Dentist (Regular Ft) General Dentist

This is OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 302026. The initial cut-off date for referrals of eligible application will be October 312025 with subsequent cut-off dates every month. Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.

• Comprehensive oral examination consultation diagnosis and treatment planning including the use of radiographs photographs diagnostic tests impressions jaw relation records and diagnostic casts
• Preliminary diagnosis initial treatment or stabilization of oral manifestations of systemic disease
• Preventive dentistry services
• Restorative dentistry procedures: amalgam and resin based composite restorations inlays onlays veneers post and core procedures and crowns
• Endodontic procedures: uncomplicated nonsurgical root canal therapy for permanent teeth pulp caps pulpotomy pulpectomy apexification apexogenesis minor tooth movement Intentional tooth replantation (extraction replantation) or transplantation
• Periodontic procedures: scaling and root planning full mouth debridement gingivectomy gingivoplasty gingival curettage localized delivery of chemotherapeutic agents periodontal maintenance procedures nonsurgical management of temporomandibular disorders
• Fixed Prosthodontic Procedures: uncomplicated fixed partial dentures not increasing the vertical dimension of occlusion full veneer ceramic restorations as well as ceramic inlays and onlays
• Removable Prosthodontic Procedures: uncomplicated complete dentures partial dentures and immediate dentures; relines and repairs of complete and partial dentures
• Oral Surgery /Pathology procedures: Uncomplicated extraction management of odontogenic infections and diseases through pharmacologic means and intraoral incision and drainage uncomplicated dentoalveolar surgery including minor alveoplasty and alveolectomy uncomplicated biopsies of soft and hard tissue in the oral cavity (such as tongue lip mucosa gingival tissue) uncomplicated lacerations surgical removal of residual tooth roots/erupted teeth/ soft-tissue impacted teeth diagnostic histopathology and cytology
• Evaluation and non-surgical management temporomandibular Dysfunction including fabrication of occlusal guard. Limited occlusal adjustment provisional splinting and occlusal splints.
• Internal and external bleaching
• Local anesthesia
• General Dentist located at Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) must maintain proximity while the Dental Hygienist is providing patient care to ensure appropriate oversight guidance and immediate assistance should the need arises.

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

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

• 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
• 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
• 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.

• Previous experience with conducting lectures mentoring and teaching.
• Experience with additive and subtractive digital dentistry.