Clinical Faculty (Rank TBD)/Director - PG Prosthodontics Program - 996987

Program Director, Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics

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Primary Purpose:

As a Program Director, directs the didactic and clinical care initiatives of the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics to ensure residents meet course outcomes. Provides direct resident supervision in the clinics. May be given additional administrative duties. (Clinical Track)

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range:

Pay Basis: Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No

Essential Job Functions:

Teaching

1. Provides high quality instruction in field of expertise, ensuring students meet course outcomes.

2. Plans, evaluates, and revises curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.

3. Selects and obtains materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.

4. Prepares course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

5. Prepares materials for laboratory activities and course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

6. Identifies specialized materials for outside reading assignments.

7. Initiates, facilitates, and moderates classroom discussions.

8. Supervises laboratory sessions.

9. Assists students who need extra help with their coursework outside of class.

10. Maintains student attendance records, grades, and other required records.

11. Evaluates and grades students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and/or papers.

12. Compiles, administers, and grades examinations, or assigns this work to others.

13. Maintains regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.

14. Advises students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.

15. Acts as advisor to student organizations, ensuring adherence to college and university policies and procedures.

Clinical Instruction

1. Assesses clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.

2. Demonstrates patient care in clinical units.

Research & Scholarship

1. Conducts research in a particular field of knowledge and publishes findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.

2. Writes grant proposals to procure external research funding.

3. Reviews papers for publication in journals.

4. Supervises undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

Service & Professional Development

1. Participates in campus and community events, such as giving presentations to the public.

2. Actively identifies opportunities and provides services relating to fields of expertise for the benefit of internal and external communities.

Director Responsibilities:

1. Oversees the didactic and clinical care initiatives of the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics

2. Provides direct resident supervision in the clinic.

3. Facilitates the clinical experience for residents.

4. Monitors the emergency schedule and coverage during work hours and after work hours.

5. Serves as liaison between faculty, college administration, and residents.

6. Identifies process improvement opportunities and implements changes to improve efficiency.

7. Develops and reviews clinic policies and procedures.

8. Plans and conducts meetings with faculty, staff, and residents regarding clinic activities.

9. Designs and coordinates quality and outcomes measures for clinical, operational and research purposes.

10. Organizes necessary training/seminars for faculty and residents in the areas relevant to clinical dentistry as it relates to the necessary skills required by residents.

11. Monitors compliance with requirements set by NSU College of Dental Medicine.

Other Assigned Duties:

1. Collaborates with staff and colleagues to address teaching and research issues, and to improve students' learning experiences.

2. Serves on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.

3. Participates in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.

4. Mentors junior and adjunct faculty members.

5. Keeps abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

6. Completes projects as required.

7. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements:

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Knowledge:

1. Oral Healthcare- Comprehensive knowledge of the information and contemporary research techniques used in Dentistry to diagnose and treat patients. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventative health-care measures.

2. Education and Training - General knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

3. English Language - Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

4. Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.

Skills:

1. Speaking Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.

2. Instructing Proficient skills in teaching others how to do something.

3. Learning Strategies Proficient skills in selecting/using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning/teaching new things.

4. Active Listening Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand, asking questions as appropriate.

5. Active Learning Proficient in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

6. Critical Thinking Proficient skills in using logic/reasoning to identify the strengths/weaknesses of alternative solutions/approaches to problems.

7. Judgment/Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs/benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

8. Complex Problem Solving Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop/evaluate options and implement solutions.

Abilities:

1. Deductive Reasoning The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

2. Inductive Reasoning The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

3. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.

4. Finger Dexterity The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

5. Manual Dexterity The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate/or assemble objects.

6. Arm-Hand Steadiness The ability to keep your hand/arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

7. Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

8. Fluency of Ideas The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

9. Oral Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

1. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.

2. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand

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