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Veterans Health Administration is Hiring a Dentist (Prosthodontist Ft) Near Columbia, MO

Qualifications:

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 post-graduate Prosthodontic residency

Grade Determinations: will be based on education and experience


References: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-3 Dentist Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Physical Requirements: The Prosthodontist should be physically and mentally capable to perform the duties of the position. Physical activities include sitting, standing (up to 2 hours) walking (up to 2 hours), heavy lifting (45 pounds or over), reaching above the shoulder, and repeated bending. Office duties are generally sedentary in nature but will require occasional travel. Physical activity involves potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling, pushing, and sitting at a keyboard and carrying light items such as papers, books or other supplies. Transferring patients and objects may be required., The incumbent uses a computer and standard office equipment. Applicant may at times be exposed to stressful situations with Veterans.

Responsibilities:

ABOUT OUR GREAT CITY:

• Columbia, Missouri ranks #30 on the 2020 Top 100 Best Places to Live by Livability.com.
• Columbia has 91 parks and 8 trails totaling 26 miles for walking, running, and biking, with a 30-mile loop addition in the works. Columbia's trail system connects to the 237-mile Katy trail crossing the state.
• Columbia offers world-class healthcare, with highly ranked hospitals, including the University of Missouri Hospital, Boone Hospital Center, the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, and Rusk Rehabilitation Center.
• Columbia is the site of internationally renowned 'Roots N Blues N BBQ' annual music festival, the 'True False' documentary film festival, and also hosts numerous arts, theater, and music events throughout the year.
• Educational opportunities abound at the University of Missouri, Stephens College, and Columbia College, and Columbia was ranked among 2018's Top 10 Best College Towns in the USA by Livability.com, thanks to the University of Missouri ('Mizzou') that plays a major role in Columbia's economy and culture.
• Top collegiate sporting events average 25 per month, with easy access to professional sports in nearby St Louis and Kansas City.
• Centralized location offers quick access to St. Louis and Kansas City, as well as the State Capitol, Jefferson City, and the beautiful vacation getaway, Lake of the Ozarks.
• Columbia is also ranked by Niche.com as #25 best city to live in America, #28 best city to buy a house, and #24 best city to raise a family.
• Columbia is also minutes away from a host of historic towns and state parks featuring boating, fishing, hiking, biking and more. http://www.visitcolumbiamo.com/

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
Work Schedule: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Duties will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Comprehensive prosthodontic examination, consultation, overall restorative treatment planning
• Complete and partial overdentures
• Fixed and removable prostheses involving precision attachments
• Prosthodontic treatment of malposed teeth, occlusal plane discrepancies, changes to the existing vertical dimension of occlusion with or without concomitant restoration of anterior guidance
• Full veneer ceramic restorations, as well as ceramic inlays and onlays
• Oral reconstruction to include, but not limited to opposing quadrants restored with fixed prostheses
• Complete dentures involving complicated occlusal schemes
• Complete dentures involving a cast metal bases or cast metal occlusal
• Single unit complete dentures opposing natural dentition (complicated)
• Dentures on surgically augmented residual ridges, rotational path removable partial dentures,
• Nonsurgical management of temporomandibular disorders
• Resin bonded fixed partial dentures
• Minor tooth movement (fixed appliances)
• Intraoral maxillofacial prostheses and repairs

Prostheses fabrication and maintenance on intraoral osseointegrated fixtures

Job Summary