Dentist

Overview

Accepting applications: 11/14/2025 to 11/28/2025
Salary: $200,000 to – $315,000 per year
Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay‑setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay Market Pay). Pay scale & grade VM 15

Location:

1 vacancy – Anchorage, AK (remote job, no telework eligible). No travel required. No relocation expenses reimbursed. Job type:
Permanent, full‑time, excepted service. No promotion potential.

• Oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity
• Diagnosing pathological or irregular oral conditions
• Administering local anesthesia
• Performing routine and complex restoration of teeth
• Performing simple and complex extractions of teeth
• Performing alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures
• Performing prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures, full dentures, partial dentures, crowns and fixed bridge work
• Performing routine endodontic procedures on single and multi‑canal teeth
• Performing routine and surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist

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) and 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.

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Telework:
Not available
Virtual:
This is not a virtual position
Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not authorized
EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
Contact: VHA ELRS Program Support at ELRSProgram

Support for questions/assistance
Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not authorized. VA offers a comprehensive …

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens; non‑citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• 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. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre‑employment requirements. Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or state‑issued identification cards that are not REAL  cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• 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.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the “Required Documents” section of this announcement.

• 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.
• Completed, or…