Dentist-Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Job Title: Dentist-Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Washington DC VA Medical Center is filling one or more vacancies for a Dentist-Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, AD-0680-15. Opening Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Closing Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026. The cut-off dates are: August 5, 2026; August 19, 2026; September 2, 2026; September 16, 2026; September 30, 2026; October 22, 2026. The cut-off date will be used to evaluate candidates for the initial available vacancies.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Relationships with management, co-workers, patients, and the public are consistently courteous, respectful, and cooperative in nature.
• Employee will display a cooperative attitude and will effectively work together to implement the organization's mission and goals and support performance measures.
• Employee will ensure productivity is maintained at the established level utilizing recommended Central Office Relative Value Unit (RVU) requirements.

Patient care

• Oral examination
• Intra and extraoral radiographs
• Hard and Soft Tissue Biopsy
• Cultures and cytologic smears
• Admission history and physical examination
• Craniofacial analysis
• Surgical and nonsurgical management of infections in the oral complex
• Surgery of erupted teeth, nonerupted teeth and associated bone and soft tissue
• Repair of oral soft tissue lacerations
• Surgery/treatment of benign and malignant tumors and cysts, including cryosurgery
• Comprehensive management of oral manifestations of chronic systemic diseases
• Minor tooth movement
• Guided tissue Regeneration
• Vestibuloplasty, frenectomy, mucogingival surgery
• Surgical and nonsurgical management of infections of the maxillofacial complex and neck
• Surgery of the lip
• Tracheostomy
• Repair of injuries of the mandible, maxilla, alveolar process, bony orbit, and nasal bones
• Placement of dental and maxillofacial implants, vestibuloplasty and associated soft tissue grafting
• Minor and major salivary gland surgery
• Maxillary / Mandibular osteotomies, and repair of cleft lip, alveolar, and palate deformities
• Local / topical anesthesia
• Cranial nerve blocks and nitrous oxide/ oxygen analgesia

Leadership

• Serves as Program Manager of the oral surgery section in the dental department.
• The incumbent provides leadership, training, and guidance to the General Practice Residents (GPR) and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residents rotating through the oral surgery section of the dental department.
• Provides oral surgery specialty consultation and guidance to dental clinical staff members and other clinical services in the hospital.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate departmental orientation for oral surgery residents rotating from other facilities.
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for complicated care in the community Oral & Maxillofacial treatment plans.
• Consults with Prosthetics, OR, Sterile Processing Service (SPS), Biomed and Pharmacy regarding the needs of the oral surgery section.
• Assists in Joint Commission and other survey readiness.
• Assists in ensuring that the National Patient Safety Goals are met.

Work Schedule:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework:

Not available.

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:

Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):

Not Authorized. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

US Department of Veterans Affairs