General Dentist

Overview

Location: Fort Carson, CO

Duty Hours: The healthcare worker (HCW) shall normally provide services for 80 hours per two-week period. Services shall be required for a period of 8.5 to 9 hours, including an uncompensated .5 hour or 1 hour lunch break, depending on shift length, between the hours of 0645 - 1515, Monday through Friday.

On-Call Services: Contract dentists are required to participate in the MTF/DTF on-call rotation as scheduled. On-call coverage is for after-hours dental emergencies, including pain relief, trauma, acute swelling, infection, and bleeding control. While on call, dentists must be readily available by phone and, if requested, report to the MTF/DTF within 30 minutes. The Government will provide the required communication device. Time spent providing on-site services is billed in 15-minute increments with a one-hour minimum when called in. On-call coverage may include federal holidays if they fall within the assigned rotation.

Pay: $112/hr

Position Type: Independent Contractor (1099)

Responsibilities

• Examines teeth, gums, and related tissues using dental instruments, dental radiographs, and other diagnostic instruments.Provides general dentistry procedures to include simple and complex restorations using approved restorative materials.
• Examines, diagnoses, and treats periodontal structures and diseases.
• Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases of the dental pulp and other dental tissues affecting the vitality of teeth and establishes treatment plan.
• Treats exposure of the dental pulp by pulp capping or removal of the dental pulp from the pulp chamber and root canal.
• Examines, diagnoses, and provides fixed and removable prosthetic procedures as approved by the local credentials committee.
• Examines, diagnoses, and treats specific teeth for extraction and/or surgical removal as approved by the local credentials committee.
• Prescribes medications, enters workload into workload data reporting system, and consults with and refers patients to appropriate specialists, when necessary, conducts oral health counseling, tobacco cessation counseling, and diet counseling.
• Examines, diagnoses, and treats other conditions of the oral cavity as approved by the local credentials committee.

Qualifications

Degree/Education (5.2.4): Doctor of Medical in Dentistry (DMD) or Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). Graduate from an accredited dental school approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA). Specialty Dentist must be a graduate of a dental specialty training program that is accredited by the CODA of the ADA.

Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support: Must have or must obtain a current, valid Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number prior to performing the contract services. Contractors must have and must maintain a current, active, valid, unrestricted state license to practice medicine in one of the 50 states in the United States, or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands as required to obtain or renew a DEA registration number under the then effective DEA rules.

Experience: Shall have been employed for at least one (1) year in the last (2) years on a full-time basis in the practice of dentistry or be a recent (1-year) graduate of an accredited, post-graduate dentistry training program.

AKAHI ASSOCIATES LLC

Akahi Associates is a premier provider of healthcare workers to various military treatment facilities across the United States. With a corporate office in Honolulu, Hawaii and recruiting office in San Antonio, Texas we specialize in providing skilled, trained and highly successful healthcare workers, including RNs, CRNAs, Physicians, LPN/LVN, Licensed Social Workers, and many more.

We have a strong focus on providing our government customers with quality and superior service.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Only qualified individuals who are being considered will be contacted for an interview.