Summary

Join our team in Salem - VA as a Full Time Dentist with EDRP benefits! The Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) determined by the Education Loan Repayment Services. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Transcripts and licensure must be included in application
• Below you will find all of the expectations of this job opportunity
• - Adhering to the requirements as outlined in the VHA Referral Coordination Initiative Implementation Guidebook
• - Ensure relevant information is communicated across dental services - with the aim to provide Veterans with appropriate and timely care options
• - Identify possible barriers to care with the Veteran - family - and clinical care team to provide a team-based plan of care
• - Enhance the quality of clinical outcomes and Veteran satisfaction while offering the Veteran the opportunity to make an informed decision about their care
• - Reduce the average time it takes to schedule appointments - whether the appointment is in the VA's direct care system or in the community
• - Perform clinical triage of the dental referral (consult) - Coordinate with other specialties - as needed
• - Document the availability and selection of VA Care options and modalities - and Community Care options
• - Utilize the provided script while communicating directly with the Veteran to ensure the most appropriate care option and modality of care is offered
• - Perform a warm hand-off with the appropriate care option: - Disposition the specialty referral appropriately (consult)
• Coordinate Care in the Community (CITC) - Remove non-value-added steps to optimize the use of clinical staff for the benefit of the Veteran
• - Have clinical knowledge of a variety of dental procedures and dental specialties
• - Maximize the interaction with the Veteran to identify needs and gather preferences to ensure that appropriate modality of care is offered
• - Provide clinical and administrative consultation and ongoing education to Primary Care and Specialty Care
• - Approve pending treatment plans - apply appropriate SEOCs - and priorities within 72 hours of initiation of a consult
• - Coordinates with VACC Dental Advanced Medical Support Assistants
• - Evaluate diagnostic information provided to the VA through community care providers
• Request additional information where necessary
• - Evaluate and weigh multiple treatment options
• - Review patient medical records and determine limiting factors in the patient's dental care to include extant records in CPRS - DRM+ - and Sidexis
• - Communicate authorizations and changes to requested procedures
• - Display knowledge of dental eligibilities as delineated in VA Handbook 1130.01
• - Enter authorized care into Dental Community Care consults
• - Communicate with the Chief of Dental regarding patient care
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• Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity 2
• Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions
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• Administer local anesthesia
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• Perform routine and complex restoration of teeth
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• Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth
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• Perform alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures
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• Perform prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures - full dentures - partial dentures - crowns - and fixed bridge work
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• Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth
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• Perform routine and surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist
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• Approve pending treatment plans - apply appropriate SEOCs and priorities within 72 hours of initiation of a consult
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• Coordinates with VACC Dental Advanced Medical Support Assistants
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• Evaluate diagnostic information provided to the VA through community care providers
• Request additional information where necessary
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• Evaluate and weigh multiple treatment options
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• Review patient medical records and determine limiting factors in patient's dental care to include extant records in CPRS - DRM+ - and Sidexis/MiPAcs
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• Record the request for service for treatment plans in DRM+ 16
• Communicate authorizations and changes to requested procedures
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• Display knowledge of dental eligibilities as delineated in VA Handbook 1130.01
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• Enter authorized care into Dental Community Care consults
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Monday - Friday 7:45a - 4:30p Telework: AD-HOC Virtual: This is not a virtual position Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
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