Clinical Assistant Professor (Periodontics)

Primary Purpose and Essential Functions:
Reporting to the Chair of Periodontics, invites applicants to apply for a part-time, teacher-clinician; 3 days per week, 44 weeks per year position. The department is responsible for providing periodontal preclinical and clinical content within the dental school. Pacific faculty engage in teaching, scholarship and service. The successful candidate will supervise pre-clinical and/or clinical student learning experiences in the discipline. Position is Part-Time, 3 days/week, 44 weeks/year (nontenure 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:
1. Teaching Curriculum

• Didactic instruction involving periodontal pre-clinical and clinical content.
• Participate in outcomes assessment, including student and peer evaluation, to improve curricular content and presentation.
• Assist in setting standards of care for our Dugoni School of Dentistry student clinic and participate in faculty and staff development.
• 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.
• Supervising patient care in the evening clinics.

2. Patient Care

• Supervise students providing clinical care for patients in the Dugoni School clinic including periodontal surgery.
• Participate in mandatory faculty calibration and development in pre-clinical and clinical areas.

3. 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 at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry 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/30126

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.






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