Dentist; Oral Surgery

Summary

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 - which 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 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
• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday - Friday - 7:30AM - 4:00PM EDRP Authorized:
  Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact VHA.ELRSProgram
  
  Support - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
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