Summary

The Chief of Dental Services works at the Tomah VA campus - Monday - Friday - 8:00 - 4:30. The Chief - Dental Service is the primary subject matter expert to VA facility leadership on all oral health care matters. The Chief - Dental Service is responsible for planning - organizing - leading - and controlling the operations of the dental service.

Duties

• The Chief - Dental Service is the primary subject matter expert to VA facility leadership on all oral health care matters
• Duties include but not limited to: Ensuring dental staff provide appropriate dental care to promote - preserve - and restore the oral health of Veterans Upholding standards for the correct documentation and coding of completed dental procedures
• Reviewing dental provider panels and clinical productivity goals/expectations and manage them accordingly
• Monitoring - reviewing - and implementing plans to improve dental service performance on the Office of Dentistry Dental Quality Indicators
• Ensuring the dental service follows VHA policies
• Ensuring VA medical facility-level dental service operational procedures and SOPs are consistent with national policies and guidelines
• Enforcing personnel policies - ethical standards - and performance standards
• and promoting the VA Core Values of Integrity - Commitment - Advocacy - Respect - and Excellence
• Ensuring all dental hygienists have an appropriate functional statement
• Collaborating with the VISN Lead Dentist to ensure implementation of VHA national policy and VISN policy at the VA medical facility
• Providing regular dental service briefings to VA medical facility leadership on all matters affecting the delivery of dental care
• Carrying out fiscal and budgetary planning activities
• Managing affiliation and VA Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) accredited residency programs in collaboration with the VA medical facility Designated Education Officer
• Assisting the VA medical facility Director in following recommendations set by the VA Office of Inspector General - the Joint Commission - and other survey bodies VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Contract Buy Out Program: This position may be eligible for the Physician / Provider Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP) - which authorizes VHA to buy out service contracts (Locum agreements - loan repayments - sign-on bonus contracts - Physician-owned practices) in exchange for employment at certain rural or highly rural facilities for a period of obligated service (minimum 4 years)
• For additional information and eligibility requirements - contact the VHA Contract Buy Out Program Manager at vacontractbuyoutprog@va.gov.