VCU School of Dentistry · 5 hours ago
Department Chair - Periodontics - F55920
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/ExecutiveVCU School of Dentistry is seeking candidates for the Department Chair faculty position in Periodontics. The role involves providing leadership in educational, scholarship, patient care, and service missions while managing departmental faculty and staff, and fostering interdisciplinary educational programs.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
The chair will provide leadership and management of the department’s faculty and staff to include annual review and evaluation, mentoring for development and promotion and/or tenure review
The chair is also responsible for the departmental academic and clinical financial affairs, for ensuring compliance with school, university, and state policy and regulations
The Chair will be expected to provide and encourage specialty support to all departments for the DDS program in the School of Dentistry’s General Practice model
The chair is expected to lead the teaching responsibilities of the department and support the overall teaching of the DDS, dental hygiene, advanced dental education, and graduate programs
The chair will foster interdisciplinary educational programs involving the different departments within the School of Dentistry and the university
The chair should set an example and promote excellence in teaching
As appropriate, the chair provides clinical and classroom teaching and supervision in both the predoctoral and postdoctoral periodontics clinics and may act as a course director
The chair will support the preparation of postdoctoral residents for specialty board examination
The chair, like all faculty members, is 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
Faculty members must demonstrate the ability to contribute to and participate in a humanistic environment of learning, as well as to adapt to change and embrace modern technologies
Faculty members must 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
The chair will provide a leadership role in supporting patient care, working with students and residents, and working collaboratively with other faculty and staff to deliver high-quality patient-centered care, promote best business practices, and increase clinic productivity
Participation in faculty practice is optional
The chair will be expected to represent the Department of Periodontics, the School of Dentistry, and Virginia Commonwealth University by serving on committees and task forces as requested
Participation in state and national level professional organizations as appropriate for the position and candidate’s expertise is required
Participation and/or support of the department’s participation in dentistry-related community service activities is required
The chair is expected to conduct original research, seek extramural funding to support research and be a productive scholar
The chair will also provide mentoring to faculty members, students and postdoctoral trainees to develop research protocols and work collaboratively with other research programs and investigators within the School of Dentistry and the university
Qualification
Required
DDS or DMD or equivalent degree
Completion of Commission on Dental accreditation accredited advanced education program in periodontics
Certificate in Periodontics
Eligible for licensure in Virginia
Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and embrace modern technology
Demonstrated ability to contribute to and participate in a humanistic environment of learning
Demonstrated ability to incorporate adult learning theory, evidence-based oral health care, innovation in student learning, and critical thinking, or acquire and develop such ability
Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
For tenure eligible positions at the Assistant Professor rank, an established research agenda and a clear potential for external funding, as well as potential for scholarship or creative expression to complement and expand existing expertise in the department is required
For tenure eligible positions at the Associate Professor or Professor rank, a well-developed scholarly/research portfolio with evidence of multi-disciplinary applications and external funding appropriate to complement and expand existing expertise in the department is required
Preferred
Board Certification by the American Board of Periodontology
Clinical practice experience and practice growth and management experience
Prior administrative or program leadership experience
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits
Paid annual and holiday leave granted up front
Generous tuition benefits
Retirement planning and savings options
Tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs
Employee discounts
Well-being resources
Abundant opportunities for career development and advancement
Company
VCU School of Dentistry
VCU School of Dentistry is the Medicine opened with a dental department as one of its original divisions.
Founded in 1838
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