This position is in the Specialty & Diagnostics (S&D) Service at VA Northern Arizona Health Care System - Bob Stump VA Medical Center in Prescott, AZ. The Dental Laboratory Technician performs work of considerable difficulty, provides, and fabricates specialized complex dental or intra-oral maxillofacial appliances often collaborating with an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and Prosthodontist.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** The duties include but are not limited to the following. The Dental Laboratory Technician functions as the lead technician for the dental laboratory, provides education, training, and instruction to other dental assistants within the service line. The incumbent coordinates any fee-basis outsourcing and QA all prosthesis received from the VA Central Dental Laboratory; takes responsibility for any projects, problems, questions related to fabrication, delivery, and insertion of intra-oral maxillofacial prosthesis; and provides specialized Dental Laboratory management, oversight, and coordination in support of Dental Services, Specialty and Diagnostics Service line throughout Central and Northern Arizona. Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to: Collaborating with a Fellowship trained Prosthodontist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and General Dentists to design and fabricate complex dental or intra-oral maxillofacial appliances. Working with these specialists in developing the design of the appliance; fabricating, or overseeing the fabrication of the appliance; and resolving problems in its fabrication. Utilizing a very thorough knowledge of oral anatomy, tooth morphology and dentition; a thorough knowledge of laboratory materials, tools, and equipment; and a very high degree of skill in their use. Involving in complex removable and fixed oral-maxillofacial appliance including, fixed, semi-fixed, or removable implant cases, partial and complete dentures when the severe nature of the dental abnormalities. Resolving particularly difficult problems of retention, balance, reducing tension on natural teeth and tissue, and similar problems. Constructing routine full and partial dentures, dental splints and obturators, model work for fixed prostheses and other laboratory products to support the treatment needs of staff dentists. Pouring primary and final impressions; fabricating custom trays; fabricating bite rims; mounting casts on articulators; setting teeth for trial dentures/partials; investing, packing, processing and finishing dentures/partials; polishing prosthesis following adjustment; fabricating night guards; fabricating provisional prostheses; repairing broken prostheses; adding teeth to prostheses; fabricating fluoride trays; fabricating stints; fabricating transitional partials, managing implant fabrication process, fabricating wrought wire clasps. Performing quality assurance and inspections on prostheses fabricated by outside laboratories, including prescription compliance. Providing education, training, and instruction to other clinic personnel. Responsible for the daily operation and throughput of dental products with the dental laboratory. Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday to Friday; 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following requirements. Specialized Experience (GS-08): You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (i.e., GS-07). Specialized experience for this position and grade include: Use of dental laboratory material such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and similar materials; Use of laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, engines, and hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment; Use of precision instruments such as articulators, surveyors, and microanalyzers; and Construction of dental prosthetic appliances. OR Education (GS-08): Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successful completion of one and a half years of graduate education that is directly related to the work of the position (Dental Laboratory Technician). Such graduate education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. NOTE: Licensed professional dentists will be considered qualified for any grade level if they have, in the aggregate, the required experience in dental laboratory procedures. Transcripts Required. OR Combination (GS-08): Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education, as described above. If education is used to meet specialized experience requirements, then such education must include courses directly related to the work of the position. Transcripts Required. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Critical ThinkingMedicine and DentistryTechnical Competence IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Physical Requirements: Long periods of standing. sitting and bending are required. The ability to lift materials, supply, plaster, and boxes weighing 50 pounds from the floor to the counter. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Bob Stump VA Medical Center 500 Highway 89 North Prescott, AZ 86313 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]