Dentist
Listed compensation
$169k-$195k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Big Smiles as a Dentist – No Nights or Weekends, School-Based in Bakersfield, California.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $650 - $750/day.
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- School Day Schedule (about 6-7 hours)
- Latest Technology & Digital Radiography
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No weekends required.
- Day shift only - no nights.
- Flexible scheduling available.
This position offers weekends off, day shifts only. Work with Big Smiles in Bakersfield, California.
Key Responsibilities
Provide preventative and restorative dental care to underserved children within a school-based mobile practice. Utilize state-of-the-art portable equipment to transform school venues into functional dental offices.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a DMD or DDS degree and a valid driver's license with reliable transportation. Ability to work well with both children and adults and basic computer literacy are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Big Smiles a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Dentistry (Dental) — ranked against 1,609 active Dentistry (Dental) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Dentistry Career Context
Big Smiles holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 12 active listings.
Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 46% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$182k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $164k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
- No nights