"Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor"

Job Summary:

Primary responsibilities of the dental hygiene clinical instructor are:

• Interact with the students and patients for the benefit of the patient’s oral health care.
• Provide written and oral feedback to students, evaluating their clinical performance in an objective and positive manner.
• Assist students in supervising clinic check in and check out procedures in a timely manner.
• Model professionalism in all manners of conduct and presentation.
• Follow the same requirements for dress code, piercings, hair, shoes, PPE, etc. as the students in the course they are instructing.
• Be familiar with clinic course syllabi, particularly with regards to clinic requirements by accepting enrollment and reviewing documents in appropriate CANVAS courses.
• Use CANVAS learning management system for student assessment and grading.
• Utilize iPad and or laptop computers for clinical and laboratory assessment and grading.
• Be knowledgeable of the content in the Clinic Policies and Procedures Manual, providing suggestions for future editions of the manual.
• Be prompt in attending assigned clinical sessions.
• Be responsible for planning and implementing assigned stations for clinic workshops.
• Attend regularly scheduled faculty in-service meetings.
• Regularly receive training in educational methodologies.

This is an in-person position at our downtown Spokane campus.

Required Qualifications:

• Meet annual continuing education requirements for re-licensure (i.e. 15 hours continuing education/year). Provide instruction utilizing current scientific methods and principles.
• Maintain current certification in Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (at least every two years), providing the operations manager with a copy of the certification.
• Maintain current Washington State Dental Hygiene license, providing the operations manager with a copy of the license.
• Document compliance with hepatitis B vaccination or sign a declination form.
• Document yearly tuberculosis skin testing or sign a declination form.
• Minimum BA in Dental Hygiene.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Maintain current membership in one’s professional association (i.e. American Dental Hygienists’ Association, American Dental Association)

Other Skills and Abilities:

Ability to work independently
Ability to work collaboratively

Conditions of Employment:

Appointment as a Part-time Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor does not confer any right to subsequent appointment.
This position, during the course of university employment will be involved in the receipt of, or accountability for, university funds or other items of value; as well as the unsupervised access with the developmentally disabled, vulnerable adults or children under the age of 16. The offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion and passing of a background check prior to beginning employment.
All new employees must comply with EWU immunization Policy 602-02 and provide proof of immunity or vaccination to MMR before beginning work at EWU. Waivers for the immunization requirements are available for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Sponsorship not available for this position at this time.

Salary Information:

$35/hour with bachelors in Dental Hygiene and registered hygienist in WA
$40/hour with bachelors in Dental Hygiene and a masters in related field and registered hygienist in WA
May become eligible for benefits after 6 months.