Practice Overview
This is a rewarding per diem Dentist opportunity for an existing clinician to pick up additional hours aiding the pediatric community. Candidates will need to have a passion for providing care to school children and YMCAs. The mobile unit will travel to areas from Lehigh Valley to Minersville, Jim Thorpe, or the most Northern point, Lehighton.
In a Pediatric Dentist career with LVHN, you ll experience:
- Providing preventive and restorative dental care on the new Miles for Smiles mobile unit that will be arriving in June/July 2024.
- Collaborating with mobile staff team and work with the dential medicine staff of 55 Dentist, 21 clinical staff, and 8 residents.
- A mobile staff of a hygienist, mobile driver/registration specialist, and dental assistant.
- Seeking a dentist open to work when available; Seeking a dentist available as a per diem and can fill in as needed.
- Pediatric patients need screening exams from local schools and YMCA facilities.
Job Qualifications:
- Need to have completed their residency training
- Will consider new grad of residency program or minimum of 2 years in private practice
- Procedures required: preventive, restorative, and oral surgery
- Must have experience/ a passion working with children
Individuals are required to adhere to all LVHN vaccination policies in effect at the time of hire. Employees will be subject to pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. Please note that safety sensitive positions cannot test positive for marijuana or its metabolites, medical or otherwise.
Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state, and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.