Dental Assistant

Allied Health Professional

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Sets up operatory and/or surgery suite for planned dental procedures and cleans dental unit for timely turnover.
• Receives and prepares patients for treatment including seating, positioning chair, and placing napkin.
• Performs disinfection and sterilizing procedures.
• Prepares procedural trays/armamentaria setups.
• Performs basic chairside assistance with direct instruction from the treating dentist.
• Keeps operative field clear of debris and retracts oral tissues effectively and comfortably.
• Accomplishes all intra-operative procedures within standard infection-control protocols.
• Assists in routine general dental procedures.
• Maintains a field of operation during dental procedures using retraction, suction, irrigation, drying, placing, and removing cotton rolls.
• Provides patient-preventative education and oral hygiene instruction.
• Maintains dental equipment per manufacturer instructions and dental service standards.
• Relays patient concerns to the dentist. Performs other duties as required.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 635-53407-A, 635-53408-A, 635-53409-A, 635-53410-A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs