Dental Assistant Position Available In Palm Beach, Florida

Dental Assistant Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Veterans Health Administrion Summary The Dental Assistant facilites of direct pient care by working together with the dentist in restorive, prosthodontic, maxillofacial prosthodontic, periodontal, endodontic, and oral surgery procedures. They prepare the pient for trement, schedule appointments, assist with the aspiring of air/wer syringes, expose dental radiographs, and take impressions for provision crowns. This position is loced the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/29/2025 to 07/29/2025 Salary $47,882

• $62,244 per year Pay scale & grade GS 6 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: West Palm Beach, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required 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-12724391-25-DC

Control number 836096000 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to all U.S. citizens if you are a current VAl employee, please apply to announcement

CBTC-12724392-25-DC

Videos Duties The dental assistant is an oral healthcare professional trained to provide supportive procedures for the dentist and for the pients. The incumbent performs a wide range of intra-oral dental procedures and provides chair side assistance in the clinic and opering room setting, as needed. Assistants should use time out protocols to confirm pients’ identity with least two hospital approved identifiers before seing and preparing pients for trement.

The dental assistant will:

Prepare pient, sterilize and disinfect merials, and assist dentist during dental procedures. Expose dental diagnostic x-rays. Take dental histories and vital signs of pients. Assist dentist in management of medical or dental emergencies. Provides administrive support to the clinical staff rendering care to those Veterans eligible to receive trement. Responsible for the maximum utilizion of centralized scheduling to encompass both outpient and inpient appointments and coordinion of Dental Providers the WPB VAMC, for the master control of all Dental clinics and approprie notificion to Veterans for future appointments. Responsible for assuring compension and pension examinions are scheduled within manded guidelines. Continually monitors pient flow, maintains contact with clinical support staff to resolve delays and miscommunicion in the clinical aspect of providing dental care. Ensures pient access to care by having dental appointments properly scheduled. Accurely inputs da requesting follow-up appointments or trement and generes letters to pients informing them of clinic appointments. Provides advisory and technical assistance to both pients and staff with regard to eligibility for dental trement, as well as other special programs (i.e. Beneficiary Travel, Fee Basis, Nursing Home and Domiciliary Care.

Work Schedule :

Full Time, 4 ten-hour days. (7:00 a.m.

• 5:30 p.

m.)

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Telework :

Not available

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 40166

F Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not authorized. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not authorized.

Financial 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.

Experience and Educion:

Six months experience th demonstres the applicant’s ability to perform the work, or provides familiarity with the work. OR, Educion . Successful completion of a 1-year dental assistant program accredited by the American Dental Associion’s Commission on Dental Accredition (CODA). 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. Provisions for

Certificion of Radiologic Competence-Documention Submitted :

Successful completion of the Dental Radiion Health and Safety Examinion administered by the Dental Assisting Nional Board, Inc.; OR, 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, Successful completion of a radiion health and safety program or examinion approved by a ste board of dentistry or the Department of Defense (DoD). 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. 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

• (Documention Submitted).

Certificion in basic life support methods is highly desirable. 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). GS-6

Grade Determinion :

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met:

Experience:

At least 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, GS-05, th demonstres the core competencies described th level, which are: 1. Knowledge of anomy and ability to evalue diagnostic quality. 2. Broad knowledge of common medical emergencies and vital signs measurement. 3. Basic knowledge of instruments, merials, and standardized dental procedures. 4. Ability to learn and utilize software programs used within VHA. 5. Basic communicion skills to provide pient instructions according to established protocol. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA): In addition, the candide must demonstre the following technical

KSAs:

Ability to identify normal oral anomy. Advanced knowledge of instruments, merials, and standardized dental procedures used in all phases of restorive, surgical, endodontic and periodontal care and procedures. Ability to monitor and perform basic interpretion of vital signs. Ability to independently provide procedure-specific pient educion and approprie referral of pient concerns to treing dentist. Ability to capture standard and special dental images of good diagnostic quality in traditional or digital forms. Ability to perform maintenance on dental equipment used for routine and specialty dentistry. Ability to enter and retrieve da utilizing electronic dental records. Ability to perform dental assistant-approprie laborory procedures.

References:

VA Handbook 5005 /15 Part II Appendix G36, March 17, 2006 The full performance level of this vacancy is GS

• 6.

The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-3 to GS-6.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands of the work include modere lifting (15-44 lbs.), heavy carrying (45 lbs. and over), ability for rapid mental and muscular coordinion simultaneously, near vision correctable 13″ to 16″ to Jaeger 1 to 4, good distant vision in one eye, ability to hear whisper voice. There is modere walking (3-4 hrs.) and some extended periods of standing (3-4 hrs). 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 Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. 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. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. 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
• Resume
• Please include the following informion for each job listed: 1.
• Job title; 2.
• Current GS Grade Level 3.
• Month and year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008); 4.
• Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week); 5.
• Duties (be as detailed as possible.

..we will NOT make assumptions on your qualificions) 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. Cover Letter Certificion by the Dental Assisting Nional Board (DANB)

• if possess Transcript SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
• if current federal employee DD-214/ Stement of Service
• if claiming veterans preference
• Disability Letter (VA)
• if claiming veterans preference
• SF-15
• if claiming veterans preference
• VA Form 10-2850c

Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . 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 07/29/2025 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

USA JOBS

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 West Palm Beach VA Medical Center 7305 North Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33410 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

• Resume
• Please include the following informion for each job listed: 1.
• Job title; 2.
• Current GS Grade Level 3.
• Month and year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008); 4.
• Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week); 5.
• Duties (be as detailed as possible.

..we will NOT make assumptions on your qualificions) 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. Cover Letter Certificion by the Dental Assisting Nional Board (DANB)

• if possess Transcript SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
• if current federal employee DD-214/ Stement of Service
• if claiming veterans preference
• Disability Letter (VA)
• if claiming veterans preference
• SF-15
• if claiming veterans preference
• VA Form 10-2850c

Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . 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 07/29/2025 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

USA JOBS

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 West Palm Beach VA Medical Center 7305 North Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33410 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 04/29/2025 to 07/29/2025 Salary $47,882

• $62,244 per year Pay scale & grade GS 6 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: West Palm Beach, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required 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-12724391-25-DC

Control number 836096000 ., .