Department Chair, Restorative Sciences

Department Chair, Restorative Sciences

Job : 259859
Location: Augusta University
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary:

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Job Summary
Job Position: Responsibilities include oversight for and participation in departmental teaching programs at the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels, department research and scholarship, and administrative leadership for the largest department in the Dental College of Georgia (DCG). Preference will be given to candidates with post-graduate training in prosthodontics and/or operative dentistry/general dentistry, and/or relevant experiences in dental education and significant clinical experience.

Extensive leadership and administrative experience is required. Involvement in research/scholarly activities is expected, and participation in the DCG intramural faculty practice is available. Applicants must be a graduate of an ADA-accredited dental school or an ADA-accredited advanced dental education training program (of at least 2 years in length) and have an active unrestricted license in another state or be eligible for licensure by the Georgia Board of Dentistry.

Salary and academic rank are commensurate with qualifications. The Chair of Restorative Sciences reports directly to the DCG Dean, works collaboratively with all of the other DCG chairs and deans, and demonstrates professional behaviors that promote a positive, productive, and caring environment for all DCG faculty, staff, residents, students, and patients. This is a full-time, tenure or non-tenure track faculty position.

The selected candidate must be eligible for faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor level.

Responsibilities
Supervise 25 paid faculty (20- 1.0 Full-time and 5
- Part-time at various FTE), 1 office manager and 6 administrative support personnel.

Pre-doctoral responsibilities: D1-D3 courses, pre-clinical labs, and clinical experiences (The Department of General Dentistry is responsible for the D4 year).Advanced Dental Education responsibilities:
Prosthodontics, and AEGD programs.
Administration (30%)Support of both the department teaching mission (approximately 65% of the pre-doctoral curriculum) and the management of department personnel. Develop and implement strategies consistent with and in support of the DCG strategic plan and mission. The department leadership structure is organized with an Vice Chair and Sections with appointed Directors (i.e., Removable Prosthodontics, Fixed Prosthodontics, Operative Dentistry, Clinic Operations and Dental Materials) that have faculty assigned to their sections with specific teaching and clinical missions.

The chair will task the Vice Chair and the Section Directors with their missions and objectives as required and provide support and administrative oversight for the sections by monitoring their educational process, achievement of course objectives and teaching outcomes. Similar administrative leadership and support is required of the advanced education programs assigned to the department. The day-to-day department mission operation includes course/clinic scheduling oversight, faculty counseling and performance assessment, budget analysis and management (including faculty salary and recruitment), travel and “Off Campus” time approval, OneUSG verification and approval, development of departmental policies and enforcement of DCG and AU policies, departmental faculty development support, and any other duties as assigned by the Dean.

The chair will ensure that all department teaching operations meet CODA standards for both the pre-doctoral and advanced education programs. The chair will develop and monitor budget plans to support faculty travel and research initiatives. In summary, the chair provides oversight of all department operations and assumes responsibility for departmental performance in support of the Dean's mission and vision for the DCG.
Teaching (30%-40%)participation in both pre-doctoral courses and clinics is expected. Perform as an effective and active Clinician-Educator, as measured by quantitative and qualitative educational metrics indicated below. The degree of success in accomplishing these…