Lead Dental Assistant Position Available In Orange, Florida

Lead Dental Assistant Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Orlando VA Healthcare System Summary This position serves as the Lead Dental Assistant the Orlando VA Medical Center. Works with the supervisor or Dental Service Chief to monitor and make work assignments, provide input on performance, resolve daily workplace issues, and maintain an efficient flow of pient care. May approve brief periods of leave, provide training to staff dental assistants, students and/or trainees; may recommend special advancements and promotions, disciplinary actions, etc. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/01/2025 to 05/15/2025 Salary $49,960 – $64,952 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12724235-25-DC

Control number 836244000 This job is open to Federal employees – Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency The area of considerion is current, permanent employees of the Orlando VA medical center in the Department (Service Line Employees).

Videos Duties Administrive Responsibility:

Assists Supervisory Dental Assistant to execute protocols to manage a team of dental assistants. Serves as lead assistant liaison for Corpore Orlando Dental Service-Lake Baldwin, Daytona Beach, and Viera OPC. Assist Supervisory Dental Assistant to lead the team in: distributing and balancing workload among dental assistants by established workflow. Establish a chain of command amongst the dental assistants to delege administrive and clerical responsibilities under the direct supervision of the supervisory dental assistant Demonstres a working knowledge of dental eligibility and the scope of care th may be provided based on the pient’s dental classificion. Tracks all biologic and non-biologic implants placed in the outpient setting. Ensures non-biologic and biologic implant inventory is current and available for pient use. Enters prosthetic orders for replacement of all dental implant inventory, surgical drills, and all biologics. Maintains active oral phology log and notifies pient of laborory results. Maintains electronic log of all admissions and 23 hour observions. Coordines opering room schedule and instrumention. Assists with pient travel and lodging before surgical procedures. Coordines post-operive appointments following surgical procedures. Coordines next step of care in oral surgery and general dental clinics. Provides a daily report to the providers on open encounters and open imaging consults. Skilled in charting pient’s oral cavity within DRM and sequencing trement plans as instructed by the provider. Timekeeping responsibility Assist Supervisory Dental Assistant to coordine leave schedule of all staff as needed. Maintenance of MSDS folders

Clerical Functions:

Assist HAS with pient scheduling Timekeeping responsibility Maintenance of MSDS folders Record minutes of the dental meetings

Computer Skills:

Must possess advance computer skills and demonstre advanced competency level with Microsoft office Must be able to train other staff members as needed in computer reled areas

Chairside Assisting:

Extreme familiarity and full competency in all specialized dental procedures including: Oral maxillofacial surgery, implantology, surgery, implantology, periodontics, prosthodontics, and opering room dental assisting. Sets up operory and/or surgery suite for planned dental procedure and cleans dental unit for timely turnover Passes instruments safely, accurely, and efficientl Keeps operive field clear of debris and retracts oral tissues effectively and comfortably Specialized Opering Room Duties Adequely prepares the opering room for scheduled procedure. Correctly maintains sterile field. Accurely maintains needle and sponge counts and verifies count with circulor. Accurely maintains record of medicion amounts and irrigion amounts utilized during the surgical procedure. Appropriely labels all medicions within the surgical field. Appropriely tracks implants placed in the opering room.

Dental Imaging:

lmages are characterized by diagnostic quality, accurely oriented and exposed. Dental imaging safety techniques are utilized, and retakes are minimized Imaging requests are accomplished within the desired time frame

Infection Control and Equipment Sterilizion:

Monitors & records compliance with infection control procedures Assist in efforts to standardize infection control protocols throughout Corpore Orlando. Demonstres proper infection control procedures in setting up and cleaning up operories Instruments are properly prepared for sterilizion by SPD standards Instruments are prepared in a manner th does not delay clinical care Demonstres proper infection control procedures in exposing images

Informion Management:

Maintain pient confidentiality per HIPAA with written and verbal informion. Follows computer security regulions

Pient Safety:

Modifies care as necessited by pient’s age and abilities (pient transfer and position). Participes in pient identificion and time out per Joint Commission requirements.

Employee Educion:

Complies with Employee Educion requirements Complete mandory annual safety training sessions

Direct Pient Care:

Monitor pient vital signs (BP, pulse, pulse oximeter) and condition during invasive trement and during recovery period following procedure. Coronal polishing of teeth Makes impressions for diagnostic casts and preliminary impressions for prosthetic fabricion. Provides pient preventive educion and oral hygiene instruction. Provides post-operive and other approprie pient educion.

Work Schedule :

7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday –

Friday Virtual:

Not a virtual position.

