Traveling Dentist – Nursing Home Care
Compensation
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The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday
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Job Description
Sign-On Bonus Available!
- Sioux City. IA, work 1- 4 days per week
- We seek a highly skilled and compassionate Traveling Dentist to join our dynamic team!
- As a Mobile Dentist, you will work to provide comprehensive dental care to our patients!
If you are a new college graduate or experienced Dentist, this opportunity is for you!
Being a Traveling Dentist with Aria Care Partners provides you with the opportunity to deliver unmatched patient care to residents in skilled nursing facilities. You will be responsible for assessing dental health, addressing dental concerns, developing and discussing the treatment plan, performing limited procedures, and conducting oral cancer screenings.
Work-Life Balance that Works for You! We are seeking a Dentist for one days per week (Mon - Thurs). We work with your schedule!
Compensation
Competitive pay with a minimum daily guarantee. Drive time + Clinic time is all compensated.
*Candidates must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record.
Responsibilities
- Develop treatment plans to manage, improve, and treat dental and oral health issues
- Perform simple procedures such as exams, fillings, extractions, and denture-related services.
- Order diagnostic measures, such as x-rays.
- Apply helpful agents to teeth, such as silver diamine fluoride, to arrest decay.
- Maintain accurate dental records.
Manage and communicate with the facility and family to ensure the patient has the proper support for successful daily oral hygiene.
Do what you do best: patient care! We focus on the clinical operations team managing all the coordination, including Scheduling and billing, so you can stay focused on doing what you love, providing "The Senior Standard of Care" to our patients!
Aria Care Partners is the national leader in providing onsite dental, vision, hearing, and podiatry care to over 3500 long-term care and skilled nursing facilities across 25 states. Aria Care Partners believes that our clinicians should be able to focus on providing the best, most comprehensive care for their patients.
Our clinicians visit different skilled nursing communities daily, bringing life-affirming care to an underserved population. Our business model, innovation, customer support and teamwork deliver an unparalleled customer experience, resulting in a customer satisfaction rating of over 98%.
Executing this strategic philosophy resulted in rapid company growth with revenue increases of 25%-30% annually over the last 4 years, nearly doubling the size of the company.
Company values include caring fully for our customers and fellow employees, striving for excellence and continuous improvement, and excelling through the power of teamwork and collaboration. At Aria Care Partners, our mission is to enrich the quality of life for every resident with passion and compassion.
Working at Aria Matters!
Requirements
Candidates must be a licensed dentist, including new graduates or experienced professionals. A valid driver's license and a clean driving record are required for travel between facilities.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Dentistry Career Context
Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% have no call, 86% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Dentist median $250k (middle half $200k–$300k)389 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Iowa index 87.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Dentistry listings in Iowa | 14 active | —live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| All dentist listings in Iowa | 59 active | 5,962 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 30% no call · 86% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | US healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Dentistry listings | 256 in the last 30 days | 194 the 30 days before (+32%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
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