Clinical Assistant Professor (Periodontics)

Clinical Assistant Professor (Periodontics)

Primary Purpose and Essential Functions:

The Department of Periodontics is responsible for providing periodontal pre-clinical and clinical content within the dental school's pre-doctoral curriculum for DDS and IDS students.

Pacific faculty engage in teaching, clinical activities, scholarship, professional development, and service. The successful candidate will provide didactic, pre-clinical and clinical supervision of student learning experiences within the discipline.

University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision-making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio-cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and
Staff

Position is Part-Time, 3 days/week, 44 weeks/year (non-tenure track)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Responsibilities may include any of the following:

I. General

• Be a role model and actively promote ethics, humanism,

professionalism, collaboration, and the vision/mission of the dental school.

• Engage students and colleagues in reflection and critical

thinking.

• Stay current in the discipline.
• Perform appropriate duties as assigned by the Department

Chair.

II. Teaching

• Deliver lectures, seminars, preclinical simulation exercises,

clinical teaching, and online teaching to support the Department of
Periodontics didactic, pre-clinical and clinical courses.

• Serve as a course director for assigned predoctoral courses, with

responsibility for course planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation.

• Be accessible, approachable, and fair in your interactions with

students.

• Provide feedback and assessment using methods that preserve

dignity, promote learning, develop consistency and lead to valid outcomes.

• Participate fully in department calibration exercises.
• Utilize student ratings of instruction and peer evaluations to

improve curricular content and delivery.

III. Patient Care

• Promote patient-centered care in our clinics.
• Engage in faculty orientation and calibration.
• Help set high standards of care for our clinics; refer when

appropriate; and participate in quality assurance programs.

• Be on time for clinical sessions for which you are responsible

and stay the full session.

• Provide periodontal surgical care, including evaluation,

treatment planning, and surgery

• Participate in and provide coverage for evening/night clinic

sessions as assigned to ensure continuity of patient care and student supervision.

IV. Scholarship

• Build research endeavors in which you are genuinely

interested.

• Demonstrate effort in scholarly activities including peer-

reviewed publications and presentations to colleagues.

• Recognize that scholarship is necessary for promotion.

V. Service

• Engage in service opportunities related to the dental school, the

university, the profession, and the community.

Minimum Qualifications:

Knowledge of:

• Dental school generalist teaching model, integrated

interprofessional care, and competency based education and assessment methodology.

• Accepted non-surgical and surgical protocols for the

periodontal management of patients.

• Computer software to include Word, Excel, AxiUm/Epic and

PowerPoint.

Experience:

• Minimum two years teaching experience in an accredited dental

school setting.

• Minimum of 5 years practice experience.

Education:

• DDS/DMD or equivalent.
• Certificate of Proficiency in Periodontics from a recognized

U.S. post-doctoral program.

• Valid CPR certificate.

Working Conditions:

• Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens may be reasonably

anticipated. Personal protective equipment is expected to be utilized.

• Position requires coordination of a variety of duties in

occasionally stressful non-clinical and clinical situations.

• Requires occasional attendance at weekend/evening events and

meetings.

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to:

• Promote the dental school vision, mission and core values.
• Communicate effectively with faculty, staff, residents, and

students in a variety of ways to include direct conversation, email, text, meetings, etc.

• Provide patient-centered care in a humanistic environment.
• Reflect, self-assess, and think critically.
• Maintain confidentiality of information.
• Demonstrate professional judgment.
• Effectively manage projects and deadlines.
• Work independently and efficiently.

Other:

• Experience and sensitivity in working with people of diverse

backgrounds and cultures.

• Demonstrated experience in advancing social justice, equity,

and inclusion in a university setting.

• Ability to engage and integrate culturally responsive practices

and knowledge in their work.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative but not definitive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. GENERAL: Faculty should have sufficient motor function to execute movements essential to providing oral health care to patients. SPECIFIC: Must possess the motor skills to perform palpation, percussion, auscultation and other diagnostic maneuvers, basic laboratory tests, dental preparations, and diagnostic procedures in a timely manner. Such actions require coordination of gross and fine muscular movements, equilibrium, and functional uses of the senses of touch and vision. SPECIFIC: Must be able to perform basic life support including CPR, transfer and position patients with disabilities, physically restrain adults and children who lack motor control, and position and reposition himself or herself around the patient and chair in sitting and standing positions for prolonged periods of time. A student must promote and support the ability of coworkers to perform prompt care. Must be able to operate controls, use high-speed or low speed dental handpieces for tooth preparation procedures, and use hand instrumentation including scalpels for surgical procedures. All of these skills must be performed within a reasonable time frame.

Special Instructions:

For in-person roles: This is an in-person role, and the successful candidate must be willing to relocate within
California, preferably within 25 miles of the (City) Pacific campus.

For online roles: While this is an online position, Pacific's three campuses are within California and its faculty and staff are mostly California residents. For administrative purposes, California residents are preferred. Out of state hires must be approved either by the Provost and Executive
Vice President for Academic Affairs (for academic hires) or by the
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations.

To apply, visit https://pacific.peopleadmin.com/postings/33025

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