Position Details
Position Information
RecruitmentPosting Title RBHS InstructorAssistant Professor Non-Tenure Track
Department RSDM-Extramural Clinics
Salary Details
Minimum Annual Salary is 117558
Offer Information
The final salary offer may be determined by several factors including but not limited to the candidates qualifications experience and expertise and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take into consideration market benchmarks if and when appropriate and internal equity to ensure fair compensation relative to the universitys broader compensation structure. We are committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation packages to attract and retain top talent.
Benefits
Rutgers provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The specific benefits vary based on the position and may include Medical prescription drug and dental coverage Paid vacation holidays and various leave programs Competitive retirement benefits including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options Employee and dependent educational benefits when applicable Life insurance coverage Employee discount programs
Posting Summary
The Department of Community Health is searching for one 1 full time General Dentists at the rank of RBHS InstructorAssistant Professor Non-Tenure Track in Somerdale NJ Camden County at the RSDM University Dental Center at Somerdale.
This faculty member in the Department of Community Health provides support for students assure timely care for the patients serve as a nucleus for interdepartmental faculty communication and provide all phases of patient care as required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities • Oversee all aspects of patient care and ensuring proper post-treatment management including recare • Ensure that the standards policies and procedures of RSDM as outlined in the Clinic Manual Radiation Hazard Infection Control Patients Bill of Rights and RSDM Confidentiality policies and Quality Assurance protocols are followed at the sites. • Supervise and instruct students in their respective disciplines by demonstration when required • Review the records of patients who treatment has been documented as completed • Review patient records prior to termination of patient treatment. Authorization is documented in the consultation section of the patients record • Ensure with site faculty that RSDM standards for the education of students are maintained • Conduct small group discussions with students when possible • Participate in CODE faculty standardization and calibration • Perform evaluation of students competencies. • Assists in quality and quantity review for all dental personnel when requested. • Remains current in the field of dentistry on a level applicable to the title. • Accomplishes dentistry using pharmacological adjuncts depending on individual circumstances and dentist qualifications. • Consults with the medical staff in cases showing oral manifestations of medical conditions. • Is available for consultation by the medical staff in cases of oral pathology and other related conditions of common interest. • Arranges program and treatment for patients experiencing oral trauma oral pain oral infection and other pathology. • Assists in conducting program of preventive dentistry dental education and oral hygiene. • Diagnoses and treats diseases injuries and malformations of teeth gingiva mucosa and related oral structures with reasonable patient acceptable sensitivity. • Cleans restores extracts and replaces teeth using rotary and hand instruments dental appliances medications and surgical instruments. • Administers local anesthesia and other supportive medication. • Keeps such records and reports as are necessary for the discharge and control of hisher patients. • Serves on call administratively operationally and clinically and handles dental emergencies. • Understands and adheres to Rutgers compliance standards as they appear in RBHSs Corporate Compliance Policy Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. • Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal state and Rutgers regulations laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified. • Ensures that the staff are trained and evaluated on their knowledge of and adherence to compliance policies and procedures specific to their jobs. • Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Status
Full Time
Posting Number 26FA0183
Posting Open Date 02272026
Posting Close Date 07312026
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience • A DDSDMD degree from a CODA accredited school • Must possess or be eligible for a New Jersey dental license
CertificationsLicenses Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities Preferred Qualifications Equipment Utilized Physical Demands and Work Environment • Standing walking sitting - some for extended periods of time
Overview
New Jerseys premier academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences RBHS takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research.
Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers health researchers and providers and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty staff and learners. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Statement
The Rutgers School of Dental Medicine RSDM is New Jerseys only dental school encompassing education patient care and community outreach. Its also the states largest oral healthcare provider treating more than 130000 patient visits annually at its student clinic in Newark and three sites in South Jersey.
Formerly the New Jersey Dental School RSDM was established in 1956 as part of the Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry which later became the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey UMDNJ. In 2013 UMDNJ integrated with Rutgers University and the dental school was renamed again.
Known for its intensive clinical programs and close-knit supportive environment RSDM is one of the most diverse dental schools in the nation. It also has an ethnically and economically diverse patient pool including many who are underserved. RSDMs special needs clinic is one of the only facilities in the region that provides dental care for patients with disabilities. Its Dental Specialty Center for post-doctoral students is equipped with cutting-edge technology and a design that fosters collaborative care. For pre-doctoral students RSDMs match rate is consistently well above the national average and students routinely score above the 95th percentile on board exams.
Research at the dental school spans clinical studies of dental disease and groundbreaking work that explores the potential of oral microbiomes to fight drug resistant pathogens and treat cancer and autoimmune disease.
New research laboratories totaling 25000 square feet were added in the fall of 2018.
RSDM students and faculty perform community service and outreach in Newark and other New Jersey municipalities and embark on annual overseas dental missions. There are two trips to the Dominican Republic one in the village of La Romana and another on the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti where patients from both nations receive care. Other missions include trips to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to treat patients with cleft palates and a summer mission to Native American reservations where patients are treated at clinics run by the federal government.
The school is extremely competitive choosing about 100 students a year from a field of more than 2000 applicants for its incoming DMD program. Many students are from New Jersey and several are among the first generation in their families to attain a college degree.
Posting Details
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Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences RBHS Home
Location Campus Off Campus
City Somerdale State NJ
Location Details Extramural Clinics - Somerdale NJ Camden County
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