Dental Quality Patient Safety Specialist

Job Summary

Focusing on investigating dental quality issues and patient safety events, the remote Dental Quality Patient Safety Specialist will conduct retrospective chart reviews and root cause analyses while working a flexible schedule of four 9-hour shifts and one 4-hour shift each week.

Key responsibilities:

• Identifies and reviews potential quality issues, patient safety issues, and sentinel events using best practice standards
• Conducts timely reviews of electronic medical records and prepares written and verbal case summaries with recommendations
• Develops peer review cases and participates in quality committees, presenting findings and monitoring corrective action plans

Required qualifications:

• Dental Hygiene Degree or Dental Assistant Diploma and/or applicable military experience
• 3+ years of clinical dental experience
• Proven ability to investigate, analyze, synthesize, and formulate conclusions
• Experience organizing quality data in appropriate reporting formats