Tallo logoTallo logo

Dentist (Periodontist)

Job

VA Central Texas Health Care System

Temple, TX (In Person)

$230,000 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 3 days ago (Updated 13 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/6/2026

Apply for this opportunity

This job application is on an outside website. Be sure to review the job posting there to verify it's the same.

Review key factors to help you decide if the role fits your goals.
Pay Growth
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Not enough info to score pay or growth
Job Security
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Calculating job security score...
Total Score
83
out of 100
Average of individual scores

Were these scores useful?

Skill Insights

Compare your current skills to what this opportunity needs—we'll show you what you already have and what could strengthen your application.

Job Description

Dentist (Periodontist) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Central Texas VA Health Care System Summary The Periodontist serves as a practicing dental specialist within Dental Service, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS), providing a full range of professional periodontal procedures within the scope of the specialty. The incumbent delivers comprehensive oral healthcare focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and trement of periodontal disease and conditions affecting the supporting structures of the teeth. Learn more about this agency Summary The Periodontist serves as a practicing dental specialist within Dental Service, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS), providing a full range of professional periodontal procedures within the scope of the specialty. The incumbent delivers comprehensive oral healthcare focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and trement of periodontal disease and conditions affecting the supporting structures of the teeth. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/15/2026 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Salary $210,000
  • $250,000 per year Educion and length of practice & are considered through a pay-setting process to determine final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay) Pay scale & grade VM 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Temple, TX 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) 0680 Dental Officer Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number
CAZM-12953441-26-AE
Control number 867999800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency All qualified candides encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
NOTE:
The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more informion, refer to Required Documents below. Videos Duties Help Perform comprehensive oral and radiographic examinions reled to periodontal diagnosis. Diagnose diseases and conditions affecting the gingiva, periodontal ligament, and alveolar bone. Develop and implement periodontal trement plans. Perform non-surgical periodontal therapy, including scaling and root planning. Perform surgical periodontal procedures, including flap surgery and pocket reduction. Perform soft tissue grafting procedures, including gingival grafts for recession defects. Perform osseous surgery and regenerive procedures, including bone grafting. Place and restore dental implants as indiced. Manage peri-implant diseases and complicions. Provide periodontal maintenance therapy and long-term disease management. Administer local anesthesia and prescribe medicions as indiced. Manage periodontal emergencies, including acute infections and pain control. Interpret diagnostic imaging, including radiographs and CBCT/CT scans when indiced. Provide consultion to general dentists and other providers regarding periodontal and implant cases. Participe in interdisciplinary trement planning. Maintain accure and timely documention in the electronic health record (CPRS). Perform other procedures consistent with the scope of Periodontics as required by the service. Other duties assigned.
Work Schedule:
Monday thru Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Telework :
Not Available Virtual :
This is not a virtual position Requirements Help Conditions of employment All qualified candides encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. 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. 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). You may be required to serve a probionary period. Complete all applicion requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. 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 Requirement:
United Stes Citizenship:
Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Educion:
A degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery or dental medicine resulting from a course of educion in dentistry. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are (1) United Stes and Canadian schools of dentistry listed by the Commission on Dental Accredition (CODA), in the list published for the year in which the course of study was completed.(2) Schools (including foreign schools) accepted by the licensing body of a Ste, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia as qualifying for full and unrestricted licensure provided the licensure requirements include a written examinion measuring science achievement and a performance examinion measuring clinical competence certificion, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certifice, if claimed by the applicant. ~AND~ Completed, or you are currently completing, a residency program in general practice or specialty, or comparable experience as a dentist actively involved in treing medically compromised pients. ~AND~
Licensure and Registrion:
Currently hold, or will hold, a current, full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a Ste, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United Stes, or in the District of Columbia.
Note:
Dentists must maintain current registrion in the Ste of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure. English Language Proficiency. Dentists, including residents, appointed to direct pient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d).
Preferred Experience:
