Dentist (Regular)

Full Job Description

The Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is recruiting for a Full time Staff Dentist for Louisville, KY.

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.

Preferred Experience: Completion of a General Practice Residency; Experience treating medically complex dental patients Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service. Major Duties:

Scope of Practice duties include but are not limited to: Perform comprehensive examinations, diagnosis, treatment planning, and documentation for adult Veterans; provide preventive, restorative, prosthodontic, endodontic, periodontic (non-surgical), minor oral surgery, and emergency care within granted clinical privileges.

Administer local anesthesia, perform extractions, simple biopsy of oral tissues, and manage dental infections consistent with privileging and scope.

Fabricate and adjust removable prostheses; prepare teeth for fixed restorations; manage occlusion and perform temporomandibular disorder evaluations as appropriate.

Order and interpret diagnostic imaging; prescribe medications in accordance with VA policy and state licensure.

Provide patient education, tobacco cessation counseling, caries risk management, and periodontal maintenance; conduct recall and continuity of care activities.

Accurately and timely complete notes, encounters, coding, consults, and closes-out orders consistent with VHA documentation standards.

Participate in quality assurance, infection prevention, peer review, OPPE/FPPE processes, and meet performance measures defined by the service and facility.

Collaborate in interprofessional care, including referral and co-management of patients with complex medical/dental needs; adhere to credentialing and privileging requirements.

Maintain licensure, continuing education, and competency in alignment with the VA Dentist Qualification Standard. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Work Schedule: M-F 8AM-430 PM Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.