Chief-Dental Service​/EDRP Approved

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.

Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

The Chief Dental Service of the WTVAHCS is responsible to define the vision, mission and scope of the Service and assure effective performance of Service functions in support of the mission, vision, and goals of the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17, and the WTV AHCS. Consistent with these responsibilities, the Chief of the Dental Service directly or indirectly supervises the performance of staff privileged and/or employed in the Service at Big Spring VA Medical Center clinical site and reports directly to the Associate Chief of Staff, WTV AHCS.

The general practice dental officer serves as a practicing dentist who performs a full range of professional dental procedures in connection with the treatment of common encountered dental diseases or dental health problems requiring standard corrective, restorative or preventive measures. While fulfilling his/her role, the Chief of the Dental Service also interacts with staff of other services, Chiefs and/or Assistant Chiefs of Dental Services at other VA, staff of the VA Office of Dentistry, with representatives of affiliated institutions, professional organizations, and veterans' groups, and with individual veterans.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

• 1. Assisting with the continuation of the Service into the primary functions of the WTV AHCS.
• 2. Assisting with the coordination and integration of interdepartmental and intradepartmental services.
• 3. Establishing and sustaining policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.
• 4. Recommending a sufficient number of qualified and competent persons to provide care/services.
• 5. Determining the qualifications and competence of Service personnel who provide patient care services and who are not licensed independent practitioners.
• 6. Continuously assessing and improving the performance of care and services provided.
• 7. Maintaining quality control programs, as appropriate.
• 8. Orienting and providing in-service training and continuing education of all persons in the Service in collaboration with staff of other services.
• 9. Assists with recommending staffing, space, equipment and other resources needed by the Service.
• 10. Participating in the selection of sources for needed services not provided by the Service or the WTV AHCS.
• 11. Designating a person to act in his/her absence so that administrative direction is provided at all times.
• 12. Establishing and assists in implementing patient/resident care policies, personnel policies, and other policies of the Service and WTVAHCS.
• 13. Evaluating and implementing, as feasible, any recommendations from WTVAHCS committees and consultants.
• 14. Maintaining ongoing liaison with the governing body, with other clinical staff, and with administrative staff through regularly scheduled meetings and periodic reports.
• 15. Providing direct patient care consistent with his/her clinical privileges.
• 16. Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity.
• 17. Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions.
• 18. Administer local anesthesia.
• 19. Perform routine and complex restoration of teeth.
• 20. Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth.
• 21. Perform alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures.
• 22. Perform prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures, full dentures, partial dentures, crowns, and fixed bridge work.
• 23. Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth.
• 24. Perform routine and surgical periodontal procedures.
• 25. Responsible for clinic administration in compliance with VHA, Medical Center and Dental Services Directives, Policies and Procedures.
• 26. Providing…