Specialty: General Dentist
Location: Marcy, NY
Schedule: Monday Friday 7am -3:30pm
Weekly Compensation: $6400 ($160 hourly)
Job Description:
We are seeking a dentist to deliver essential care to an adult correctional population with significant unmet oral health needs. The role requires strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and professionalism while working within a secure healthcare environment. Providers who enjoy correctional medicine often find the work highly rewarding due to the opportunity to improve health outcomes for an underserved patient population. Amergis seeks compassionate, patient-centered clinicians committed to delivering equitable, high-quality care.
Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive dental examinations, diagnoses, and treatment for an adult correctional patient population.
- Plan, organize, and direct daily operations of the dental program.
- Supervise and support professional and paraprofessional dental staff.
- Consult on complex or acute dental cases and develop appropriate treatment plans.
- Coordinate dental care with medical, mental health, and other clinical departments.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation.
- Manage dental equipment, supplies, inventory, and program resources.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, staff training, and development of departmental policies and procedures.
Qualifications:
- DDS or DMD degree from an accredited dental program.
- Active New York dental license in good standing.
- Minimum of one year of clinical dentistry experience preferred.
- Current BLS certification and active DEA registration.
