- Position Title
- Dentist- Current, Permanent Employees of El Paso VA Health Care System
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CAZM-12612097-25-NS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, November 20, 2024 to Wednesday, November 19, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
In order to receive appropriate consideration, you should submit proper documentation if you are claiming eligibility for Veterans' Preference, which includes a copy of your DD-214 (member copy 4 or earlier version that shows character of service). Applicant's claiming 10-Point preference should also submit an SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference along with the required documentation listed on the form (such as verification of service-connected disability percentage).
If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) or if the position requires a college education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
2.
Applicants are required to undergo and successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening test and must submit to random drug testing after employment. Will you comply with this requirement?
3.
Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment physical?
4.
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English?
Assessment 1
Basic Requirements for the position of Dentist VM-680
To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. This vacancy announcement is an "Open Continuous" announcement that will be used to capture interest in current and future Dentist positions within the El Paso VA Health Care System (including all associated clinics). Candidate application packages will remain active for 90 days. To continue to receive consideration beyond the initial 90 days, application packages must be updated within the system.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Are you proficient in spoken and written English? [To be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C., chapter 73 or 74, to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA, applicants must be proficient in written and spoken English.]
2.
Do you possess a degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery or dental medicine resulting from a course of education 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 States and Canadian schools of dentistry listed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation(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 State, 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 examination measuring science achievement and a performance examination measuring clinical competence certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant.
Approved schools are
(1) United States and Canadian schools of dentistry listed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation(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 State, 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 examination measuring science achievement and a performance examination measuring clinical competence certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant.
3.
Education Information: Please provide the following information regarding your education:
Name of institutional that awarded the degree.
Physical location of the institution (complete address)
Date degree was awarded (i.e. Month, day, year)
If you institution is affiliated with a university, please provide name and location of institution.
Please Note: Your resume will not be referred for consideration if information is incomplete and not able to be verified per the Qualification Standards.
Name of institutional that awarded the degree.
Physical location of the institution (complete address)
Date degree was awarded (i.e. Month, day, year)
If you institution is affiliated with a university, please provide name and location of institution.
Please Note: Your resume will not be referred for consideration if information is incomplete and not able to be verified per the Qualification Standards.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
4.
Have you completed, or are you currently completing, a residency program in general practice or specialty, or do you have comparable experience as a dentist actively involved in treating medically compromised patients?
5.
Residency Training Information: Please provide the following information regarding your education:
Name of institution where residency was completed.
Physical location of the institution (complete address)
Date residency was started and completed (i.e. Month, day, year)
If your institution is affiliated with a university, please provide name and location of institution.
Please Note: Your resume will not be referred for consideration if information is incomplete and not able to be verified per the Qualification Standards.
Name of institution where residency was completed.
Physical location of the institution (complete address)
Date residency was started and completed (i.e. Month, day, year)
If your institution is affiliated with a university, please provide name and location of institution.
Please Note: Your resume will not be referred for consideration if information is incomplete and not able to be verified per the Qualification Standards.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
6.
Do you currently hold, or will you hold, a current, full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia? Note: Dentists must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.
7.
Please indicate your citizenship status.
8.
Please provide the following information regarding your licensure (active and expired):
License type
License number
State issued
Date of original issuance
Date of expiration.
Please Note: Your resume will not be referred for consideration if information is incomplete and not able to be verified per the Qualification Standards.
License type
License number
State issued
Date of original issuance
Date of expiration.
Please Note: Your resume will not be referred for consideration if information is incomplete and not able to be verified per the Qualification Standards.