General Dentist (Contract)

Aptive•Orlando, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The General Dentist provides quality onsite dental care to eligible Veterans of the Orlando VA Healthcare System in collaboration with other health care professionals. Care includes consultation, comprehensive dental examination, diagnosis, and preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and adjacent and associated structures, in accordance with VA Dentist qualification standards.

Requirements

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree
Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in any U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia (candidates with any history of a restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily surrendered, or denied license cannot be considered)
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Current DEA certificate
Ability to obtain VA credentialing and privileging through the OVAHCS Professional Standards Board prior to start
National Provider Identifier (NPI)
Fluency in spoken and written English
Negative TB test (TST or IGRA) current within the past year; chest x-ray if positive
Proof of immunity: MMR and Varicella; proof of Tdap vaccination
Annual influenza vaccination (or mask requirement during flu season if contraindicated)
Hepatitis B vaccination series and bloodborne pathogen training
Completion of VA-required training (VA privacy/information security, HIPAA, CPRS orientation)

Responsibilities

Comprehensive dental examinations, diagnosis, and treatment planning
Treatment of caries, defective restorations, traumatic injuries to teeth, and occlusal therapy
Prosthetic replacement of missing dentition (fixed and removable)
Prosthetic restoration of single implants and implant-retained dentures
Non-surgical endodontic therapy
Gingivectomy/gingivoplasty
Simple and surgical extractions, socket preservation, and alveoloplasty
Minor pre-prosthetic surgery (soft and hard tissue)
Localized delivery of chemotherapeutic agents
Repair of minor intra-oral lacerations and traumatic wounds
Soft tissue intra-oral biopsy (less than 1 cm)
Minimal sedation/anxiolysis (oral only, single agent)
Emergency dental treatment
Oral pathology/oral medicine and non-surgical management of temporomandibular disorders
Complete occlusal adjustment
Post-mortem dental examination for identification purposes
Accurate, timely documentation in the VA electronic health record (CPRS); safeguarding of patient information per HIPAA and VA privacy requirements