Part Time Oral Surgeon - NH Dept. of Corrections

POSITION: Oral Surgron
SCHEDULE: Part Time, 10 hours per week
LOCATION: Concord, NH

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Oral Surgeon performs surgeries on patients who require specialist orofacial procedures. Responsibilities will include consulting with patients, discussing treatment options, treating patients, overseeing aftercare, and coordinating with other specialists, when necessary

JOB RELATIONS

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Consults with patients and analyzes patient data to determine patient needs and treatment goals.
2. Collaborates with other specialists, such as restorative dentists and orthodontists, to plan treatments.
3. Records patient care by maintaining detailed notes of appointments with patients, including comments, tests, and/or treatments prescribed, and test results.
4. Administers general and local anesthetics when necessary.
5. Performs surgical procedures to extract impacted or damaged teeth, place dental implants, and remove tumors and other abnormal growths of the oral and/or facial regions.
6. Prescribes medication to improve recovery and control pain after procedures.
7. Treats infections of the oral cavity, salivary glands, jaw, face, and neck.
8. Provides urgent/emergent treatment of orofacial injuries including facial lacerations, intraoral lacerations, and fractured facial bones.
9. Provides support and advice to patients receiving long-term care.
10. Conducts research on defects, diseases, and disorders affecting the oral and/or facial regions.

Upon receiving the necessary training and/or instruction, performs other related duties as required or assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands that are described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, to hear and to see, to stand, walk, and sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, instruments or controls, to reach with hands and arms, to stoop or crouch, balance and kneel, may be required to lift and/or move persons, carts, emergency equipment or other objects. Must be able to ambulate throughout the facility for extended periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to clearly communicate orally and via written and typed correspondence and notes using various forms, records, charts, and electronic media.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS