Salud Para La Gente (SALUD) provides high quality, comprehensive and cost-effective healthcare to underserved low-income communities in the Monterey Bay area, including Santa Cruz County and North Monterey County. We began in Watsonville 1978 as a storefront 'free clinic,' and with the ever growing need for health services, in 1992 became a federally qualified health center (FQHC). Today we are a primary health care network with 11 clinic sites, over 400 employees and continue to provide high quality services to patients of all ages.

SALUD offers a competitive salary and a collaborative culture that values excellence, achievement, innovation and compassion.

We are seeking a dynamic, innovative and organized Dental Director (DD) to provide leadership in the ongoing development of a dental program based upon community need, health behaviors of the population served and the resources of the organization. This position ensures that the dental program addresses Salud Para La Gente's philosophy of care, range of services, service priorities, and clinical goals and objectives. The position is responsible for the clinical activities in the dental clinics and is liaison between dental providers, medical providers, and administration. The DD provides leadership for Salud's dental program and participate as a member of the executive management team. The DD will lead and work in collaboration with a team comprised of Assistant Dental Directors, the Dental Program Manager (DPM), the Dental Operations Program Supervisor (DOPS) and the Lead Dental Assistants in addition to billing and other internal departments. The DD will represent Salud in a variety of community settings and at national and regional meetings. The DD will have direct oversight for quality assurance, utilization management, risk management and support for staff dentists. The DD will serve in a clinical role two days per week on average, in a five-day work week. The DD will provide dental services during Saturday clinics at least one time every other month.