Telework :

Not available Functional Stement # : 08340F Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized Fi nancial

Disclosure Report:

Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship :

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

English Language Proficiency:

Dental assistants must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, this part. Experience and Educion (1) Experience . Six months experience th demonstres the applicant’s ability to perform the work, or provides familiarity with the work. OR, (2) Educion . Successful completion of a 1-year dental assistant program accredited by the American Dental Associion’s Commission on [Dental] Accredition [(CODA)]. (3) Experience/Educion Combinion. Equivalent combinions of experience and educion are qualifying. Certificion . Public Law 97-35 requires th persons who administer radiologic procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 CFR Part 75. Essentially, they must have successfully completed an educional program th meets or exceeds the standards described in th regulion, and is accredited by an organizion recognized by the Department of Educion, and be certified as radiographers in their field. (1) Provisions for Certificion of Radiologic Competence (a) Successful completion of the Dental Radiion Health and Safety Examinion administered by the Dental Assisting Nional Board, Inc.; OR, (b)] Successful completion of the Principles and Practice of Dental Radiology and Radiographic Safety courses and examinions developed by the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry. OR, (c) Successful completion of a radiion health and safety program or examinion approved by a ste board of dentistry or the Department of Defense (DoD). (2) Non-certified applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for certificion of radiologic competence may be given a temporary appointment as a gradue dental assistant under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405 (a) (1) (D). Failure to obtain certificion during th period is justificion for terminion of the temporary appointment. This [will result in removal from the GS-681 series and] may result in terminion of employment (3) Certificion in basic life support methods is highly desirable. (4) Certificion by the Dental Assisting Nional Board (DANB). The American Dental Associion (ADA) recognizes DANB as the nional certificion for Dental Assistants. DANB certificion is not required, but highly desirable for the appointment of Dental Assistants up to and including the full performance level, and is required for all positions above the full performance level. (5) Loss of Credential . An employee in this occupion who fails to obtain licensure/certificion/registrion within the required time frame, or who fails to maintain the required licensure/certificion/registrion must be removed from the occupion, which may also result in terminion of employment. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria). d. Grandfhering Provision . [All persons employed in VHA in this occupion on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series, and grade held, including certificion [(for positions above the full performance level)] th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements required in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey)level, or [changed to lower grade] within the occupion, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. Such employees [MUST] meet the [certificion]requirement before they can be promoted to those higher grade levels. Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. Employees initially grandfhered into this occupion, who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or licensure/certificion /registrion th meet all the basic requirements of this qualificion standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion. If an employee who was retained [ ] under this provision leaves [the] occupion, the employee loses protected stus and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion.

Grade Determinions :

GS-7 Lead Dental Assistant 1. Experience . At least 1 year of experience the next lower grade level th demonstres the core competencies described th level. In addition, the candide must demonstre the following technical

KSAs:

2 . Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Advanced knowledge of dental assisting across multiple areas of practice, and demonstred ability to provide guidance to staff dental assistants. Skill in coordining clinical workflow and assignments. Ability to assist in dental program development, outcome management, and stregic planning. Skill in acting as the liaison between staff dental assistants and the supervisor. Ability to provide professional oversight and consultion for staff dental assistants. 3. Assignment . The Lead Dental Assistant works with the supervisor or Chief Dental Service to monitor and make work assignments, provide input on performance, resolve daily workplace issues, and maintain efficient flow of pient care; may approve brief periods of leave, provide training to staff dental assistants, students and/or trainees; may recommend special advancements and promotions, disciplinary actions, etc. Assignments this level include but are not limited to: provides instruction to other assistants in achieving diagnostic quality radiographs, provides instruction in maintenance of all dental service equipment, provides primary support to the chief for the daily delivery of department programs, reporting, staffing and scheduling, coordines the pients’ care plans to reduce redundancies and delay in pient trement. Lead Dental Assistants generally would be found in Complexity Level 1 (High Complexity) or Complexity Level 2 (Medium Complexity) facilities, or in facilities of lesser complexity levels where large dental services are found. Individuals may perform ancillary assignments, including program management duties on an occasional basis.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-06. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is a GS-07

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion During the applicion process, you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume Professional Certificio n SF-50•Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: Job title Current grade level & step Duties (be as detailed as possible…we will NOT make assumptions of your qualificions) Month and year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) If you are selected, you may be required to submit additional informion regarding your level of knowledge, skills and abilities required for this position.

Note :

Applicants must account for, and document any gaps in their work history. •SF-50 – If your most recent SF-50 has an effective de (shown in box 4) within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess the 1 full year of specialized experience in your present grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50, prior to your most recent one. The yearly Cost of Living Adjustment SF-50, issued in January, does not prove a full year of specialized experience. Monetary or time off award SF-50’s do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted. Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old The following documents are accepted and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please use this to ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter License PCS Orders Performance Appraisal SF-15 Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/15/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion David Califano Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume Professional Certificio n SF-50•Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: Job title Current grade level & step Duties (be as detailed as possible…we will NOT make assumptions of your qualificions) Month and year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) If you are selected, you may be required to submit additional informion regarding your level of knowledge, skills and abilities required for this position.

Note :

Applicants must account for, and document any gaps in their work history. •SF-50 – If your most recent SF-50 has an effective de (shown in box 4) within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess the 1 full year of specialized experience in your present grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50, prior to your most recent one. The yearly Cost of Living Adjustment SF-50, issued in January, does not prove a full year of specialized experience. Monetary or time off award SF-50’s do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted. Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old The following documents are accepted and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please use this to ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter License PCS Orders Performance Appraisal SF-15 Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/15/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion David Califano Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/01/2025 to 05/15/2025 Salary $49,960 – $64,952 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12724235-25-DC

Control number 836244000 ., .