Part-time Dental Assisting Instructor (Pool)
Location
5160 Fayetteville Road, Lumberton, NC
Job Type
Part-Time Faculty
Job Number
00246
Department
Instruction and Support Services
Opening Date
07/08/2026
Closing Date
Continuous
Description
Provide instructional support for students enrolled in Robeson Community Colleges Dental Training Program. The primary focus of this role is laboratory
instruction, preclinical instruction, clinical activities, student rotation site oversight, hands-on student training, skill development, and supervision in lab, clinic, and rotation settings. Adjunct faculty may assist full-time faculty with didactic course activities as needed.
Detailed Work Activities
- Provide instruction and supervision in dental assisting laboratory, preclinical, clinical, and rotation site settings.
- Demonstrate dental assisting procedures and guide students through safe, professional skill development.
- Oversee students during assigned rotation experiences and help ensure students follow program and site expectations.
- Evaluate student performance using approved rubrics, skills check lists, competency forms, and rotation documentation.
- Reinforce infection control, sterilization, HIPAA, OSHA, standard precautions, patient safety, and professional conduct.
- Monitor student attendance, preparation, communication, professionalism, and readiness for practice.
- Assist full-time faculty with didactic course activities as needed, including
demonstrations, grading support, student remediation, or reinforcement of course concepts.
- Maintain accurate records, submit required documentation by established deadlines, and participate in required orientation, calibration, training, or faculty meetings.
Qualifications
- Must have graduated from a CODA-accredited Dental Assisting Program or hold all current dental assisting credentials required by the state of North Carolina, including dental radiography, pit and fissure sealants, coronal polishing, and nitrous oxide monitoring.
- Must possess a current Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) credential. The CDA credential is required for faculty assigned to laboratory, preclinical, and clinical instruction.
- Must have begun or completed the Hepatitis B vaccination series and must begin and remain current with required immunizations and CPR/BLS certification as required by the program, college, and/or clinical sites.
- Minimum of three years of full-time or equivalent clinical dental assisting experience preferred.
- Prior teaching, training, mentoring, precepting, or student supervision experience preferred.
- Strong written and oral communication skills required.
- Computer skills necessary for instructional support, documentation, communication, and learning management system responsibilities required.
- Must demonstrate professionalism, fairness, flexibility, dependability, and commitment to student success.
- PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in a related field or current enrollment in a baccalaureate program preferred.
Position is not benefits eligible
Employer Robeson Community College (NC)
Address PO Box 1420
Lumberton, North Carolina, 28359
Phone 910-272-3537
Website http://robeson.edu