Advanced skills to provide a full range of clinical duties to determine the type of degree of illness within the dental scope. Advance skills and knowledge of dental practices. Working knowledge and in compliance with Safety and Environment of Care (EOC) standards and programs such as, MSDS Requirements, The Joint Commission, EOC Standards, GEMS Programs, and Infection Control Guidelines. Comprehensive exams utilizing radiographs, pulp testing, oral cancer screening, adjunctive medical laborory studies. Comprehensive exams utilizing dental prophylaxis, topical fluoride trements, dental sealants, enameloplasty, odontoplasty, hletic mouth guard/fluoride carrier, maintenance of dental implants. Restorions utilizing various filling merials dentures, partials, crowns, bridges, onlays, inlays, porcelain restorions, CAD/CAM restorions, valplast partials, trement partials, obturors, sleep apnea appliances, TMJ splints, positioners, nightguards, equilibrion, scale, root planning, curettage, soft tissue/ free gingival grafts, flap surgery, including osseous surgery.
References:
VA Regulions, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-3 Dentist Qualificion Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
Physical Requirements:
Light/modere carrying between 15 to 44 pounds, use of fingers, walking for 3 hours, standing for 6 hours, near vision correctable 13 to 16" Jaeger 1 to 4, Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other eye, and the ability to distinguish basic colors; hearing aid permitted. (See VA Handbook and Directive 5019).
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: http://ope.ed.gov/accredition/ . 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, : http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html .
NOTE :
If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this informion in your applicion.
NOTE:
If your school was accredited by the Commission on Dental Accredition (CODA) the time of graduion, but is no longer listed on the website, you must provide documention of accredition with your applicion packet. Additional informion 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, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 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.
NOTE:
A formal pay-setting process used to determine your salary. The salary may be any point in the range listed for this vacancy. 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 VA for Vets 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 Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume Special Note for
Applicions:
To complete your applicion, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field. Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field. 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 DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/
Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans' Preference Note:
Preference eligible candides and other Veterans given preference when qualificion of candides are approximely equal for Title 38 positions in VHA. 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 Feds Hire Vets
  • Veterans
  • Job Seekers
  • Veterans' Preference .
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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help 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 05/15/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12953441 . 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. 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. Agency contact informion Angela Eager Phone (205) 554-2000 ANGELA.EAGER@VA.GOV Address VA Central Texas Health Care System 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive Temple, TX 76504 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 USAJobs Help Center .
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. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume Special Note for
Applicions:
To complete your applicion, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field. Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field. 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 DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/
Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans' Preference Note:
Preference eligible candides and other Veterans given preference when qualificion of candides are approximely equal for Title 38 positions in VHA. 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 Feds Hire Vets
  • Veterans
  • Job Seekers
  • Veterans' Preference .
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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help 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 05/15/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12953441 . 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. 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Angela Eager Phone (205) 554-2000 ANGELA.EAGER@VA.GOV Address VA Central Texas Health Care System 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive Temple, TX 76504 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 USAJobs Help Center .
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. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/15/2026 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $210,000
  • $250,000 per year Educion and length of practice & are considered through a pay-setting process to determine final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay) Pay scale & grade VM 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Temple, TX 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
CAZM-12953441-26-AE
Control number 867999800

Similar remote jobs

Similar jobs in Temple, TX

  • Job

    Principal

    Kennedy - Powell Elementary

    Temple, TX

    Posted3 days ago

    Updated13 hours ago

  • Job

    Coremark Careers

    Temple, TX

    Posted3 days ago

    Updated13 hours ago

  • Job

    STG International

    Temple, TX

    Posted3 days ago

    Updated1 day ago

  • Job

    Baylor Scott White Health

    Temple, TX

    Posted3 days ago

    Updated13 hours ago

  • Job

    Department Trainer

    Novolex

    Temple, TX

    Posted3 days ago

    Updated13 hours ago

Similar jobs in Texas