Dental Faculty- MAHEC's Dental Health Center

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JOB SUMMARY: Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), in association with the UNC Adams School of Dentistry, seeks a full-time faculty member for its division of Dentistry GPR program and Adams School of Dentistry AROW Scholars Programs in Asheville, NC. Dental Faculty will join our innovative, growing team to provide excellent, evidence-based, efficient interprofessional patient care services, resident and student teaching, mentoring, curriculum planning and effective supervision. You will work in state-of-the-art clinics with collaborative and engaged colleagues across the healthcare spectrum. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Works together with dental residents and dental students in the Dental Health Centers and other MAHEC dentistry locations, including hospitals; surgery centers, and elementary schools as needed. Provides clinical instruction, teaching and oversight of resident and student care of patients; Evaluation of patients with resident dentists and student dentists as required and in compliance with resident training CODA standards (Commission on Dental Accreditation) and payor contracts, and MAHEC academic policies and goals. Reviews and signs off on resident and student clinical notes and completes all relevant documentation as needed and within required time frames for both precepting/attending and individual patient panel. Consults with hygienists, dental assistants, and business office staff; Completes worklists and documentation tasks falling to regular Faculty Dentists in accordance with MAHEC policies. Assists in treatment planning and procedures as part of precepting/attending responsibilities Serves in the dental faculty practice, seeing own patient panel as required by contract with MAHEC Serves as second emergency department hospital call at Mission Hospital in Asheville and provides regular cadenced dental care in the operating room setting; This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Dental Faculty may perform. This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Dental Faculty may perform. KEY COMPETENCIES: Communication Skills Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient's family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families. Decision Making Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time. HealthCare Knowledge Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC's organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate. Interpersonal Skills Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others. Organizational Values Adherence to MAHEC's founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need. Problem Solving Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change. SPECI

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