Dental Laboratory Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson, MS seeks a Dental Laboratory Technician to design and fabricate intra-oral prostheses. The role involves creating dental appliances and educating staff, residents, and patients about procedures and materials.

You must meet specialized experience and education requirements, and transcripts are required for processing. This position emphasizes both technical production and clinical education within a federal setting.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience: one full year at next lower federal grade in dental lab work with materials such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and related materials.
• Laboratory equipment experience: hand tools, dental lathes, engines, hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment.
• Precision instruments: articulators, surveyors, microanalyzers, and construction of dental prosthetic appliances.
• TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED: submission of transcripts is required for processing.

Responsibilities

• Designing and fabricating dental appliances; approximately 60% of work time.
• Approximately 30% of design/fabrication time on complex intraoral maxillofacial cases.
• Educating staff providers, dental residents, and patients for about 40% of work time.

Education

Graduate education (1.5 years) directly related to Dental Laboratory Technician work

Job description

This position is located at the VA Medical Center in Jackson, MS. The providers design and fabricate intra-oral prostheses, both fixed and removable. The Dental Technicians spends approximately 60% of their time working on designing and fabricating dental appliances. Of that 60% approximately 30% of the time is spent on complex intraoral maxillofacial cases. 40% of their time educating staff providers, dental residents, and patients.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:

In accordance with 38 U.S.C 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service. Specific qualifying specialized experience for this position (which should be documented on your resume) is: using dental laboratory material such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and similar materials; using laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, engines, and hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment; using precision instruments such as articulators, surveyors, and microanalyzers; and constructing dental prosthetic appliances.

NOTE TO APPLICANTS: Your answer will be verified against information provided on your resume. If your resume does not clearly support your response by addressing your work experience in detail you will be disqualified.

EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION:

Successfully completed one and one-half (1½) years of graduate education that is directly related to the work of this position as a Dental Laboratory Technician.

NOTE TO APPLICANTS: One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one year of full-time study; if that number cannot be obtained from the transcript, 18 semester hours will be considered as one full academic year of graduate study. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED - If you do not submit a copy of your transcript, your application may not be processed.)

COMBINATION:

Possess equivalent combinations of experience and education as previously described to fully meet the requirements of this position. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED - If you do not submit a copy of your transcript, your application may not be processed.)

Licensed professional dentists will be considered qualified for any grade level if they have, in the aggregate, the required experience in dental laboratory procedures.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.