Dentist (Regular Ft)

Summary

The Columbia Missouri VHS provides you with outstanding health care, trains America's future health care providers, and conducts important medical research. We provide veterans with health care services at 9 locations in Missouri and Pike County, Illinois. Facilities include our Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia and 8 community-based outpatient clinics located in Jefferson City, Kirksville, Marshfield, Mexico, Osage Beach, Sedalia, St. James, and Waynesville.

Duties

ABOUT OUR GREAT CITY:

• Columbia, Missouri ranks #30 on the 2020 Top 100 Best Places to Live by
• 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 , 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 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.

Major Duties include but not limited to:

1. Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity and provide interpretation of imaging.

2. Review of medical history and apply knowledge to patient management.

3. Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions.

4. Perform treatment planning, including multi-step, complex plans with input from specialists as needed.

5. Administer local anesthesia.

6. Manage or perform routine and complex restoration of teeth.

7. Manage or perform routine extractions and other surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist.

8. Manage or perform prosthetic dentistry, procedures within the scope of a general dentist.

9. Manage or perform routine dental implant restorations, within the scope of a general dentist.

10. Manage or perform routine periodontal procedures, within the scope of a general dentist.

11. Dentists also serve as on-call dentist for the hospital and rotate a week at a time in rotation with other staff dentists.

12. Basic functional experience in the use of a computer, to include electronic dental charting and record-keeping, e-mailing, and word processing.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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