About the role
General Faculty
Job Locations US-NY-Hawthorne
ID 2026-13655
College TUNY - College of Dental Medicine
Position Type Part-Time
Schedule Shift varies
Hours Per Week 19
Travel As needed
Category Faculty/Academic
FLSA Status Exempt
Location : Country US
Overview
Reporting directly to the Clinical Practice Leader (CPL) at the Touro College of Dental Medicine's clinic with a dotted line to the Director of Clinical Education, and the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs Associate Professor of Dental Medicine. Clinical faculty are responsible for direct patient care and mentoring/teaching students.
Responsibilities
• Initiate and guide student doctor/patient interaction and assist in transition to clinical practice.
• In the case of the community practices, aid in the continual review of student rosters.
• In the case of clinical practices, arrive prior to clinical start, provide guidance and direction in care of patients by monitoring student performance, treatment planning, and progress.
• Model and advise students on professionalism and patient management techniques.
• Assist in solving patient related problems.
Assist the CPL in the review within their clinical practice of each student's performance related to:
• Quality and quantity of clinical care.
• Each student's practice and patient resources.
• Each student's individual roster and group progress.
• Student's ability to establish and reach patient treatment goals.
• Determination of individual student needs and related time utilization.
• Assuring accuracy of student clinical notes, approving student procedural code, and evaluating/assessing student in the areas of Preparedness, Professionalism, Promptness.
• Discharging and transferring clinical responsibilities if needed .
• Monitoring unapproved notes and treatments on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, and signed by each CPL.
• Report instances of misconduct to the Clinical Practice Leader on site.
Maintaining calibration as determined by the Director of Clinical Education as well as:
• Ensuring the clinical protocols are being followed in their clinical areas.
• Infection Control Compliance.
• Complete Reviews of student activity upon request.
• Aid in supervision of Clinical Formative and Summative Examination Process.
• Attend periodic meetings with their specific CPL and attend clinical faculty meetings, including Faculty Forum.
• Membership, if appointed, on relevant Clinical Committees.
