Chair - Pediatric Dentistry - School of Dentistry

Unit: School of Dentistry

Department: Pediatric Dentistry

The chair will provide leadership and management of the department’s faculty and staff to include annual review and evaluation, mentoring for development and promotion, and/or tenure review. The chair is also responsible for the departmental academic and clinical financial affairs, for ensuring compliance with school, university, and state policy and regulations. The chair is responsible for interfacing with the VCU Health System, the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU to support the teaching and clinical services mission of the department and school.

Teaching duties shall include medical students, dental students, graduate students, allied health students, residents, fellows, and colleagues where appropriate. Teaching responsibilities also shall include preparation of instructional materials, evaluative materials, testing, and maintenance of personal professional skills through continuing education, advising and mentoring trainees, and participation in academic reinforcement programs.

Faculty members are expected to teach in an integrated curriculum system that includes baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education. Teaching across traditional departmental lines and in multidisciplinary teams is required. Faculty members are expected to foster transformative learning that is informed by interdisciplinary and translational research, scholarship, and creative expression. Faculty members must demonstrate the ability to contribute to and participate in a humanistic environment of learning, as well as to adapt to change and embrace modern technologies.

Faculty members must demonstrate the ability, or acquire and develop such ability, to incorporate adult learning theory, evidence-based oral health care, innovation in student learning, and critical thinking.

The chair is expected to provide clinical service and to maintain a practice in pediatric dentistry, with the expectation to integrate students and/or residents into this service as appropriate.

Research and scholarship are an expectation for all members of the School of Dentistry faculty, as appropriate for their overall responsibilities and expertise. The Chair of Pediatric Dentistry is expected to support and participate in research and scholarship of students and residents, and the faculty, and to have a personal research focus appropriate for the rank of associate professor or full professor.

The chair will be expected to represent the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, the School of Dentistry, VCU Dental Care, and Virginia Commonwealth University by serving on committees and task forces as requested. Participation in state and national-level professional organizations, as appropriate for the position and the candidate’s expertise, is required. Participation and/or support of the department’s participation in dentistry-related community service activities is required.

Participation in the Dental Faculty Practice (VCU Dental Care) is also available to eligible candidates. Other duties designated by the Dean of the School of Dentistry will also be assigned as needed.

• Dental degree (DDS/DMD or equivalent)
• Certificate in Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry from a program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation
• Previous experience in an academic or hospital environment
• Eligible for licensure as a dentist in Virginia
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and embrace modern technology
• Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism, and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to and participate in a humanistic environment of learning
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate adult learning theory, evidence-based oral health care, innovation in student learning, and critical thinking, or acquire and develop such ability
• For tenure-eligible positions…