Dental Assistant - GS-0681-05

Defense Health Agency; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Defense Health Agency seeks a Dental Assistant at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA. The role supports a multi-provider dental office with duties from imaging to instrument preparation and sterilization, operating 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday.

Requirements include US citizenship and radiology credentials. The position emphasizes patient care, team collaboration, and ongoing dental education of trainees.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience performing intra-oral procedures.
• Experience with taking preliminary dental impressions and charting.
• Radiology certification as required by law and position qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Perform intra-oral procedures as directed by dentist.
• Take and record dental radiographs to support evaluation and treatment planning.
• Receive and schedule patients for treatment.
• Prepare and arrange instruments and materials for each treatment.
• Sterilize dental instruments and ensure infection-control compliance.
• Aid in training trainee dental assistants and students.
• Prepare surgical trays with sterilized instruments and supplies.
• Assist with sutures and rubber dam placement as needed.

Skills

Intra-oral procedures

Dental x-ray equipment

Impressions

Charting

Sterilization

Patient scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in dental assisting or dental hygiene program

Radiology coursework (24+ semester hours)

Tools

Dental radiographic equipment

Job description

Overview

This position is located at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon GA.

Dental Assistant

Overview

This position is located at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon GA.

This position is a multi provider dental office with duty hours of 7:30 a.m. - 4:30p.m., Monday-Friday. Applicant can expect to achieve a greater understanding of dentistry and work in cooperative and motivated environment.

Dental Assistant

Salary Range: $40,736 - $52,957 per year

Benefits

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Ft. Gordon is adjacent to Augusta, GA famous for its major attraction, The Masters Golf Tournament. Ft. Gordon has a moderate year-round climate and offers close proximity to metropolitan areas, beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains.

Responsibilities

Duties

• Perform inter-oral procedures as directed by dentist.
• Obtains preliminary dental impressions to support fabrication of diagnostic study models.
• Operates dental radiographic equipment to capture diagnostic images that support provider evaluation and treatment planning.
• Receive and schedule patients for treatment.
• Prepare and arrange all instruments and materials needed for each treatment.
• Sterilizes dental instruments, materials, and equipment using approved infection-control protocols to ensure compliance with clinical safety standards.
• Take and record blood pressure and pulse of oral surgery patients before and after treatment.
• Aid in the training of trainee dental assistants and students.
• Prepares surgical trays by arranging sterilized instruments and supplies according to procedure-specific requirements.
• Removes sutures in accordance with clinical provider instructions to support postoperative healing assessments.
• Places and removes rubber dams to isolate teeth and maintain a controlled operative environment.

Qualifications

US Citizenship required

Basic Requirement For Dental Assistant

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the Education and / or Experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Basic Requirement

Radiology Certification: Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiologic procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 CFR Part 75. Essentially, they must (1) have successfully completed an educational program that meets or exceeds the standards described in that regulation and is accredited by an organization recognized by the Department of Education, and (2) be certified as radiographers in their field. The following meet these requirements:

• Persons employed by the Federal Government as radiologic personnel prior to the effective date of the regulation (January 13, 1986) who show evidence of current or fully satisfactory performance or certification of such from a licensed practitioner such as a Doctor of Medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic who prescribes radiologic procedures to others.
• Persons first employed by the Federal Government as radiologic personnel after the effective date of the regulation who (a) received training from institutions in a State or foreign jurisdiction that did not accredit training in that particular field at the time of graduation, or (b) practiced in a State or foreign jurisdiction that did not license that particular field or did not allow special eligibility to take a licensure examination for those who did not graduate from an accredited educational program, provided such persons show evidence of training, experience, and competence, as determined by OPM or the employing agency.

Requirements

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing intra-oral procedures, taking preliminary impressions, operating dental x-ray equipment, and charting. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

OR

Education: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major study in a dental assistant or dental hygiene program that included at least 24 semester hours of courses in radiation physics; radiation biology; radiation health, safety, and protection; X-ray films and radiographic film quality, radiographic techniques; darkroom and processing techniques; and film mounting.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ .