model for changing and simplifying health care delivery through partnerships with innovative companies and focusing on quality and safety.

OUR MISSION: 

We will transform health care and be recognized as the leader of positive change.

OUR VISION: 

Because innovation is in our DNA, compelling us to create a world where the highest quality care is human-centered, accessible and affordable; we’re always ready to deliver the outcomes that matter most, and excellence is the standard.

OUR NETWORK: 

Hackensack Meridian Health was created in 2016 as a merger of Hackensack University Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals, with Meridian Health System, and is now a large integrated not-for-profit health care organization spanning the eastern shore of New Jersey. HMH comprises 18 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and ten community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, hospice services, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.

DEFINING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE:

At the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, our mission is to develop our students, residents, fellows, faculty, and health care environment to deliver the highest quality care for all. Our approach is unique as we utilize the best components of different evidence-based teaching methods, and structure our foundational curriculum explicitly to give students what they need to thrive in the modern, technically demanding, clinical setting.

RANKED #1 IN NEW JERSEY:

Hackensack Meridian Health has two hospitals ranked on New Jersey’s Top 10 Best Hospitals list according to U.S. News & World Report. Hackensack University Medical Center is the #1 adult and children’s hospitals in New Jersey, with premier cancer care at John Theurer Cancer Center, a nationally ranked Orthopedics program, the state’s best programs in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Geriatrics, Pulmonology and Lung Surgery, and the only nationally ranked programs in the state for Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Urology. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is ranked #6 and has received national recognition for its Orthopedics, and Pulmonary & Lung Surgery programs. And JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has once again been ranked among the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals.

ARE YOU READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO A GROUNDBREAKING HEALTH CARE NETWORK?