Clinical Assistant Professor- AZ- CDMA
Midwestern University

Clinical Care Faculty

Education and/or Experience   

The Clinical Care Faculty (CCF) must have earned a DDS/DMD degree, preferably from a CODA accredited U.S. dental institution. An Arizona License and DEA License are also required. The applicant should have a minimum of five (5) years in private/clinical practice environment. The applicant should be a person committed to educating and empowering students with a wide range of clinical and academic abilities. The applicant should be conversant in modern digital technologies, techniques, and dental materials.

Reporting to the Clinical Care Coordinator (CCC) of the respective suite, the CCF will:

1. Advise the CCC on college-wide academic issues to assist in moving the institution to its vision of academic excellence
2. Maintain an open-door policy on the part of administrators and faculty for students in need of counseling
3. Establish a welcoming atmosphere to improve morale and to promote collegiality among students, staff and faculty
4. Be a positive role model for students
5. Become competent in the use of the EHR systems
6. Become competent in the use of CAD/CAM dentistry
7. Maintain/obtain a standard proficiency laser certification
8. Demonstrate competency in the restoration of dental implants
9. Demonstrate competency in the removal of teeth, both simple and complex, including skills such as: sectioning teeth, laying a flap, socket preservation, and suturing.
10. demonstrate competency in simple and moderately complex endodontic procedures.
11. Act as a leader and mentor
12. Clinically supervise the students in the suite
13. Meet with each student on a regular basis to review their clinical progress and individual patient treatment progress
14. Identify and meet with students having difficulty as needed
15. Be responsible for the attendance of students within the suite
16. Address problems of faculty, staff and students conferring with the suite CCC
17. Identify discrepancies in patient needs and patient assignments among the students
18. Oversee and help manage student portfolios; this will include number of patients in each pair, percent of patients seen in given time, list of patients not receiving care within the last month, reason for non-activity, clinic attendance, broken appointment rate and general time management
19. Along with the student, assume responsibility for patient selection and assignment of patients for students
20. Offer students guidance and direction in care of patients by monitoring data on progress and performance
21. Help CCCs with student productivity and attainment of competency
22. Advise students on professional conduct and practice management and assist the faculty and staff of their suite with solving patient-related problems
23. Meet periodically with individual students and groups of students to:
24. Review practice plan
25. Review patient resources
26. Review individual and group progress
27. Assist in establishing group goals
28. Provide the CCC information (based on meetings with students and staff) necessary to assure equitable distribution of patients based on students’ needs
29. Evaluate each student’s Professionalism and Practice Management skills by reporting instances of misconduct, patient abandonment, refusal to comply with established protocol, or disregard for the patients’ welfare first to the suite CCC and then to the Associate Dean for Clinical Education
30. Report to the CCC, then the Associate Dean for Clinical Education instances when faculty or staff attempts to correct misconduct have failed
31. Determine student compliance with departmental expectations and periodically review same with the student
32. Assist all students in assigned suite with quality patient care
33. Demonstrate clinical treatment on patients assigned to students
34. Under the direction of the CCC, attempt to equalize student learning opportunities; this may be achieved by initial input into patient assignments and by redistribution of patients within the pool of patients as well as advise on priorities, use of time, and need for new patients
35. In collaboration with the CCC, use EHR reports to inform faculty and students of the real costs of care delivery and establish realistic targets for production and collections in the spirit of sound practice management principles to enhance student education as well as clinical productivity
36. Under the direction of the CCC, conduct an entrance conference with all new students to assess patient rosters and assure a smooth transition into the clinic
37. Assure all case completions have an exit exam
38. Assure all laboratory work is sent out and delivered in a timely fashion
39. Perform other duties as assigned
40. Meet regularly with the CCC

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additional qualifications include persuasion, verbal communication, health promotion and maintenance, building relationships, resolving conflict, coordination, listening, legal compliance, organization, and integrity.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. This position involves being in the dental institute clinic during clinic hours, walking between operatories. The CCF is expected to actively circulate through the suite during operating hours
2. This position requires the faculty to work chairside to evaluate procedures that are being performed by students.
3. This position requires the faculty to sit or stand chairside and demonstrate procedures on a patent or mannequin.
4. This position requires the faculty to sit or stand chairside performing/taking these procedures to completion as needed.
5. This position requires the faculty to perform/demonstrate intraoral scanning, CAD design of indirect restorations, staining and glazing of indirect restorations, and soft tissue laser dentistry using a diode.
6. This position requires the faculty to perform/demonstrate surgical techniques for the removal of teeth with simple as well as surgical techniques.
7. This position requires the faculty to perform/demonstrate endodontic procedures.
8. The employee must be able to use a computer for extended periods of time.
9. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
10. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision, including looking at a computer monitor for extended periods of time.

If you would like to learn more about this position or about the College of Dental Medicine, please submit your letter of intent and application through Midwestern University’s online job board: https://www.midwestern.edu/employment-mwu Your online application should include a letter of intent and a curriculum vitae with the names and contact information (including email addresses) of at least three professional references.  Please note that although faculty positions are usually listed as “Assistant Professor”, initial appointment at a higher rank is possible based on the academic experience of the applicant. 

For more information about this position, please contact:

Dr. Steven Call
Associate Dean for Clinical Education
Midwestern University
College of Dental Medicine
5855 W. Utopia Road
Glendale, AZ 85308
scallx@midwestern.edu

Midwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not discriminate against an employee or applicant based upon race; color; religion; creed; national origin or ancestry; ethnicity; sex (including pregnancy); gender (including gender expressions, gender identity; and sexual orientation); marital status; age; disability; citizenship; past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services; genetic information; or any other protected class, in accord with all federal, state and local laws, including 41 C.F.R. 60-1.4(a), 250.5(a), 300.5(a) and 741.5(a). Midwestern University complies with the Smoke-Free Arizona Act (A.R.S. 36-601.01) and the Smoke Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82/). Midwestern University complies with the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 and Arizona Equal Pay Acts.