Dentist; Oral Surgery

Overview

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 ineligible to apply.

• The position is located within the Dental Directorate of the Captain James
  
  A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (JALFHCC) in North Chicago, Illinois.
• The JALFHCC is the nation s first fully integrated federal health care facility—integrating Veterans Affairs (VA) with the Department of War (DOW), specifically the United States Navy (USN) under a single chain of command.
• The incumbent performs a variety of duties in a complex 1C medical facility that is constantly evolving within a highly competitive geographic area.
• Job Responsibilities/Requirements:
  Advanced training and/or experience with exodontia and other surgical procedures (biopsy, implant placement, coronectomy, tori removal, etc.), including simple and complex exodontia.
• Privileges will include supplements to support expanded practice and full scope of General Dentistry.
• Comprehensive oral maxillofacial surgery examination, consultation, treatment planning, history and physical examination, and hospital admission.
• Management of cervical-facial infections, comprehensive management of oral manifestations of chronic systemic disease, repair of traumatic wounds, dentoalveolar surgery.
• Extraction of soft and hard tissue impaction, intentional tooth replantation or transplantation, root-end resection, ridge augmentation, osseo-integrated implants and oral antral nasal fistula repair, soft tissue grafts, guided tissue regeneration, moderate and deep sedation, excision of benign and malignant tumors and cysts of the hard and soft tissue, harvest of hard and soft tissue graft.
• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM.
• EDRP Authorized:
  Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
• Contact VHA.ELRSProgram
  
  Support - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.

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