Job Description

Clinical Assistant Professor

Primary Purpose and Essential Functions: Reporting to the Chair of Periodontics. The faculty member will be responsible for providing periodontal preclinical and clinical instruction and will also be expected to engage in scholarship and service activities. The successful candidate will supervise preclinical and/or clinical student learning experiences in the discipline. Position is Full-Time, 4 days/week, 44 weeks/year (non-tenure track).

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.

Essential Functions: Responsibilities may include any of the following:

• Teaching Curriculum
  • Didactic instruction involving periodontal pre-clinical content.
  • Provide simulation exercises to support the pre-clinical courses.
  • Participate in outcomes assessment, including student and peer evaluation, to improve curricular content and presentation.
  • Participate in mandatory faculty calibration and development in pre-clinical area.
• Patient Care
  • Supervise students providing clinical care for patients in the clinic including periodontal surgery.
  • Participate in mandatory faculty calibration and development in pre-clinical and clinical areas.
• 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 is especially important.

Minimum Qualifications: Knowledge of:

• Dental school educational processes.
• Periodontal information and techniques taught within the Department.

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively with a diverse population of patients, students, staff, faculty and administration.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Work effectively in a group setting.
• Maintain confidentiality of information.
• Demonstrate professional judgment in all situations.

Education:

• DDS/DMD or international equivalent, completion of training from an Accredited Dental School program.
• Certificate of Proficiency in Periodontics with teaching experience.
• Valid CPR certification.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience:

• Two years of previous teaching and 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. 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:

To apply, visit https://pacific.peopleadmin.com/postings/31290