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Lead the statewide dental program for the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), guiding policy, clinical quality, and public health integration to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based oral healthcare for individuals in custody. This role serves as the subject matter expert on oral health, overseeing policy implementation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), infection control collaboration, and preventive and specialty dental initiatives. Using clinical and quality data, the position evaluates system performance, drives program improvements, and helps standardize dental practices across facilities. Working closely with dental supervisors, healthcare leadership, and quality teams, this role ensures a coordinated, comprehensive model of care statewide. The position also acts as a liaison with dental schools, training programs, professional organizations, and national public health agencies, aligning IDOC dental services with best practices and advancing oral health outcomes in a complex healthcare environment.
Job Responsibility:
Serves as the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) dental program policy manager
Serves as IDOC subject matter expert on oral health issues
Oversees the dental care provided to IDOC individuals in custody
Maintains a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program
Acts as liaison
Performs other duties as required or assigned
Requirements:
Requires the applicant to be a Doctor of Dental Surgery or a Doctor of Dental Medicine
Requires an Illinois license to practice as a Dentist or the ability to obtain an Illinois license within 90 days of an employment offer
Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate
Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license
Requires the ability to be on-call
Requires the use of agency-supplied technology
Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check
Requires ability to pass a drug screen
Nice to have:
Prefers at least five (5) years of experience overseeing the delivery of dental care
Prefers at least three (3) years of experience developing, evaluating, and implementing dental program policies and procedures
Prefers at least three (3) years of experience maintaining a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program along with recommending and implementing improvements
Prefers at least two (2) years of experience delivering dental education
What we offer:
Health, life, vision, and dental insurance
12 weeks paid maternity/paternity leave
Pension Plan – vesting at 10 years for Tier II
Full 20‐year retirement awards free health insurance during retirement
Deferred compensation and other pre‐tax benefits programs
Paid state holidays 13‐14 days annually
3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
10‐25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually ‐ (10 days in year one of employment)
Personal, sick, and vacation rates modified for 12‐hour work schedules
Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources