MOSDOH - Assistant Special Care Unit Director of Oral Surgery

A.T. Still University's Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) is seeking an exempt Assistant Special Care Unit Director of Oral Surgery on the St. Louis, Missouri campus. This position reports to the Vice Dean, Clinical Operations, Clinical Education, and Community Partnerships. This position will manage and mentor MOSDOH students to assure attainment of clinical competency, teach students the fundamentals of

oral surgery, and assure provision of high quality oral surgery services to patients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Mentoring and evaluating students in oral surgery procedures on patients.
• Establish procedures for oral surgery, in conjunction with Specialty Care Unit Director.
• Communicate with Specialty Care Unit Director as to the educational goals, essential experiences and competencies for student experiences.
• Complete Administrative Reports as directed.
• Assurance of students and patient safety - reporting deficiencies to the Vice Dean of Clinical Education, Operations and Community Partnerships.
• Assure clinical competency for students in periodontics.
• Supervise oral surgery residents/fellows as needed.
• Provide indirect supervision of dental assistant(s) and provide performance review evaluations to the Dental Clinic Manager.
• Provide didactic and laboratory instruction to pre-clinical students in Kirksville and D3 and D4 students in St. Louis.
• Perform dental procedures on patients as needed.
• Track student progress toward attainment of clinical competency and communicate progress and deficiencies on a periodic basis to the Vice Dean of Clinical Operations, Clinic Education and Community Partnerships.
• Participate in calibration activities, to include semi- annual faculty advance.
• Participate in ATSU/MOSDOH committee activities.
• Potential for intermittent on-call and other outreach activities after hours.
• Travel to Kirksville, MO.
• Other duties as assigned.