What are the responsibilities and job description for the Adjunct Faculty Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry position at VCU School of Nursing?
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Summary
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry is located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. With a 130-year history, Virginia’s only dental school provides opportunities for selected, qualified individuals to study dentistry and oral health through a doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S) program, graduate specialty training programs and a dental hygiene program. The VCU School of Dentistry is one of a small number of dental schools in the country affiliated with an academic medical center, the only dental school in the Commonwealth, and the second oldest dental school in the U.S. It is one of five health sciences academic programs on the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Campus of VCU. The primary mission of the School of Dentistry is to educate practitioners of Dentistry capable of meeting the general oral health needs of the communities they serve. Integral parts of the mission are research and other scholarly activity, patient care, and leadership in dental education and organized dentistry, and collaboration and participation with other units with VCU and VCU Health Systems.
Chief Purpose Of This Position
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics is seeking applicants for an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Orthodontics to provide teaching and patient care regarding general dental care and restoration of the dentition in craniofacial and cleft lip/palate patients. This faculty position will provide didactic and clinical teaching and mentoring to orthodontic residents. The position’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: teaching and mentoring postgraduate orthodontic students specifically regarding general dental care and restoration of the dentition in craniofacial and cleft lip/palate patients. Methods of teaching will include clinical and didactic teaching, and patient care.
Teaching
Position Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include clinical and didactic teaching of 8 post-doctoral residents regarding general dental care of craniofacial and cleft lip/palate patients. Faculty members are expected to teach in an integrated curriculum system that includes baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education. Teaching across traditional departmental lines and in multidisciplinary teams is required. Faculty members are expected to foster transformative learning that is informed by interdisciplinary and translational research, scholarship, and creative expression.
Clinical
This position will provide a teaching and leadership role in the dentistry clinics, seeing patients, working with students, and working collaboratively with other faculty and staff to promote best business practices, and increase clinic productivity.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Dr. Steven Lindauer
sjlindau@vcu.edu
Documents Needed to Apply CV, Three reference letters
Summary
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry is located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. With a 130-year history, Virginia’s only dental school provides opportunities for selected, qualified individuals to study dentistry and oral health through a doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S) program, graduate specialty training programs and a dental hygiene program. The VCU School of Dentistry is one of a small number of dental schools in the country affiliated with an academic medical center, the only dental school in the Commonwealth, and the second oldest dental school in the U.S. It is one of five health sciences academic programs on the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Campus of VCU. The primary mission of the School of Dentistry is to educate practitioners of Dentistry capable of meeting the general oral health needs of the communities they serve. Integral parts of the mission are research and other scholarly activity, patient care, and leadership in dental education and organized dentistry, and collaboration and participation with other units with VCU and VCU Health Systems.
Chief Purpose Of This Position
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics is seeking applicants for an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Orthodontics to provide teaching and patient care regarding general dental care and restoration of the dentition in craniofacial and cleft lip/palate patients. This faculty position will provide didactic and clinical teaching and mentoring to orthodontic residents. The position’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: teaching and mentoring postgraduate orthodontic students specifically regarding general dental care and restoration of the dentition in craniofacial and cleft lip/palate patients. Methods of teaching will include clinical and didactic teaching, and patient care.
Teaching
Position Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include clinical and didactic teaching of 8 post-doctoral residents regarding general dental care of craniofacial and cleft lip/palate patients. Faculty members are expected to teach in an integrated curriculum system that includes baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education. Teaching across traditional departmental lines and in multidisciplinary teams is required. Faculty members are expected to foster transformative learning that is informed by interdisciplinary and translational research, scholarship, and creative expression.
Clinical
This position will provide a teaching and leadership role in the dentistry clinics, seeing patients, working with students, and working collaboratively with other faculty and staff to promote best business practices, and increase clinic productivity.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- DDS or DMD Degree
- Eligible for a dental license in Virginia
- Strong leadership skills
- Dental clinic experience with craniofacial and cleft lip/palate patients
- Must have the desire to mentor future dental practitioners
- Demonstrate the ability to adapt to change and embrace modern technology
- Demonstrate the ability to contribute to, and participate in, a humanistic environment of learning
- Demonstrate the ability, or acquire and develop such ability, to incorporate adult learning theory, evidence-based oral health care, innovation in student learning, and critical thinking
- Demonstrate experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as an adjunct faculty member at VCU
Dr. Steven Lindauer
sjlindau@vcu.edu
Documents Needed to Apply CV, Three reference letters
