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General Dentist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Muskogee Veterans Affairs is currently recruiting for a General Dentist. As a General Dentist you will provide direct patient care in an outpatient setting to an adult patient population with a high percentage of acute and chronic medical conditions.
What You'll Do
- →Please watch to learn more about the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System- Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System Staff Dentist: are licensed independent practitioners that practice based on their specific approved privileges and guidance derived from VHA, Medical Center, and Service Directives/Memorandums.
- →All Dentists will provide direct patient care in an outpatient setting to an adult patient population with a high percentage of acute and chronic medical conditions.
- →Dentists report directly to the Lead Dentist, or Assistant Dental Chief at their clinic.
- →Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity 2.
- →Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions 3.
- →Administer local anesthesia 4.
- →Perform routine and complex restorations of teeth 5.
- →Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth 6.
- →Perform alveoplasty and other routine surgical procedures 7.
- →Perform prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures, full dentures, partial dentures, crowns, and fixed bridgework. 8.
- →Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth 9.
- →Perform routine and surgical periodontal procedures 10.
- →Provides collaboration with dental staff assigned to their clinic location 11.
- →Responsible for clinic administration in compliance with VHA, Medical Center, and Dental Service Directives, Policies, and Procedures 12.
Requirements
- ✓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 (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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/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.
Personality Fit
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