General Dentist
Pope Field, NC, 28308
General Dentist
Full Time • Pope Field, NC, 28308
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Job Overview
AIMS Locum Tenens is seeking a qualified General Dentist to provide comprehensive dental services to eligible military beneficiaries at Pope Dental Clinic, Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. The General Dentist will deliver preventive, diagnostic, restorative, and emergency dental care while working as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The provider will ensure the highest standards of patient care in accordance with Defense Health Agency (DHA), Army regulations, Joint Commission standards, and accepted principles of modern dentistry.
Specific Duties:
- Perform comprehensive oral examinations and evaluate patients for dental diseases, abnormalities, injuries, and oral health conditions.
- Interpret dental radiographs, diagnostic tests, and clinical findings to establish accurate diagnoses and treatment plans.
- Provide preventive dental services including examinations, cleanings, fluoride treatments, patient education, and oral disease prevention.
- Perform restorative procedures including fillings, crowns, bridges, and treatment of fractured or defective teeth.
- Perform routine oral surgery procedures, including uncomplicated extractions and management of dental infections.
- Perform endodontic procedures within the scope of clinical privileges.
- Provide periodontal evaluation and treatment, including scaling and root planing when appropriate.
- Diagnose and manage dental emergencies, infections, trauma, and acute pain.
- Prescribe medications related to dental treatment, pain management, and infection control as clinically indicated.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation in electronic dental records.
- Collaborate with dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
Qualifications
Degree:
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD).
Education:
- Graduate from a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA).
Certification:
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in General Dentistry.
Experience:
- Experience sufficient to meet Defense Health Agency credentialing and privileging requirements.
- Previous military, federal, hospital, or group practice experience is preferred.
Licensure:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in any U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain DEA registration.
- Must be eligible for credentialing and clinical privileges at the Military Treatment Facility.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
Skills and Abilities:
- Strong clinical knowledge of general dentistry and oral disease management.
- Ability to diagnose and develop comprehensive treatment plans.
- Proficiency in preventive, restorative, prosthodontic, periodontal, endodontic, and minor oral surgery procedures.
- Ability to interpret dental radiographs and diagnostic imaging.
- Strong clinical judgment and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Schedule:
- Monday – Friday
- 0700 – 1600
- No routine on-call requirements
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods.
- Manual dexterity required to perform dental procedures.
- Ability to safely lift and move up to 25 pounds.
- Normal visual acuity and hand-eye coordination required.
Immunization Requirements:
- Must meet all Defense Health Agency occupational health requirements, including required immunizations, annual influenza vaccination, tuberculosis screening, physical examination, and other medical clearance requirements before beginning employment.
Security Requirements:
- Must successfully complete background investigation and credentialing.
- Must maintain clinical privileges throughout employment.
- Must comply with all Military Treatment Facility security and access requirements.
Compensation: $75.00 - $80.00 per hour
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About Us
AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, d/b/a AIMS Force is a WOSB certified healthcare management company based in Northern Virginia and Washington DC area focus on healthcare management in both public and private sectors.
AIMS Locum Tenens is one of the fastest growing healthcare management solution specialized in management of highly skilled healthcare professionals in both commercial and government healthcare facilities all over the country. We have the experience, resources, and scale required to help physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to take advantage of both short and long term staffing opportunities in a wide variety of practice specialties. We do staff healthcare providers for both short and long-term assignments to local, state and federal government healthcare facilities.
AIMS realizes the key to quality is attention to details. AIMS is the one stop shop for various healthcare facilities and handles every steps to get best candidate from sourcing, recruitment, candidate screening, credentialing, final placement and retention of highly qualified healthcare provider.
As one of the nation’s fastest growing healthcare management companies, AIMS Locum Tenens manages highly qualified physicians and nurses during staffing crisis at community hospitals, clinics and Army based MTFs (Military Treatment Facilities). Hospital systems, MTFs, nursing homes and out patient clinics benefit from our comprehensive, cost-effective supplemental medical staffing services.
Our No. 1 priority is to provide the best service to our healthcare professionals and our hospital and MTFs clients. We welcome feedback and suggestions so we can continually improve our service.
At AIMS Locum Tenens, our core pillars—dedication, commitment, trustworthiness, and superior service—drive every aspect of our business.
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