Clinical Assistant Professor (Clinical Oral Health Care)

• Course director for COH 217, Clinical ODTP and Treatment Planning for DDS and IDS classes.
• Be the department liaison for ODTP in the clinical practice strand. Teaching ODTP in ICS as well as creating content for evaluation of ODTP in clinic.
• Serve as generalist faculty in main clinic including evening clinic sessions.
• Provide didactic and clinical guidance, education, orientation, and mentorship for students through procedural oversight and small group learning.
• Screen patients for group practices as needed.
• Teach in Emergency clinic as needed and during break weeks.
• Create quarterly Night clinic faculty schedule.
• Conduct night clinic faculty calibration biannually and act as point person for night clinic faculty.
• Meet with infection control manager and update the exposure binders annually for GPLs and night clinic lead faculty.
• Present at the class meetings, faculty orientation meetings and student orientation meetings.
• Approve University Project forms (Dentical training) and act as point person for students and faculty in the absence of GPLs.
• Perform all duties as assigned by the supervisor, which may include assisting with administrative tasks, supporting project management, and contributing to department operations as needed.
• Have the flexibility to travel to the Sacramento campus when required, supporting cross campus initiatives and collaboration.

• Be a role model and actively promote ethics, humanism, professionalism, the mission of the school, and personal growth for oneself and others.
• Demonstrate professionalism and responsibility.
• Participate in the life of the school, seek information, and work to common purposes.
• Develop and share in the collective knowledge of the school.
• Engage students and colleagues in disciplined reflection and critical thinking.

• Promote maximal learning among all students, oneself, and one's colleagues.
• Be current in one's discipline.
• Provide feedback and evaluation in ways that preserve dignity, promote learning, develop consistency, and allow others to make valid decisions.
• Use all methods and modalities of teaching and assessment appropriate to one's teaching assignments.
• Be accessible to students and colleagues.

• Share scholarship through publications, presentations, and other means with one's peers.
• Participate in organizations and groups that encourage and sustain inquiry and provide peer review.

• Perform activities for the common good of the School of Dentistry, the university, one's professional groups, and the community.
• Bring distinction to the School of Dentistry by one's actions.

• Dental school generalist teaching model.
• Competency based education and assessment methodology.
• Modern pedagogical concepts and application in health professions education.
• Providing care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Integrated, interprofessional care delivery systems.
• Trends in oral health and oral health education.
• Dental accreditation standards and processes.
• Computer skills (Word, Excel and Powerpoint).

• Promote the dental school mission, vision, and core values.
• Lead and function in an active change environment.
• Communicate effectively with faculty, staff, residents, students in a variety of ways including: email, texts, one-on-one conversations, small meetings, large meetings, lectures, etc.
• Always maintain professional composure and demeanor.
• Listen, follow, collaborate, negotiate, compromise, direct, delegate, refer, and think critically.
• Inspire excellence and promote innovation.

• Minimum of 1 year of work experience in a dental school setting.
• Minimum of 5 years of practice experience.

• 
  DDS/DMD or equivalent.

• Behavior consistent with core values of the Dugoni School.

• Position is full-time, 3 days per week.
• Position requires coordination of a variety of responsible duties in stressful non-clinical and clinical situations.
• Must be available to work additional hours every weekday and some weekends.

• 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.

• Work performed is primarily direct patient care with frequent use of computer keyboard and phone.
• Requires sitting, standing, bending, walking.
• Occasional lifting of up to 15lbs should be anticipated.

University of the Pacific is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. In compliance with applicable law and its own policy, Pacific is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff and does not discriminate in its hiring of faculty and staff, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability.