Periodontal Faculty Position Directly reporting to the Director of Periodontics, with a dotted line to the Director of Clinical Education, and the Executive Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs, periodontal faculty are responsible for direct patient care and mentoring/teaching students within Touro College of Dental Medicine's clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Responsibilities:- Initiate and guide student doctor/patient interaction.
- Perform dental procedures on patients of the clinic as needed.
- Model and advise students on professionalism and patient management techniques.
- Assist in solving patient related problems
- Assist the Director of Periodontics in the review of each student's performance within the pediatric dentistry clinic.
- Assuring accuracy of student clinical notes, approving student procedural code, and evaluating/assessing student in the areas of Preparedness, Professionalism, & Promptness.
- Monitoring for unapproved notes of treatments on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
- Report instances of misconduct to the Director of Periodontics.
- Maintaining calibration as determined by the Director of Clinical Education as well as:
- Ensuring all clinical protocols are being followed in their clinical areas.
Infection Control Compliance:- Complete Reviews of student activity upon request.
- Aid in supervision of Clinical Formative and Summative Examination Process
- Attend periodic meetings with the Director of Periodontics and attend clinical faculty meetings, including Faculty Forum.
- Membership, if appointed, on relevant Clinical Committees.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
D.D.S./DMD from a CODA-accredited dental school or equivalent.
Certificate of training and educationally qualified from an ADA-accredited specialty program.
Dental License Registration; must be eligible for licensure in the state of New Mexico.
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous teaching experience.
DEA number.
Board Eligible or Certified.
A track record of scholarly activity and outstanding patient care, as well as demonstration of or likely commitment to diversity-related teaching/research/service.
Engagement and familiarity in curriculum development and digital dentistry technology and experience in faculty calibration.
A high degree of interpersonal competency: Professionalism, diplomacy, judgement and discretion required.
Demonstrated ability to develop positive and cooperative relationships with students, faculty and colleagues.
Ability to organize tasks.
