Group Practice Leader and Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor General Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for the predoctoral group practice clinics
• Serve as a role model and leader in the CDM community
• Ensure the safe and effective delivery of evidence-based patient care
• Supervise, educate, and mentor students
• Continually monitor student professionalism, patient management, core experiences, completion of clinical skills assessments, and readiness for externship rotations
• Work with Patient Care Coordinators to ensure timeliness of care for patients within the group practice
• Assign patients to predoctoral students to ensure a well-rounded experience within the Oral Health Center
• Guide students in the development of evidence-based treatment plans
• Oversee student progress and progression toward on-time graduation
• Collaborate with the Department Chair on continuous quality improvement in the Oral Health Center
• Monitor patient care outcomes within the group practice
• Co-direct Patient Care courses for second-, third- and fourth-year students
• Contribute to calibration of faculty teaching in the predoctoral group practices
• Assist with the coordination of licensure examination efforts
• Participate in service to the college and university
• Lead small group seminars for third- and fourth-year students
• Conduct summative and formative student assessment
• Provide evidence-based didactic and clinical education
• Support and advance the mission of the College
• Promote and foster an environment of community and belonging

Qualifications

• Qualified candidates must possess a D.D.S./D.M.D. degree, or international equivalent and have successfully completed the NBDE Parts I & II or the INBDE and a regional licensure examination (e.g. ADEX)
• By the position start date, the candidate must have active Maine Board of Dental Practice licensure (full/faculty)