Dentist

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a government security clearance.
• Education:
  
  attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited.
• Foreign education: foreign degrees must be evaluated by a recognized private organization and deemed equivalent to an accredited U.S. program, or full credit must be given for courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
• Licensure: possess and maintain a current, valid, unrestricted professional dental license and a DEA license.
• Malpractice insurance: must hold active malpractice insurance.
• Dental privileges: apply for and maintain approved dental privileges at WEHC.
• Certificates: maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate.
• Experience:
  
  practiced clinically for at least 12 months within the past three years.
• Continuing education: maintain documentation of continuing dental education.
• Immunizations: provide evidence of MMR, Hep B, Tdap, Polio, TB test results, and seasonal influenza vaccination.

Shift types and times:

• 10‑hour shifts:
  1. Open 07:00–17:30; 2. 07:30–18:00; 3. 08:30–19:00; 4. 08:00–16:30.
• 8‑hour shifts:
  1. Open 07:00–15:30; 2. 08:00–16:30; 3. 10:30–19:00; 4. 08:00–16:30.
• Monday to Friday (except federal holidays), normally between 7:00 am and 3:30 pm.

• Interview and collect pertinent health data from patients.
• Review past medical history.
• Evaluate and assess patient condition and document in a legible manner.
• Establish patient treatment plans.
• Ensure necessary patient follow‑up.
• Conduct case conferences with IHS staff, patient, and/or guardian as necessary.
• Follow IHS guidelines for Patient Referred Care.
• Provide patient care in assigned duty area.
• Perform diagnostic examinations, screenings, and periodic checks.
• Provide prophylaxis, including hand scaling and use of ultrasonic instruments.
• Deliver emergency care diagnosis and treatment.
• Treat oral infections.
• Offer preventive services—sealants, fluoride, oral hygiene instruction.
• Perform restorative care—simple and complex.
• Provide endodontic procedures—anterior and posterior.
• Diagnose, treat, surgically provide periodontal care, and administer chemical treatments.
• Carry out oral surgery—simple and surgical extractions, partial impactions, soft tissue and biopsy procedures.
• Administer pediatric dentistry procedures—pulpotomies, pulpectomies, stainless steel crowns.
• Place crowns and bridges—single and multiple units.
• Fit removable prosthetics.
• Interpret radiographic images—periapical, bite‑wing, panorex, occlusal, extraoral, soft tissue.
• Provide adjunctive general services—x‑rays, fluoride treatments, etc.
• Chart patient dental and medical records—history, exam, progress, referrals.
• Perform limited laboratory procedures.
• Use limited oral medication for dental anxiety.
• Prescribe medication as necessary.
• Use infection control practices per accreditation standards, IHS policy, OSHA, and other regulations.
• Communicate in English with sufficient clarity by speaking, reading, and writing.
• Work independently and provide services in a professional and respectful manner.
• Respect patients’ basic rights including personal dignity.
• Maintain continuous service without interruption unless authorized by Contracting Officer.
• Do not collect patient data for personal research or case studies.
• Do not remove PHI/PII electronically from the facility or export to personal accounts.
• Complete required agency training—Information Technology Security, HIPAA/HIM, and related topics.
• Remain in full compliance with agency bylaws, policy, procedures, and regulations.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We make employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability, or protected veteran status.

Dyentum Health LLC is a Service‑Disabled Veteran‑Owned Business located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. We provide worldwide support to the Department of Defense and commercial clients by staffing qualified professionals in information security, technology, administrative, and health‑care services.