This Supervisory Dental Assistant is responsible for the supervision, administrative management and direction of all lead and staff dental assistants at the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System. They are delegated full administrative and professional responsibility for planning and directing the Dental Assistant activities for the service at the direction of the Service Chief.

Duties

Supervisory Dental Assistant Duties include but are not limited to the following: Supervise a team of employees performing at the GS-7 level or below. Provide guidance and technical direction necessary for accomplishing the work of the team, assuring compliance with VA policies. Create daily work assignments to distribute and balance the workload among dental assistants in accordance with established workflow and job specialization. Ensure that each dental assistant is working at full capacity. Coordinate and integrate the work activities and resources of dental assistants from (2) Dental Service clinics (Jack C. Montgomery VAMC and 51 Yale CBOC). Work in constant conjunction with the lead dental assistant(s), ensuring the work assignments of employees in the unit are carried out. Develop, train and lead dental assistants with the objective to allow each dental assistant to have a fair opportunity for professional advancement. Assess dental assistant competencies and ensure progress toward competencies via feedback, training and ongoing monitoring. Create and provide staff training. Maintains documentation of training. Make recommendations to Chief as requested concerning promotions, reassignments, recognitions of performance and personnel needs. Establish program objectives and performance goals. Assess progress toward their achievement. Oversee the lead dental assistants in job training to new dental assistants in accordance with established procedures and practices. Maintain a current knowledge base and answers questions of other dental assistants on procedures, policies, directives, etc. Analyze organizational and operational problems and develop timely and economical solutions. Create and maintain written instructions and reference materials which are current ensuring compliance with VA policies. Devise ways to accommodate work operations to new and changing programs, which may arise due to changes in procedures, staffing and budget. Interview dental assistant job applicants as a member of the Selection Committee. Serves as a member of the Professional Standards Board for dental assistants. Maintains open door policy and counsels' assistants in improving clinic moral. Serve as service time approver. Serve as service ADPAC. Serve as service TMS administrator. Other duties as assigned by Service Chief. Work Schedule: FT, Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm (4-days) Telework: Not Available Functional Statement #: 50889-A 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: Experience: Six months experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the work, or provides familiarity with the work. OR Education. Successfully completion of a 1 year dental assistant program accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combinations of experience and education are qualifying. Certification: DANB certification is required for all position above the full performance level. Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiologic procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 CFR Part 75. Essentially, must have successfully completed an educational program that meets or exceeds the standards described in that regulation and is accredited by an organization recognized by the Department of Education and be certified as radiographers in their field. Certification in basic life support methods is highly desirable. Provisions for Certification of Radiologic Competence Successful completion of the Dental Radiation Health and Safety Examination administered by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. OR Successful completion of the Principles and Practice of Dental Radiology and Radiographic Safety courses and examinations developed by the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry. OR Successful completion of a radiation health and safety program or examination approved by a state board of dentistry or the Department of Defense (DoD). Grade requirements for GS-08 Supervisor Dental Assistant: Specialized Experience. In addition to the basic requirements, applicant must have at least 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade GS-07 that is directly related to the position being filled and fully meet the KSAs at that level. GS-08 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition, candidates must fully perform the KSAs at this grade level. a. Advanced knowledge of dental assisting across multi area of practice, and the demonstrated ability to provide guidance to staff dental assistants. b. Skill in coordination clinical work flow an assignment. c. Ability to assist the Chief in Dental Clinic operations related to policy development, equipment, requests and workload analysis. d. Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative work relationships. e. Ability to analyze clinically appropriate data effectively to optimize quality, performance, and productivity within the section. f. Ability to perform supervisory functions such as assessing competency, providing performance appraisals and managing training. References: VA Handbook 5005/46 Part II Appendix G36 Dental Assistant Qualification Standard Physical Requirements: Heavy lifting (45 lbs. or over). Moderate lifting (15-44 lbs.) Light lifting (15 lbs. and under). Light carrying (15 lbs. and under). Pushing (1 hour). Reaching above shoulder. Use of fingerprints. Both hands required. Walking (up to 4 hours). Standing (up to 8 hours). Kneeling (up to 2 hours). Repeated bending (up to 6 hours). Ability to rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously. Near vision correctable at 13" to 16". Hearing (aid permitted).

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 Jack C Montgomery VA Medical Center 1011 Honor Heights Drive Muskogee, OK 74401 US
• Name: Phillip Narey
• Phone: 720-723-4833
• Email: [email protected]