What are the responsibilities and job description for the Temporary Full-Time Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor position at Rock Valley College?
Position Type :
Faculty Full Time / Dental Hygiene
Date Posted : 1 / 10 / 2025
Location : Rock Valley College
Position Title : Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor
Department : Dental Hygiene (DNT)
Division : Health Sciences (HLT)
Employee Status : Temporary Full-time (Spring 2025)
Group : Faculty (FAC)
Date Available : Spring 2025
FLSA : Exempt
ICCB Classification : Teaching Faculty
Updated : November 2020; July 2024; January 2025
Reporting Relationships
Reports to : Dean of Health Sciences
Supervision Exercised : Functional supervision may be exercised over students.
Job Summary
Teach assigned clinical and dental hygiene lab skills to first- and second-year students. Validate lab / clinical skills and support student learning. Provides student-learning support to increase student retention. Oversees and maintains the logistics of the dental hygiene clinic to include, but not limited to : inventory management, equipment management, and compliance with healthcare regulations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Related duties may be assigned.
Clinical Instruction (Pre-Clinic Lab, Clinic I, Interim Clinic, Clinic II, and Clinic Ill)
- Plan and supervise student clinical experience as assigned for the Dental Hygiene ProCollaborate with clinical lead faculty for clinical learning activities.
- Evaluate and advise students regarding clinical performance and assign grades.
- Facilitate clinical skill learning using simulators, peer patients, community patients, and other modalities.
- Teach skills for all levels of the Dental Hygiene Program for Fall, Spring, and summer clinic courses.
- Evaluate student performance in clinical skill competency / validation activities.
Student Retention :
Clinic Logistics
Simulators
Related Duties
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, skills, and / or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum Qualifications
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a clinical setting.
Physical Demands
Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job :
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear.
