Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. DENTIST

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education: A degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery or dental medicine resulting from a course of education in dentistry
• The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
• Approved schools are (1) United States and Canadian schools of dentistry listed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation(CODA) - in the list published for the year in which the course of study was completed.(2) Schools (including foreign schools) accepted by the licensing body of a State - Territory - or Commonwealth (i.e. - Puerto Rico) - or the District of Columbia as qualifying for full and unrestricted licensure provided the licensure requirements include a written examination measuring science achievement and a performance examination measuring clinical competence certification - and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate - if claimed by the applicant
• AND Residency or Comparable Experience: Completed - or you are currently completing - a residency program in general practice or specialty - or comparable experience as a dentist actively involved in treating medically compromised patients
• AND Licensure and Registration: Currently hold - or will hold - a current - full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Note: Dentists must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active - current licensure
• English Language Proficiency: Dentists - including residents - appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The work is largely office based and in a sedentary setting
• No manual labor is required above ordinary situations
• Incumbent must be capable of using a computer given that all clinical charting is electronic.

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Physician - MD - Podiatrist - Dentist The General Dentistry dental officer shall be proficient in all aspects of general dentistry including the ability to perform selected specialty services
• Specifically - the provider should possess the expertise and competency to perform the following: Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity
• Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions
• Administer local anesthesia
• Perform routine and complex restoration of teeth
• Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth
• Perform alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures
• Perform prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures - full dentures - partial dentures - crowns and fixed bridge work
• Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth
• Perform routine and surgical periodontal procedures
• Perform basic dental implant restorations including single crowns and overdentures
• The scope of practice that a specific provider may perform is defined through the medical center credentialing and privileging process
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday | 7:30 - 4:00 PM CST Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact VISN9HREDRP@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory