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ASDOH - Adjunct Instructor, Affiliated Practice Registered Dental Hygienist

Employer
A.T. Still University
Location
Mesa, AZ

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Faculty Jobs
Health & Medical, Dentistry
Position Type
Adjunct
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

A.T. Still University's Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) invites applications for an Affiliated Practice Registered Dental Hygienist on the Mesa, Arizona campus. This position reports to the Director of Public Health Dentistry & Teledentistry. The adjunct faculty will work as part of the dental public health team which involves overseeing dental students as they provide preventive care and conduct assessments on patients in different settings outside of the dental school, and will be required to provide direct patient care when students are not available.

Job Duties:
  • Travel to different areas in and around metro Phoenix using university owned vehicle.
  • Complete patient intakes, gather and review medical history and diagnostic and demographic data.
  • Transmit patient data via telehealth equipment for analysis by the supervising dentist.
  • Perform preventive oral health services and supervisor such services performed by students.
  • Responsible for visiting facilities to provide direct patient care when students are not available.
Skills/Requirements:
  • A bachelor's in dental hygiene is required.
  • Must be highly skilled in dental hygiene.
  • Must enjoy working with various populations of dental patients including children, adults with special needs, youth in detention centers, seriously mentally ill adults, etc.
  • Must be flexible and open to working in many different locations and settings with different dental students.
  • Self-starter is a plus.
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • May be required to lift, wheel, and carry mobile dental equipment to and from vehicle.

Organization

A.T. Still University (ATSU) is the founding institution of osteopathic healthcare, established in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still. As a leading health sciences university, ATSU is comprised of two campuses (Kirksville, Mo., and Mesa, Ariz.) on more than 200 acres with six prestigious schools. The culturally rich learning environments include residential and online healthcare related graduate degrees as well as community-based partnerships worldwide. ATSU has more than 1,300 employees dedicated to its not-for-profit mission and an average annual enrollment of over 3,100 students from 35 countries.

ATSU is renowned for its preeminence as a multidisciplinary healthcare educator. The University is focused on integrating the founding tenets of osteopathic medicine and the advancing knowledge of today's science. ATSU continually earns distinctions as the graduate health sciences university with best-in-class curriculum and a community outreach mission to serve the underserved. The University has a rich history of leadership in both healthcare education and correlated research.

ATSU instills within students the compassion, experience and knowledge required to address the whole person and shape healthcare in communities where needs are greatest. Inspired to influence whole person healthcare, ATSU graduates contribute to the future of integrated care while also leading with a selfless passion in the communities they serve.

Company info
Website
Telephone
4802196007
Location
5850 E. Still Circle
Mesa
AZ
85206
US

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