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The Defense Health Agency, National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR-MD) is the future of Military Medicine- a partnership in World Class Medical Healthcare. The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Dilorenzo Clinic and the Joint Pathology Center, provide world class medical services to the nation's service members and their families.
About the Position:
This position is located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center within the Director for Dentistry, Department of Primary Care Dentistry. This position is in a large, fast-paced group practice setting with 10 dentists and 5 other dental hygienists. Each hygienist has a single operatory with digital radiology capability, an intra-oral camera to capture dental conditions for patient education or pathology referrals and computer for scheduling and workload entry.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens
09/05/2017 to 09/15/2017
$66,183 - $86,038 per year
GS 8
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
No
NCJT179251935559EMR1
478584200
As a Dental Hygienist, you will perform dental hygiene procedures on patients with or without topical/local anesthetics. Perform various advanced and specialized oral prophylactic and preventive dental hygiene procedures on diverse patient groups. Plan and carry out dental hygiene treatment according to patient needs, coordinating independently with medical/dental personnel as necessary. You will measure periodontal pocket depths, administer topical anesthetics and/or local anesthesia as well as sub gingival antibiotics, perform deep sub gingival scaling, root planning, and sub gingival curettage procedures, and treat areas around dental implants. Complete all preparation for dental hygiene treatment and preliminary dental examination. Record in the patient dental health record: medical and dental patient history, oral conditions of teeth and surrounding tissues, hygiene treatment plan, therapy rendered, progress and outcome of therapy, maintenance interval and disposition of patients. Use automated appointment system to appoint, confirm, check-in, cancel, and reschedule patient appointments.
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Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. Please submit your foreign education evaluation with your application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to verify that you meet the basic eligibility and qualification requirements. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
Your resume:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/15/2017 to receive consideration.
This vacancy utilizes Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) to recruit and appoint qualified persons directly to designated healthcare occupations. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions may affect your rating. Qualified candidates will be referred to the selecting official(s) for consideration.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/478584200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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