About the role:
The Director of Dental Clinical Services is the clinical leader of the Dental Department and serves as one
half of the Dental Dyad Leadership Team, partnering closely with the Director of Dental Operations. This
role owns clinical quality, standards of care, provider performance, and professional practice while coowning departmental culture, patient experience, staff engagement, and strategic direction. Through
collaboration with operational leadership, this position ensures high-quality, evidence-based, patientcentered dental care across all sites

Job Requirements

The Minimum Qualifications

•  DDS or DMD from an ADA-accredited program
•  Current unrestricted Idaho dental license
•  DEA registration and Idaho Controlled Substance license
•  BLS certification
•  Eligible for credentialing
•  Minimum 5 years of clinical experience and 3 years of leadership experience
•  FQHC or community health experience strongly preferred

Dyad Leadership Model

The Dental Department operates under a Dyad Leadership Model consisting of:

•  Director of Dental Clinical Services (Dentist) – Clinical quality, provider leadership, standards of care
•  Director of Dental Operations – Access, flow, staffing systems, finances, and daily operations

Both leaders are jointly accountable for:

•  Department culture
•  Patient experience
•  Staff engagement and retention
•  Strategic priorities
•  Performance outcomes

Your Essential Duties

Clinical Excellence

•  Owns clinical quality and standards of care across all dental sites
•  Establishes and maintains evidence-based clinical protocols
•  Leads clinical QA/QI, peer review, and professional practice improvement
•  Ensures compliance with HRSA, regulatory, and professional standards
•  Serves as clinical authority for infection control, treatment standards, and clinical risk management 

Provider Leadership & Development

•  Recruits, supervises, evaluates, and mentors dental providers (dentists and hygienists)
•  Leads provider onboarding, competency validation, and ongoing professional development
•  Facilitates regular provider meetings focused on quality, learning, and patient outcomes
•  Provides direct coaching and feedback to support high performance and engagement

Dyad Partnership

•  Partners with the Director of Dental Operations to translate clinical priorities into operational workflows
•  Participates in strategic planning while maintaining clear clinical ownership boundaries
•  Co-leads departmental culture initiatives and team engagement
•  Serves as clinical liaison between providers and organizational leadership

Direct Patient Care

•  Maintains clinical sessions to remain connected to practice realities and model standards of care
•  Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.
•  Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Your Essential Leadership Duties

•  Co-owns departmental culture with the Director of Dental Operations
•  Models professionalism, accountability, empathy, and continuous improvement
•  Fosters a person-centered environment and culture to meet the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
•  Accountable for fostering an environment and culture that focuses on fulfilling the organization’s mission, vision, and values through collaboration. 
•  Leads and mentors direct reports so that they have the tools and resources needed to partner efficiently with each other, employees and community partners.
•  Practices effective communication with active listening, adaptability, empathy, and transparency.
•  Leads by an example of self-awareness and curiosity by proactively seeking feedback and modifying behavior accordingly.
•  Ensures every member of the team works to their fullest potential by driving engagement, accountability, setting goals, and providing direction.
•  Fosters a trust-based work environment as a leader by modeling dignity, respect, fairness, and confidentiality.

Your Success Factors

•  Strong collaborative leadership capability
•  Expertise in full-scope general dentistry
•  Commitment to serving underserved populations
•  Ability to mentor providers and elevate clinical practice
•  Clear, respectful communication across disciplines