Oral Surgery Instructor

Directly reporting to the Director of Oral Surgery, with a dotted line to the Director of Clinical Education, and the Executive Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs, periodontal faculty are responsible for direct patient care and mentoring/teaching students within Touro College of Dental Medicine's clinicin Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• →Initiate and guide student doctor/patient interaction
• →Perform dental procedures on patients of the clinic as needed
• →Model and advise students on professionalism and patient management techniques
• →Assist in solving patient related problems
• →Assist the Director of Periodontics in the review of each student's performance within the pediatric dentistry clinic
• →Assuring accuracy of student clinical notes, approving student procedural code, and evaluating/assessing student in the areas of Preparedness, Professionalism, & Promptness 
• →Monitoring for unapproved notes of treatments on adaily, weekly, and monthly basis
• →Report instances of misconduct to the Director of Periodontics
• →Maintaining calibration as determined by the Director of Clinical Education as well as:
  • →Ensuring all clinical protocols are being followed in their clinical areas
  • →Infection Control Compliance
• →Complete reviews of student activity upon request
• →Aid in supervision of Clinical Formative and Summative Examination Process
• →Attend periodic meetings with the Director of Periodontics and attend clinical faculty meetings, including Faculty Forum Membership, if appointed, on relevant Clinical Committees

• D.D.S./DMD from a CODA-accredited dental school or equivalent.
• Certificate of training and educationally qualified from an ADA-accredited specialty program.
• Dental License Registration; mustbe eligible for licensure in the state of New Mexico.
• Previous teaching experience.

• Track record of scholarly activity and outstanding patient care, as well as demonstration of or likely commitment to diversity-related teaching/research/service.
• Engagement and familiarity in curriculum development and digital dentistry technology and experience in faculty calibration.
• A high degree ofinterpersonal competency: Professionalism, diplomacy, judgement and discretion required.
• Demonstrated ability to develop positive and cooperative relationships with students, faculty, and colleagues.
• Ability to organize tasks

• DEA number.
• Board Eligible or Certified.