Dentist

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 31, 2026 or until the position is filled. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be November 06, 2026. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals until the position is filled.

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The VA Northern Arizona Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Desert Pacific Network. We're an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (VISN 22).

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

This position is located at the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS) in Prescott, AZ, and serves as a practicing dentist who performs 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.

Major duties of this position include but are not limited to:

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

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Telework: Not available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

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

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: Must possess 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.
• Residency or Comparable Experience: Must have xcmpleted, 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.
• Licensure and Registration: Must 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.
• English Language Proficiency. Dentists appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d).

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with digital scanning and CAD/CAM dental restorations.
• Proficient use of Electronic Dental/Medical records.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.

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. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.