General Dentist (Contract

General Dentist – Orlando VA Healthcare System (Contract)

The General Dentist provides quality onsite dental care to eligible Veterans of the Orlando VA Healthcare System in collaboration with other health care professionals. Care includes consultation, comprehensive dental examination, diagnosis, and preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and adjacent and associated structures, in accordance with VA Dentist qualification standards.

Within the approved scope of practice, duties include but are not limited to:

• Comprehensive dental examinations, diagnosis, and treatment planning
• Treatment of caries, defective restorations, traumatic injuries to teeth, and occlusal therapy
• Prosthetic replacement of missing dentition (fixed and removable)
• Prosthetic restoration of single implants and implant-retained dentures
• Non-surgical endodontic therapy
• Gingivectomy/gingivoplasty
• Simple and surgical extractions, socket preservation, and alveoloplasty
• Minor pre-prosthetic surgery (soft and hard tissue)
• Localized delivery of chemotherapeutic agents
• Repair of minor intra-oral lacerations and traumatic wounds
• Soft tissue intra-oral biopsy (less than 1 cm)
• Minimal sedation/anxiolysis (oral only, single agent)
• Emergency dental treatment
• Oral pathology/oral medicine and non-surgical management of temporomandibular disorders
• Complete occlusal adjustment
• Post-mortem dental examination for identification purposes
• Accurate, timely documentation in the VA electronic health record (CPRS); safeguarding of patient information per HIPAA and VA privacy requirements

Arrow ARC supports Veterans Health Administration facilities and offices across the U.S. with health care staffing and program support via the 10-year Integrated Critical Staffing Program (ICSP). We provide staffing solutions to address critical shortages in VHA medical facilities caused by turnover, recruitment issues, seasonal needs, surges or emergencies.

Arrow is a certified Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business joint venture between Artemis ARC and Aptive Resources, two award-winning companies that share an agile, mission-focused, results driven approach in the federal sector. Arrow provides management consulting services and specializes in working with federal government agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs and Office of Personnel Management.

Aptive is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, parental status, veteran status, age, disability, or any other protected class. Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are highly encouraged to apply.