Dentist - Oral Surgeon

About the role

Columbia Veterans Health Administration is recruiting for a general practice dental officer, who will perform a full range of professional dental procedures in connection with the treatment of commonly encountered dental diseases or dental health problems requiring standard corrective, restorative, or preventive measures.

Responsibilities

• Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity
• Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions
• Administer local anesthesia
• Perform routine and complex restoration of teeth
• Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth
• Perform alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures
• Perform prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures, full dentures, partial dentures, crowns and fixed bridge work
• Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth
• Perform routine and surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist

Requirements

• 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
• Note: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series

Qualifications

• Degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery or dental medicine resulting from a course of education in dentistry
• Completed, or currently completing, a residency program in general practice or specialty, or comparable experience as a dentist actively involved in treating medically compromised patients
• 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

Skills

• Proficient in all aspects of general dentistry including the ability to perform selected specialty services

Benefits

• None specified

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm. Subject to change based on needs of facility.

Telework

Not Available

Virtual

This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

May be Authorized

Education

• Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment

Additional information

• This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until September 30, 2026, or until the position is filled.
• This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
• This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

How you will be evaluated

• You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.