Job Description
Assistant/Associate Professor of Endodontics - Signing Bonus R-0002685
Joplin Campus
Job Type: Faculty
Job Description: $25,000 Signing Bonus plus Relocation Assistance for full-time faculty
Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine seeks an endodontist as full-time, clinical faculty for our new dental school in Joplin, Missouri. The faculty member will be responsible for the development of the didactic, pre-clinical and clinical endodontic protocols and procedures, integrating evidence-based best practices with clinical patient care as well as guiding current research and scholarly activity in endodontic therapy. The endodontic faculty member will collaborate with, and educate the dental Group Practice Leaders, Assistant Group Practice Leaders, simulation faculty, and clinical faculty in the current science of endodontics for patient care.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Candidates must demonstrate a passion for dentistry and the application of endodontic therapy didactic principles to preclinical and clinical patient care, a strong desire to teach students in a demanding, fast-paced, academic environment
- Develop goals, objectives and policies for the endodontic dental education program within the KCU College of Dental Medicine
- Implement and deliver the endodontic didactic curriculum including pre-clinical materials, simulation and laboratory exercises
- Integrate evidence-based best practices with clinical patient care and guide current research and scholarly activity in endodontic therapy
- Assure the safe and effective delivery of endodontic dental care by the dental students
- Deliver clinical endodontic treatment for patients as needed in the Oral Health Center
- Serve as an advisor, coach and/or mentor to dental students expressing a desire for advanced education in endodontics
- Mentor dental student research in the area of endodontics when applicable
- Serve as faculty advisor for community-based activities in the realm of endodontics
- Conduct summative and formative pre-clinical and clinical student assessment in endodontic therapy
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervising faculty or Dean
Qualifications: - D.D.S./D.M.D. degree
- Certificate of completion of a CODA accredited Advanced Education Program in Endodontics
- Current Missouri dental license or have an active dental license in a US state or Canada and be eligible for licensure in Missouri
- Must be board-certified or board-eligible in Endodontics
Join us in changing healthcare for good! Contact HR Recruiter, Tosha, at tcunningham@kansascity.edu or 417.208.0757.
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Who is KCU? Kansas City University (KCU), founded in 1916, is a fully accredited, private not-for-profit health sciences university with Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Biosciences and a developing College of Dental Medicine. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is the sixth largest medical school in the nation, the ninth most impactful medical school in primary care for the nation, the tenth most affordable of private medical colleges, and the leading producer of physicians for the State of Missouri. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has two sites strategically located on the University’s campuses in Kansas City and Joplin, Missouri, to address the growing needs of both urban and rural populations. The University offers multiple graduate degrees: a doctor of osteopathic medicine; a doctor of psychology in clinical psychology; a master of arts in bioethics; a master of science in the biomedical sciences; a master of business administration in partnership with Rockhurst University; a new master of public health in partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center; and plans to seat the first doctor of dental medicine students in 2023.
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Full time, Local area, Relocation package,