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Dental Laboratory Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 86 days ago
On-site Redlands, CA $65K – $85K Apply by Jul 17, 2026 Dental Laboratory Aid And Technician ISTJ HealthcareTrades
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This position is located within the Dental Service/Dental Laboratory Section of the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Redlands, CA.
What You'll Do
- →***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: Collaborates with a Fellowship Trained Prosthodontist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and General Dentists to design and fabricate complex dental or intra-oral maxillofacial appliances.
- →Knowledge of oral anatomy, tooth morphology and dentition.
- →Knowledge of laboratory materials, tools, equipment, and a very high degree of skill in their use.
- →Constructs routine full and partial dentures, dental splints and obturators, model work for fixed prostheses and other laboratory products to support the treatment needs of staff dentists.
- →Pours primary and final impressions.
- →Fabricates custom trays, bite rims, provisional prostheses, fluoride trays, night guards, stints, transitional partials, and etc.
- →Mounts casts on articulators.
- →Sets teeth for trial dentures/partials.
- →Invests, packs, processes and finishes dentures/pmiials.
- →Provides education, training and instruction to other clinic personnel.
- →Perform other related duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: Long periods of standing, sitting and bending are required.
- ✓It is necessary to climb onto counters in order to replenish plaster bins.
- ✓The ability to lift plaster boxes weighing 30 pounds from the floor to the counter to the plaster bins is required.
- ✓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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Required Documents" below for details.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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