Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant

The Veterans Health Administration is seeking one intermittent Dental Assistant for the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System in Muskogee, OK, on a one-year temporary appointment. The Dental Assistant helps care for Veterans by supporting restorative, surgical, endodontic, periodontal, prosthodontic, and implant-related dental procedures; capturing diagnostic dental images; maintaining dental equipment; performing dental laboratory tasks; entering and retrieving electronic dental record data; and providing dental assistant coverage at Community Based Outpatient Clinics as needed.

Agency: Veterans Health Administration

Facility: Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System

Location: Muskogee, OK

Vacancies: 1

Salary: $43,028 - $78,310 per year

Pay Scale & Grade: GS-3 to GS-6

Promotion Potential: GS-6

Work Schedule: Intermittent; 7:00am - 5:30pm, 0 to 40 hours per week

Compressed/Flexible: Authorized

Appointment Type: Temporary; one-year appointment

Telework: Not available

Remote/Virtual: Not available

Travel Required: 25% or less; travel may be expected for this position

Relocation Expenses: Not reimbursed

Recruitment Incentive: Not authorized

PCS: Not authorized

Drug Test: Required

Security Clearance: Not required

Position Sensitivity/Risk: Non-sensitive / Low Risk

Background Check: Credentialing and suitability/fitness required

Financial Disclosure: Not required

Federal Service: Excepted Service

Union Representation: Yes

Supervisory Status: No

Functional Statement: 52816-A, 52817-A, 52818-A, 52819-A

Announcement Number: CBSU-12969049-26-JL

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify normal oral anatomy.
• Recognize instruments, materials, and standardized dental procedures used in restorative, surgical, endodontic, and periodontal care.
• Monitor and perform basic interpretation of vital signs.
• Provide procedure-specific patient education and refer patient concerns to the treating dentist as appropriate.
• Capture standard and special dental images of diagnostic quality in traditional or digital formats.
• Perform maintenance on dental equipment used for routine and specialty dentistry.
• Enter and retrieve data using electronic dental records.
• Perform dental assistant-appropriate laboratory procedures.
• Use four-handed dentistry concepts when assisting dentists and specialists.
• Assist with specialty procedures, including oral surgery, periodontal therapy, endodontic procedures, prosthodontic procedures, and implant placement and restoration.
• Anticipate dentists', surgeons', and specialists' needs at each stage of treatment.
• Take preliminary impressions.
• Select and manipulate gypsums and waxes.
• Pour, trim, and evaluate diagnostic casts.
• Fabricate custom trays.
• Provide dental assistant coverage at Community Based Outpatient Clinics as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
• Must have six months of experience demonstrating the ability to perform the work or familiarity with the work; or
• Must have successfully completed a one-year dental assistant program accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation; or
• Must have an equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Must meet radiologic procedure credentialing standards if administering radiologic procedures.
• Must be subject to background/security investigation.
• Must pass pre-employment drug testing and remain subject to testing requirements for this testing designated position.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must complete all application requirements and online onboarding requirements.
• Must provide acceptable identification for employment eligibility verification.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as required for Department of Veterans Affairs health care personnel.
• Selected applicant will be required to serve a one-year or two-year trial period.

Radiologic Certification Requirements:

• Applicants who administer radiologic procedures must meet credentialing standards under 42 CFR Part 75.
• Radiologic competence may be shown by successful completion of the Dental Radiation Health and Safety Examination administered by the Dental Assisting National Board; or
• Successful completion of Principles and Practice of Dental Radiology and Radiographic Safety courses and examinations developed by the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry; or

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