The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center is seeking a highly qualified candidate for a Supervisory Dental Hygienist in Wichita Kansas. Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Bargaining Unit Status: Not Covered Fair Labor Standards Act: Non-Exempt Financial Disclosure Statement: Not Required

Duties

The supervisory dental hygienist is responsible for the supervision, administrative management, and direction of dental auxiliary staff. They have full supervisory responsibility over a section or equivalent work unit; but may also be delegated full administrative and professional responsibility for planning and directing the dental auxiliary staff activities for the service or equivalent unit at an independent outpatient clinic. Supervisory dental hygienists' typical duties include preparing work assignments, monitoring clinical performances of dental auxiliary staff, conducting performance appraisals, and other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the medical center has been satisfied. They ensure compliance with accrediting agency and regulatory requirements, establishes and monitors the quality of the pre-analytical processes as part of the overall dental service quality management program, and assures corrective action is initiated as needed. They conduct orientation and competency assessments of assigned staff. They develop policies and procedures, manages document control, develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements, and are responsible for professional and administrative management of an assigned area to include budget execution. Supervisory dental hygienists maintain interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals. Patient Care 1. Sets up operatory for planned dental procedure and cleans dental unit for timely turnover. 2. Complies with patient identification, time-out and reusable medical equipment processes. 3. Possesses knowledge of medical treatment adjuncts and indications and ability to safely administer medicaments (e.g. local anesthesia and sulcular lavage) 4. Utilizes advanced medical assessment techniques (interviewing patients and evaluating clinical findings such as normal and critical lab values) and adapts treatment based on medical and psychological issues. 5. Handles instruments safely, accurately, and efficiently. 6. Takes and records vital signs, reviews medical history. 7. Charts oral conditions as indicated. 8. Assesses patient's medical, dental, anxiety/phobias, medications and comorbidities. 9. Assesses the impact of patient's medical and dental condition on maintaining oral health. 10. Recognizes age-related changes in individual patients, adapts patient environment, and maximizes patient's physical comfort. 11. Indicates use for and utilizes adjunctive diagnostic and therapeutic equipment safely (eg. sonic, magnetostrictive ultrasonic, and piezo ultrasonic scalers). 12. Provides safe and thorough prophylaxis, gross debridement, scaling and root planning, and soft-tissue curettage for complex periodontal and restorative cases. 13. Provides safe care for patients with complex medical/psychiatric issues. 14. Cleans dental prostheses, fixed and removable. 15. Applies appropriate topical fluoride solutions or varnishes. 16. Administers topical anesthetic agents 17. Administers local anesthesia 18. Applies desensitizing agents. 19. Performs routine maintenance of equipment components such as suction traps, water lines, etc. 20. Manages dental recall system, referring patients to the doctor for additional care when needed. 21. Manage consults per dental Chief's request by administratively complete, entering community care consults, and receiving class VI and class III consults. 22. Recommend OTC and prescription oral care products collaboratively with dental chief. 23. Enter prescriptions for dentist as indicated and hold for review and signature. 24. Record PSR, oral health assessment, and oral cancer screening at every preventative appointment. 25. Discuss referrals to periodontist with dental chief as indicated. 26. Provide dental hygiene diagnosis and recommended recall rate to treating dentist as needed. 27. Chart full mouth periodontal readings 1x per year. b. Supervisory Duties 1. Possesses advanced knowledge of multiple types of dental practices for dental hygiene and/or dental assisting and utilizes knowledge to provide guidance to dental auxiliary staff. 2. Prepares work assignments, coordinates clinical workflow, monitors clinical performances of dental auxiliary staff, and provides workload analysis in Dental Clinic operations. 3. Analyzes clinically appropriate data and makes recommendations to optimize quality, efficiency, performance, and productivity within service. 4. Conducts performance appraisals and other clinical and administrative tasks to ensure dental service and medical center missions are satisfied. 5. Ensures compliance with accrediting agency and regulatory requirements. Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: Supervisory Dental Hygienist/FS# 000000 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education. Applicants must possess an Associate's degree or higher from an accredited dental hygiene program. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved programs are: (1) Dental hygiene programs accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). (2) Education completed outside of the United States must be considered at least equivalent to that gained in CODA accredited United States programs and would enable the candidate to sit for the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination, which is administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. Licensure. Applicants must be currently licensed to practice as a dental hygienist with a full, current and unrestricted license in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia. English Language Proficiency. Dental Hygienist candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: GS-10 Experience. At least one year of experience at the next lower grade level, GS-09 that demonstrates the clinical competencies described at that level. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA). In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-09 level, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs and demonstrate the potential to acquire the assignment-specific KSAs designated by an asterisk (*): Advanced knowledge of dental hygiene and/or dental assisting across multiple types of dental practice to provide guidance and training to dental auxiliary staff; Skill in coordinating clinical workflow and work assignments; Ability to develop policy, manage equipment requests and provide workload analysis in Dental Clinic operations; Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills, including skill in interpersonal relations and conflict resolution to deal with employees, team leaders, and managers; Ability to analyze clinically appropriate data and make recommendations to optimize quality, efficiency, performance, and productivity within service; and Ability to perform the full range of supervisory duties which would include responsibility for assignment of work to be performed; competency assessments; performance evaluations; selection of staff; and recommendation of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary actions. References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G37 Dental Hygienist Qualification Standards, GS 0682. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-10.

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 Robert J Dole VA Medical and Regional Office Center 5500 East Kellogg Drive Wichita, KS 67218 US
• Name: John Balmer
• Phone: 316-469-0755
• Email: [email protected]