Dentist - Oral Surgeon

Veterans Health Administration; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 123,000 - 400,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation incentives

Recruitment incentives

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Columbia, SC seeks a General Practice Dental Officer to perform a full range of professional dental procedures, including restorative, preventive, and surgical care for common dental diseases. The incumbent will diagnose conditions, conduct examinations, and provide anesthesia as needed.

The role requires proficiency in routine and complex dentistry, radiographic interpretation, and prosthetic work such as dentures, crowns, and bridges.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed General Dentist with federal employment eligibility.
• Experience performing routine and complex dental procedures.
• Knowledge of dental radiography and anesthesia.

Responsibilities

• Perform a full range of general dentistry.
• Administer local anesthesia.
• Conduct examinations and treat dental diseases.
• Perform restorations, extractions, endodontics, prosthetics, and routine surgical procedures.

Skills

General dentistry

Local anesthesia

Radiographs

Prosthetic dentistry

Oral surgery

Endodontics

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Columbia Veterans Health Administration is recruiting for a general practice dental officer, who will perform a full range of professional dental procedures in connection with the treatment of commonly encountered dental diseases or dental health problems requiring standard corrective, restorative, or preventive measures.

Key Responsibilities

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. The General Dentistry dental officer shall be proficient in all aspects of general dentistry including the ability to perform selected specialty services. Specifically, the provider should possess the expertise and competency to perform the following: Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions. Administer local anesthesia.

Perform routine and complex restoration of teeth. Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth. Perform alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures. Perform prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures, full dentures, partial dentures, crowns and fixed bridge work. Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth.

Perform routine and surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist Work Schedule: Monday - Wednesday 7:30am - 4:00pm. Subject to change based on needs of facility. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $123077 – $400000/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-30.

What is the work schedule?

This is a 20 Hours position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.