Pre-Clinical/Clinical Faculty, Preventive and Restorative Dentistry

Pre-Clinical/Clinical Faculty, Preventive and Restorative
Dentistry (Evergreen position)

Primary Purpose and Essential Functions:

The Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry at the
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry,
invites applicants to apply for a part-time, pre-clinical/clinical
faculty up to 2 days per week, 40 weeks per year. The department is
responsible for providing the preventive and restorative
preclinical and clinical content within the dental school
pre-doctoral curriculum including preventive, direct restoration
(operative), indirect restoration (fixed), removable prosthodontic
and implant restoration.

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.

Pacific faculty engage in teaching, scholarship and service. The
successful candidate will supervise pre-clinical student learning
experiences in the discipline.

Responsibilities may include any of the following:

I. Teaching Curriculum

• Instruction in the Integrated Pre-clinical Technique (IPT)

curricular strand.

• Participate in outcomes assessment, including student and peer

evaluation, to improve curricular content and presentation.

• Assist in setting standards of care for our Dugoni School of

Dentistry student.

• Participate in mandatory faculty calibration and development in

pre-clinical areas.

II. Patient Care

• Supervise students providing clinical care of patients in the

Dugoni School clinic.

• Participate in mandatory faculty calibration and development in

clinical areas.

II. Collaboration and Service

• Engage broadly in other school, university, professional, and

community service opportunities.

• In addition to the traditional expectations for faculty

members, the culture of humanism and collaboration at the Arthur A.
Dugoni School of Dentistry is especially important.

Some travel to San Francisco may be required for calibration,
faculty development or other needs as determined by the Department
chair.

Minimum Qualifications:

Knowledge of:

• Dental school educational processes.
• Restorative and preventive information and technique.
• Dental materials and emerging digital applications to clinical

restorative treatment.

Experience:

• No previous teaching or practice experience is required for

pre-clinical instruction.

• Minimum three years of dental private practice experience for

clinical instruction and supervision of patient care.

Education:

• DDS/DMD or international equivalent.
• Completion of training from an accredited dental school

program.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Active license to practice dentistry.
• Valid CPR certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to:

• Communicate effective with a diverse population of patients.

students, staff, faculty and administration.

• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Work effectively in a group setting.
• Reflect, self-assess, and think critically.
• Maintain confidentiality of information.
• Demonstrate professional judgment in all situations.

Experience:

• Previous teaching or practice experience is preferred

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. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.

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 around the patient and chair in sitting and standing
positions for prolonged periods of time. 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 reasonable time frames.

Special Instructions:

This recruitment is to establish a pool of qualified candidates,
from which multiple short term, temporary appointments may be
made.

Your application will be active for up to 6 months within the
pooled position. If a job specific posting is created and you are
interested in that specific position, please reapply directly to
the posted position. Your previous pooled application will not
automatically transfer to the new job opening.

Submission of materials does not guarantee consideration for future
employment in openings of this type, since availability can be
unpredictable and consideration competitive.

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/32914

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