Position 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.
Benefits & Perks
As a nationally certified Great Place to Work™, we acknowledge the dedication of our colleagues and offer a generous Total Rewards package that makes LVHN an even better place to work and grow your career. Explore our benefits.
- Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
Qualifications
- Need to have completed their residency training
- Will consider new grad of residency program or minimum of 3 years in private practice
- Procedures required: preventive, restorative, and oral surgery
- Must have experience and a passion working with children
About LVHN
LVHN hospitals in the Lehigh Valley are the only hospitals in the region to have received Magnet® recognition five consecutive times since 2002. This prestigious recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center demonstrates our commitment to nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes. LVHN is home to five clinical institutes. Each serve as a hub for innovation, collaboration and education. Our institutes include Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute, Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute, Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence, Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute and Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. LVHN is also home to Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital, which is the only children's hospital in the region. This hospital gives our community access to more than 30 pediatric specialties, Children's ExpressCARE locations and a dedicated Children's ER.
We've been consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the top hospital in the region and among the best in the state. We're also Great Place to Work-Certified™, which means an overwhelming majority of our colleagues have a positive experience at LVHN.
These designations tell you that LVHN is a great place to work from hire to retire. If you are someone who aligns with LVHN's core values - Compassion, Integrity, Collaboration and Excellence – you will have a rewarding and successful career here.
Vaccination Requirements
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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