Staff Dentist

What you would do

• Enter accurate, complete progress notes in each patient's electronic record.
• Use, maintain, and calibrate specialized dental equipment.
• Follow safety, health, and infection control standards and report unsafe conditions.
• Help orient new staff and educate patients and families, including informed consent.
• Help educate dental residents.
• Take part in performance improvement, disaster preparedness, and assigned administrative duties.

Do you qualify for VM-15?

With experience: You must have completed, or be currently completing, a residency in general practice or a specialty, or have comparable experience as a dentist actively treating medically compromised patients. The announcement does not list a specific number of years.

With education: You need a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from an approved dental school. Approved schools are U.S. or Canadian schools listed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), or schools, including foreign schools, accepted by a state licensing body for full and unrestricted licensure.

Licenses and certifications you need:

• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a U.S. state, territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, or one you will hold

How to apply well

What to send:

• Long-form resume or curriculum vitae (CV)
• Transcript if you use education to qualify
• Residency completion certificate if you use a residency to qualify
• License and any professional certification you claim
• DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference
• SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference, with required proof
• Cover letter, if you choose to include one

How you will be rated: You will be rated on how well you meet the listed qualifications. Your application, resume, CV, and documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.

Tips for this job:

• If you want EDRP help, submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment and contact the EDRP Coordinator with questions.
• Make your resume or CV specific about your residency or dental practice dates and duties, since the agency will not assume experience.
• Send your DD-214 and SF-15 if you claim veterans' preference, and your transcript if you use education to qualify.

Good to know before you apply

Schedule: Full-time, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Not a virtual position. Travel is not required.

Incentives and relocation: Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized, and permanent change of station (PCS) is not authorized. The position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), which can repay student loans up to $200,000 over one to five years after review. Former EDRP participants cannot apply.

Conditions of employment:

• Drug test (urinalysis) before appointment
• Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Background and security investigation
• Online onboarding with acceptable, REAL ID compliant identification
• Pre-employment physical examination
• Annual seasonal influenza vaccination required
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Must meet physical and functional requirements, such as lifting 15 pounds and near and distance vision standards

Job details

Salary

$175,000 – $250,000 per year

Pay scale and grade

VM-15 · VA medical and dental

Location

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Appointment

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Excepted

Openings

1

Security clearance

Not Required

Travel

Not required

Drug test

Not required

Supervisory

No

Occupation

Dental Officer (0680)

Announcement

CBST-13102655-27-MC