Military / VA Dentistry Job in Rapid City, South Dakota
This dentistry position in Rapid City, South Dakota is offered as a Military/VA opportunity, structured as federal employment supporting active-duty personnel, veterans, and their families. As with federal roles of this kind, compensation follows federal schedules with federal benefits, and malpractice coverage falls under federal protection rather than a privately purchased policy. This structure is designed to keep your focus on patient care rather than the billing and business administration side of practice.
The role is available under either a straight employment or contract financial arrangement, with the financial offering listed as Open. There is no patient call and no emergency department call associated with this position, supporting a predictable schedule. Partnership is not a feature of this role.
Candidates are considered across a range of experience levels — recently trained, experienced, and very experienced — and board status, including board certified, board eligible, and board ineligible applicants. A Doctor of Dental Medicine/Surgery (DDS) is required, and both American Medical Graduates and Foreign Medical Graduates are eligible to apply, provided candidates hold US citizenship. The position is based in a community setting ranging from smaller towns to larger metropolitan areas.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Dentistry
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Military/VA
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
DDS - Dentist
Ellsworth
Air Force Base
Nestled in the
majestic Black Hills, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is located 10 miles east
of Rapid City and just outside of Box Elder. The base - home to the 28th Bomb
Wing - is one of only two B-1B bases in the world. Ellsworth is surrounded by
numerous scenic sights. From the picturesque Badlands to the east, to the Black
Hills in the west, to the grazing buffalo and pristine lakes of Custer State
Park, this is a region of great natural beauty. Legendary sites including Mount
Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Fort Meade, historic Deadwood and Devil's Tower
are a short distance beyond the base's main gate.
REQUIREMENTS (duties may include, but not limited to)
- Dental practice, management of patients, and dental prescriptions will be accomplished in accordance with applicable AFMS clinical practice guidelines and JCAHO/HSI standards and instructions set forth in facility where privileges are awarded.
- Examines, diagnoses, and treats disease, abnormalities, injuries and dysfunctional disorders of the oral cavity and its associated structures.
- Examines patients and interprets radiographs and diagnostic tests to determine type and extent of dental diseases and disabilities or dysfunctions.
- Evaluates findings and prescribes type, extent, and order of treatment. Refers nondental problems to appropriate medical specialty. Restores health and function of carious, fractured, otherwise defective teeth.
- Performs routine preventive, periodontal, oral surgery, endodontic, and prosthodontic treatment.
- Provides consultation services.
- Performs comprehensive dental functions. Performs complex dental treatment procedures in the absence of specialist.
- May serve as preceptor for general dentistry residency programs.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must hold a doctor of dental surgery or a doctor of dental medicine degree from an American Dental Association accredited college or university.
- Must have and maintain an active, valid unrestricted, current dental license (with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions) in a US jurisdiction. License must correspond to DEA registration number.
- Must possess a valid Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number in order to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
- Must have one (1) year of experience performing clinical dentistry out of the last 18 months.
- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment, Contract
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $193,859 - $289,646 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: South Dakota
- Practice City: Rapid City
- Community Size: 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Doctor of Dental Medicine/Surgery (DDS)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible, Board Ineligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Agency: KurzSolutions
