Seeking Dentist for Mobile Clinic - La Honda & Pescadero

Mobile Dentist

About Sonrisas Dental Health

Sonrisas Dental Health, Inc. (SDH) is a nonprofit dental center dedicated to providing access to quality dental care and oral health education to our community. We provide these services with dignity, respect, and compassion.

SDH improves the health of our community through culturally sensitive, integrated care, with a focus on disease prevention. SDH serves as a dental home for our patients, providing preventive dental care, mobile dentistry, general dentistry, geriatric dentistry, pediatric dentistry, sedation dentistry, and accommodations for patients with special needs and disabilities. Approximately 75% of SDH's patients are low-income.

About the Position

The Mobile Dentist provides comprehensive dental care to farmworker communities in La Honda and Pescadero, California, through Sonrisas Dental Health's mobile dental program. Services are currently delivered at a designated community-based dental site and will transition to a fully equipped mobile dental recreational vehicle (RV) with two built in dental operatories in Q1 of 2027.

This is a part-time position, scheduled one day per week (approximately 0.2 FTE), focused primarily on direct patient care, preventive services, and improving access to oral healthcare for farmworkers and their families.

The Mobile Dentist works collaboratively with dental support staff and community partners to deliver culturally sensitive, high-quality care while adhering to clinical policies and standards established by SDH and the county.

Fundamental Duties Include (But Are Not Limited To):

Direct Patient Care

• Perform comprehensive dental examinations, diagnoses, treatment planning, and general dental procedures within the scope of practice and available clinical resources.
• Provide preventive, restorative, and other appropriate dental treatments based on patient needs and mobile site capabilities.
• Deliver culturally sensitive, compassionate care to farmworkers and their families, including patients of diverse ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
• Educate patients and families on oral hygiene, disease prevention, treatment recommendations, and long-term oral health.
• Identify patients requiring advanced or specialty care and coordinate appropriate referrals.

Mobile Dental Operations

• Provide clinical services at designated community-based dental sites in La Honda, with a transition to SDH's dental RV in Pescadero.
• Collaborate with dental assistants, hygienists, and other assigned personnel to maintain safe and efficient patient flow.
• Ensure clinical readiness of treatment areas, instruments, and equipment before and during patient care.
• Adapt to the operational needs and limitations of community-based and mobile dental environments.
• Communicate equipment, supply, staffing, or operational concerns as needed to management

Compliance & Quality

• Adhere to established SDH clinical policies, infection control procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, including diagnoses, treatment plans, procedures, and referrals.
• Ensure treatment is consistent with evidence-based clinical standards and patient safety requirements.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, peer review, and clinical training as requested.
• Promptly report clinical incidents, patient safety concerns, or compliance issues to management.

Patient Access & Community Collaboration

• Support SDH's mission of expanding access to oral healthcare for farmworker communities and other underserved populations.
• Collaborate with mobile program staff and community partners to facilitate coordinated, patient-centered care.
• Help address barriers to dental care, including transportation, language, financial limitations, and access to follow-up services.
• Coordinate continuity of care for patients requiring additional treatment at SDH's permanent clinics or other appropriate facilities.
• Promote oral health education, disease prevention, and community engagement within the populations served.

Desired Experience and Qualifications

• DDS or DMD degree and active California dental license in good standing.
• Minimum 3–5 years of clinical experience preferred.
• Experience in community health, public health dentistry, or mobile dental settings preferred.
• Experience working with farmworker, rural, or underserved communities preferred.
• Spanish language proficiency strongly preferred.
• Ability to work independently and adapt to community-based and mobile clinical environments.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and clinical decision-making skills.
• Commitment to providing compassionate, high-quality care to underserved populations.

Additional Information

Sonrisas Dental Health reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as organizational needs arise. In accordance with applicable disability accommodation laws, reasonable accommodations will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the organization.

Sonrisas Dental Health, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military status, gender, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, age, or any other status protected by applicable law. Sonrisas Dental Health, Inc. complies with all federal, state, and local labor and employment laws.