Clinical Assistant Professor

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)

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Essential Functions:
Responsibilities may include any of the following:

Teaching Curriculum

Patient Care

Collaboration and Service

Knowledge of:

Ability to:

Education:

Experience:

Other:

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.

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