Dental Hygienist and Dentist

As a Dental Hygienist at OpenTelemed, you will perform virtual oral health assessments and provide preventive and basic dental care remotely. This includes conducting routine checkups, offering oral hygiene instructions, and engaging in digital health education to ensure patients maintain excellent oral health practices from their homes.

To join OpenTelemed as a Dentist or Dental Hygienist, you must hold an active dental professional license in any state. Additionally, you'll need to comply with HIPAA regulations, OSHA standards, OIG compliance protocols, and 1099 NEC requirements. We provide guidance through the necessary compliance enrollments to ensure you're set up for success!

Yes! The position of Dentist at OpenTelemed is entirely remote, allowing you to practice teledentistry from the comfort of your home. You will have the flexibility to manage your own schedule while helping patients achieve their dental health goals, regardless of their location.

OpenTelemed offers robust support to its Dental Hygienists and Dentists, including a comprehensive training program, insurance credentialing, malpractice coverage, and assistance with dental billing processes. Our dedicated team ensures that you have the tools and resources you need to focus on patient care.

Dentists and Dental Hygienists at OpenTelemed enjoy competitive compensation, and there's potential for additional earnings through patient network capitation rewards. This structure allows you to be rewarded fairly while you make a difference in your patients' lives.

It's important to articulate your familiarity with virtual consultations for the position at OpenTelemed. Share specific tools and platforms you’ve used, along with how you effectively communicate and create rapport with your patients in a digital setting.

Discuss your understanding of HIPAA regulations and how you ensure patient information security while working from home. Provide examples of strategies you use to safely manage electronic health records.

Explain your approach to patient education, focusing on clarity and empathy. Share specific methods or resources you use to convey important information about preventive care, symptom recognition, and the importance of regular dental visits.

Highlight a situation where you handled a complex patient issue gracefully. Detail how you used effective communication skills to calm the situation and provide solutions, showcasing your ability to maintain professionalism under pressure.

Share your perspective on how teledentistry expands access to care for patients and why that matters to you. Describe the satisfaction you get from helping patients who might typically face barriers to receiving dental health services.

Discuss your time management strategies, such as setting scheduling boundaries, prioritizing tasks, and using tools or software to track patient interactions and follow-ups to ensure efficient service delivery.

Offer insights on how virtual consultations may differ from traditional appointments, particularly in terms of patient engagement and the tools and techniques employed to assess dental health remotely.

Explain the techniques you use to guide patients through a self-examination process, utilizing visual aids or questioning strategies that help you gather vital information for accurate assessments.

Focus on essential skills such as strong communication, empathy, tech-savviness, adaptability, and the ability to build rapport with patients through digital channels. Share your thoughts on how these skills will enhance your effectiveness at OpenTelemed.

Tailor your response by expressing your admiration for OpenTelemed’s vision in improving patient access to dental care and your desire to be part of a forward-thinking, supportive team dedicated to enhancing oral health education through technology.