Dentist (PT) Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

• Relationships with management co-workers patients and the public are consistently courteous respectful and cooperative in nature.
• Employee will display a cooperative attitude and will effectively work together to implement the organizations mission and goals and support performance measures.
• Employee will ensure productivity is maintained at the established level utilizing recommended Central Office Relative Value Unit (RVU) requirements.

• Oral examination
• Intra and extraoral radiographs
• Hard and Soft Tissue Biopsy
• Cultures and Cytologic smears
• Admission history and physical examination
• Craniofacial analysis
• Surgical and nonsurgical management of infections in the oral complex
• Surgery of erupted teeth nonerupted teeth and associated bone and soft tissue
• Repair of oral soft tissue lacerations
• Surgery/treatment of benign and malignant tumors and cysts including cryosurgery
• Comprehensive management of oral manifestations of chronic systemic diseases
• Minor tooth movement
• Guided tissue Regeneration
• Vestibuloplasty frenectomy mucogingival surgery
• Surgical and nonsurgical management of infections of the maxillofacial complex and neck
• Surgery of the lip
• Tracheostomy
• Repair of injuries of the mandible maxilla alveolar process bony orbit and nasal bones
• Placement of dental and maxillofacial implants vestibuloplasty and associated soft tissue grafting
• Minor and major salivary gland surgery
• Maxillary/ Mandibular osteotomies and repair of cleft lip alveolar and palate deformities
• Local / topical anesthesia
• Cranial nerve blocks and nitrous oxide/ oxygen analgesia

Conditions of employment

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualifications

Dentist Basic Requirements

Citizenship:
Citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with section A. Chapter 3 paragraph 3g this part)


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.


Residency or Comparable Experience:
Completion of an approved residency program in general practice or specialty or comparable experience as a dentist actively involved in treating medically compromised patients.

NOTE:
The appointing official may approve under unusual circumstances a waiver of Residency or Comparable Experience.


Licensure and Registration:
(1) Dentists (Except Residents):
Current full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States (i.e. Puerto Rico) or in the District of Columbia. The dentist must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active current licensure.

(2) Residents (Independent and Integrated Programs):
Graduates of approved United States and Canadian schools of dentistry must have 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 before the second year of VA residency or for integrated programs meet any licensure registration or other equivalent requirements established for residents of non-VA hospitals with which the VA facility is affiliated for training purposes. The resident must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active current licensure.


Preferred Experience:
1. Experience working in an Operating Room
2. Previous experience with conducting lectures mentoring and teaching.


Grade Determinations:

DENTAL STAFF REQUIREMENTS:
Staff Dentist:
An individual that demonstrates the ability in the field of general dentistry or a dental specialty who is employed to perform the duties related to various professional activities of patient care and treatment without addition to meeting the basic requirements applicants must demonstrate ability in the general practice of dentistry; be capable of assisting in maintaining accepted standards of professional care in VA facilities; and be capable of accepting full responsibility for the proper care and treatment of assigned patients.


Reference:
For more information on this qualification standard please visit full performance level of this vacancy is AD 15. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of AD 15.


Physical Requirements:
Lifting up to 35 pounds intermittently; moderate carrying (15-35 pounds) intermittently; lifting over 35 pounds with assistive devices in accordance with the Safe Patient Handling Policy except in emergent situations requiring prompt patient care; pulling intermittently; pushing intermittently; reaching above the shoulders intermittently both hands required; walking intermittently; standing intermittently; kneeling intermittently; and repeated bending.