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Staff Dentist (Oral Surgery)

North Chicago, Illinois, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$200K/yr - $300K/yr

The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center is seeking a Staff Dentist specializing in Oral Surgery. The role involves performing a variety of surgical procedures, comprehensive examinations, treatment planning, and managing complex dental cases within a federal health care setting.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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 supplementals 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, harvest of hard and soft tissue graft

Qualification

Doctor of Dental SurgeryOral Surgery ExperienceGeneral Dentistry LicenseResidency in DentistryEnglish Proficiency

Required

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

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

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

Must be proficient in written and spoken English

All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

Subject to background/security investigation

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Must pass pre-employment physical examination

Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

You may be required to serve a probationary period