Chief of Dental Services

Quick Facts

• Role: Chief of Dental Services (Dental Service leadership)

Description

The Chief of Dental Service is responsible for strategic planning and operations to ensure effective, safe, and compliant dental care. The role drives corrective actions, clinical privileges, peer/provider review, performance and quality measures, policy and procedure compliance, and outpatient service delivery with inpatient consults as needed. The Chief also manages program direction, reports, and financial operations including budgeting and contract management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective and safe dental care; interpret and follow guidance from federal/state/local authorities, VHA, Joint Commission, and other accrediting bodies

• Advise leadership and implement corrective actions from internal/external surveyors or accrediting bodies

• Develop and update clinical privileges; facilitate peer provider reviews and ongoing re-credentialing and re-privileging per bylaws

• Ensure primarily outpatient dental services; complete inpatient consultations as needed

• Use VA/HSA/VISN/SAM-VAHCS data tools to collect/analyze program data; set and achieve outcome goals; implement corrective actions to meet performance/quality measures

• Formulate and maintain policies and operating procedures; ensure compliance with VA regulations, statutes, and accrediting standards

• Collaborate on decisions affecting dental service operations/programs (initiate/drop/curtail/emphasize programs)

• Analyze and evaluate effectiveness of dental service programs against facility goals; plan organizational changes and evaluate impacts

• Provide program direction and guidance; delegate authority/responsibility to subordinate staff

• Ensure required reports/correspondence are completed by due dates; brief ELT as needed

• Lead financial management: budget planning, contract management, expenditure monitoring, and fiscal tracking of contracts

Benefits

Career with the U.S. government includes a comprehensive total rewards package; specific benefits depend on position type (full-time/part-time/intermittent).