Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor / Periodontics-Dental Hygienist / Umkc School Of Dentistry / Department Of Periodontics

The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry is seeking a Dental Hygienist to fill the position of Assistant/AssociateClinical Professor in the Department of Periodontics. This department is responsible for pre-doctoral and dental specialty students, patient care, and service in periodontics. Specific responsibilities of this position include pre-doctoral classroom and clinical instruction in periodontics. Experience teaching in a didactic and/or clinical environment is an advantage.

• Candidates are required to have a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Dental Hygiene or a related field.
• Applicants must be eligible for and obtain the appropriate Missouri Dental Hygiene License prior to starting their employment. For more information about licensing, see https://pr.mo.gov/.

This is a 12-month, full-time (1.0 FTE), benefit-eligible, ranked, non-tenure track academic faculty position. There is opportunity for ranked promotion.

Our academic workload and schedules provide for a positive work/life balance.

Salary and academic rank will be commensurate with applicant qualifications (e.g., credentials, education, and experience). There is an opportunity for additional compensation in clinical practice.

Interviews of qualified candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Applications must be received through the UMKC recruitment portal: https://info.umkc.edu/hr/careers/academic-positions/ Job Identification 47192.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a CV, names and current contact information for three references in one document. Limit document name to 50 characters. Maximum size limit is 11MB. Do not include special characters (e.g., /,&, %, etc.).

• For questions about the position, please contact [email protected] including the Job Identification number 47192 and name of the position.
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Please direct any questions about the position to: Dr. Keerthana Satheesh, [email protected]. UMKC School of Dentistry / Department of Periodontics.

Our university is committed to becoming a model urban university that is recognized for our partnerships with multifarious communities to effectively foster a healthy, safe, more economically secure quality of life. The School of Dentistry operates a public student dental clinic and a faculty practice which serve patients throughout the KC metropolitan area. We provide a critical education outlet for Kansas and several other states without a dental school. UMKC is the only institution in Missouri offering advanced education residency programs in General Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontics, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and Endodontics.

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