What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maxillofacial Prosthodontist - Craniofacial Center position at uic?
About UI Health
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health)
provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois
and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), UI Health
comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a 495-bed tertiary care hospital,
22 outpatient clinics, and 13 Mile Square Health Center facilities, which are
Federally Qualified Health Centers. It also includes the seven UIC health
science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of
Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work;
and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional
campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health
is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.
Position Summary
This position will provide oral and facial prosthetic rehabilitation for pediatric and adult patients with congenital or acquired conditions of the oral cavity, head, and neck. The provider will work in close cooperation with medical and dental specialists, as well as allied health professionals, at the Craniofacial Center to deliver comprehensive functional and aesthetic rehabilitation for patients. The provider will perform all clinical steps for fabrication of oral and facial prostheses and supervise laboratory technologists to ensure the highest quality of prosthetic outcomes. The provider must be proficient in planning and restoring dental implants. Surgical experience in placement of intraoral implants is an added benefit.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- The individual will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary, comprehensive care team.
- Provide oral and facial prosthetic rehabilitation services for children and adults with congenital or acquired craniofacial conditions.
- Proficient in the placement and restoration of oral osseointegrated implants and have familiarity with the placement and restoration of craniofacial osseointegrated implants and the fabrication of adhesive and implant retained facial prostheses.
- Provide dental evaluation and treatment for patients receiving radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or organ transplants.
- Conduct digital prosthetic procedures including intraoral scanning, implant planning and the design and fabrication of surgical guides for oral and facial prostheses.
- Conducts educational programs and research relative to Maxillofacial Prosthetics.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
