DENTIST (Rolla)

Veterans Health Administration•Rolla, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dentist provides dental care to Veterans as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ mission to serve and honor those who have served in the nation’s military and their families, caregivers, and survivors. The position is based in Rolla and operates Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dentists also serve as the hospital’s on-call dentist, rotating one week at a time with other staff dentists. Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized. EDRP is authorized, but former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply for the incentive. The dentist examines patients’ oral cavities, reviews medical histories, diagnoses oral conditions, and develops treatment plans, including complex plans with specialist input when needed. The role includes providing general dentistry services such as administering local anesthesia, restoring teeth, extractions and other procedures within the scope of a general dentist, prosthetic dentistry, routine dental implant restorations, and routine periodontal procedures. The dentist also uses electronic dental charting and records, email, and word processing. Candidates must meet the VA’s basic requirements for dentists, including an eligible dental degree, completion of or current enrollment in a general practice or specialty residency (or comparable experience treating medically compromised patients), and a current or forthcoming full and unrestricted U.S. dental license. A pre-employment physical is required.

Requirements

Doctor of Dental Surgery or Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from a qualifying school; foreign-school education must meet the stated licensing-body criteria, and an ECFMG certificate must be provided if claimed.
Completed or currently completing a residency program in general practice or a specialty, or have comparable experience actively treating medically compromised patients.
Currently hold, or be on track to hold, a current, full and unrestricted dental license in a U.S. State, Territory, or Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
Maintain current registration in the licensing state if required for active, current licensure.
Proficiency in written and spoken English.
Basic functional computer experience, including electronic dental charting and record-keeping, email, and word processing.
Must pass a pre-employment physical evaluation.
Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program for VA health care personnel.
Subject to background and security investigation; selected applicants may be required to serve a probationary period.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
Applicants tentatively selected for a testing-designated position must submit to urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusal results in denial of employment.
Education used to qualify must be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and accredited; foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with the transcript.

Nice To Haves

Board certified or board eligible.

Responsibilities

Examine the oral cavity and obtain and interpret oral radiographs.
Review patients’ medical histories and apply that knowledge to patient management.
Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions.
Develop treatment plans, including complex, multi-step plans and specialist input as needed.
Administer local anesthesia.
Manage or perform routine and complex tooth restorations.
Manage or perform routine extractions and other surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist.
Manage or perform prosthetic dentistry procedures within the scope of a general dentist.
Manage or perform routine dental implant restorations within the scope of a general dentist.
Manage or perform routine periodontal procedures within the scope of a general dentist.
Rotate one week at a time as the hospital’s on-call dentist with other staff dentists.
Use a computer for electronic dental charting and record-keeping, email, and word processing.