Director of Special Care Dentistry/Special Needs Clinic
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Memphis, TN
Full-time
Social Service
Posted on April 9, 2024
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry invites qualified applications and nominations for a full-time non-tenure track faculty position at the Assistant/Associate/Professor level in one of the colleges academic departments to serve as Director of the Special Needs Clinic. Applicant must have a strong commitment to special care dental education, scholarship, and service. The director will be responsible for leading, planning, development, implementation, growth, and sustainability of the college’s Special Needs Clinic.
Responsibilities will include didactic and clinical instruction of dental students, dental hygiene students, and graduate students, along with scholarly activity and service. The Director will be responsible for program curricula and for ensuring program compliance with the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) and other programmatic standards. This position will be both administrative and include direct patient care as a clinical faculty member.
The Director will design and build a program that fosters the facilitation of access to care across the special needs community through various collaborative efforts. The Director will also provide care for adults and children who have impairments or disabilities that are physical, medical, mental, intellectual, sensory, emotional, or social; manage patients on a referral basis in accordance with established patient pathways and communicate appropriately with referring practitioners; and participate in after hour call if required by hospital or health center partners.
- The Director will liaise and collaborate with all members of the dental and healthcare professions at UTHSC and with colleagues in the medical community to facilitate both professional and service development.
- The Director will liaise and collaborate with all members of external agencies/professions such as case workers/medical social workers to facilitate provision of the service.
Teaching and patient care duties are required with research engagement highly recommended.
Qualifications :
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidate must have a D.D.S./D.M.D. or advanced degree from a U.S. or accredited dental school and be eligible for licensure in Tennessee. Candidate must have an AEGD, GPR, PEDS, and/or hold some certification, while having experience in special care and hospital dentistry. A candidate without advanced dental certificates will be considered if they have 5 years or more of significant special care and hospital dentistry experience. Candidate credentials must allow for the successful granting of hospital privileges. Teaching experience is required. It is desired that preferred candidates have previous experience with AEGD/GPR accreditation renewals. Aside from expected clinical and experiential requirements, it is desired that candidate have and demonstrate a strong advocacy for special needs patients; that candidate support training of alternatives for GA or OR trips; and that candidate have an appreciation for interdisciplinary outreach.
DEPARTMENTAL PREFERENCES:
Experience in special care and hospital dentistry
Candidate must have an AEGD, GPR, PEDS, or some certification, with experience in special care and hospital dentistry.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT’s doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.
Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization. Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
