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Gentle Dental • Lakewood, WA 98499 • Posted 3 days ago

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In-person • Full-time • $30.00-$32.00/hr • Junior Manager

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The Business Manager at Gentle Dental is responsible for ensuring the office runs smoothly from open to close, in partnership with a Director of Operations and an Area Clinical Director. The role involves maintaining an optimal patient care environment, supervising the office team, evaluating and improving office efficiency, and handling various administrative duties to support the office's performance and culture.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain an office environment that ensures optimal patient care and customer service.
  • Directly supervise the office team including selection and training of non-clinical team members, monitor hours and approve timesheets, ensure team members comply with licensing and training requirements.
  • Evaluate and review office production and procedures to develop new ways to improve efficiency with office operations, patient retention and profitability.
  • Analyze and organize office operations and procedures, including bookkeeping, invoice processing, cash control, preparation of payrolls and other administrative duties.
  • Organize the day to day operations of the office; schedule an appropriate number of team members to ensure all providers are supported, conduct team huddles daily, collaborate with providers by proactively monitoring the flow of the office and making adjustments as necessary.
  • Collect payments from patients, handle payments in accordance with the Company’s Cash Handling Policy.
  • Review production reports and communicate results with the team to meet or exceed the office’s budget every month.
  • May act as a backup to the front office team; schedule and confirm appointments, answer the telephone, assist with patient questions, enter and present treatment plans, submit accurate insurance claims, collect patient balances.
  • Address patient complaints in a timely and compassionate manner, including escalated patients.
  • Act as a subject matter expert on the insurance plans accepted by the Company.
  • Recruitment, retention and termination of staff, work with HR to assess, investigate and resolve employee issues.
  • Maintain advanced knowledge of software systems to compile, store and retrieve data for managerial reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant state dental laws, health and safety regulations and company policy and procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned or necessary to support the office/company.

Qualifications

Required

  • Previous Dental or healthcare management experience preferred
  • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Computer literate

Preferred

  • Bachelors degree
  • High School diploma
  • QSI/Denticon experience

About Gentle Dental

Gentle Dental of New England operates in the dental industry, providing multi-specialty dental care. With over 40 locations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, they offer a wide range of services including cosmetic dentistry, restorative treatments, pediatric dentistry, preventive care, sedation dentistry, TMD/TMJ treatment, and sleep dentistry.

Full Job Description

At Gentle Dental, our Business Managers are committed to and passionate about their office. They ensure that their office runs smoothly from open to close. In partnership with a Director of Operations and an Area Clinical Director, the purpose of the Business Manager is to ensure that our dental practices provide exceptional service to our patients, create a positive team based culture for our employees, and support the overall performance of the office.

Job Location:

Gentle Dental Lakewood
5605 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd.
Suite B
Lakewood, WA 98499, USA

Pay Information:

$30.00 - $32.00 per hour/DOE

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Maintain an office environment that ensures optimal patient care and customer service.
    Directly supervise the office team including; selection and training of non-clinical team members, monitor hours and approve timesheets, ensure team members comply with licensing and training requirements
  • Evaluate and review office production and procedures to develop new ways to improve efficiency with office operations, patient retention and profitability.
  • Analyze and organize office operations and procedures, including but not limited to, bookkeeping, invoice processing, cash control, preparation of payrolls and other administrative duties.
  • Organize the day to day operations of the office; schedule an appropriate number of team members to ensure all providers are supported, conduct team huddles daily, collaborate with providers by proactively monitoring the flow of the office and making adjustments as necessary
  • Collect payments from patients on any amount that may be owed, including current treatment being performed as well as past due balances; handle payments in accordance with the Company’s Cash Handling Policy
  • Review production reports and communicate results with the team to make sure the office’s budget is met or exceeded every month
  • May act as a backup to the front office team; schedule and confirm appointments, answer the telephone, assist with patient questions, enter and present treatment plans, submit accurate insurance claims, collect patient balances
  • Address patient complaints in a timely and compassionate manner, including escalated patients
  • Act as a subject matter expert on the insurance plans accepted by the Company, including their limitations and exclusions
  • Recruitment, retention and termination of staff, work with HR to assess, investigate and resolve employee issues.
  • Maintain advanced knowledge of software systems to compile, store and retrieve data for managerial reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant state dental laws, ensure a safe work environment by complying with all local, state and federal health and safety regulations and laws, and ensure compliance with office and company policy and procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned or necessary to support the office/company.

Qualifications:

  • Previous Dental or healthcare management experience preferred but not required
  • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Computer literate a must (QSI/Denticon experience is a plus).

Benefits:

  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Medical and pharmacy, dental, vision (for employees and their families)
  • Basic life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
  • 6 Paid holidays and 2 Paid floating holiday
  • PTO (80 hours per year for hourly)
  • 401k plan and deferred compensation plan
  • CE credits
  • Career opportunities to advance with the company.

Gentle Dental has the resources you need to achieve true personal and career success.

Education

Preferred
  • Bachelors or better
  • High School or better