Clinical Assistant Professor; Pediatrics
Listed on 2026-10-16
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Dental / Dentistry
Dentistry / General Dentist
Clinical Assistant Professor (Pediatrics)
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Position Information
Title Clinical Assistant Professor (Pediatrics)
Campus
Department Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Posting Number F01095
Full or Part Time Part Time
Open Date 08/17/2026
Open Until Filled Yes
Days Per Week 3
Weeks Per Year 40
Position Description
Primary Purpose and Essential Functions
PRIMARY PURPOSES :
Reporting to the Chair of Pediatric Dentistry, the Clinical Assistant Professor will provide clinical and didactic instruction within the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Arthur
A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. The faculty members will support the department’s educational, clinical, service, and outreach missions through excellence in teaching, patient care, mentorship, and professional engagement. Responsibilities include clinical supervision and instruction of predoctoral dental students in pediatric dentistry and special care dentistry across outpatient, hospital, ambulatory surgery center ( ASC ), and community-based settings. University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are foundational to the success of our students, faculty, staff, and patients.
The University values individuals who demonstrate a commitment to fostering an inclusive learning and healthcare environment and who support equitable access to educational and clinical opportunities. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :
The faculty members will participate as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team and contribute to the education of predoctoral and postdoctoral dental learners, as well as other healthcare professionals when appropriate. Emphasis will be placed on the care of children and adolescents, including patients with special healthcare needs, neurodivergent individuals, and medically complex populations. The faculty members will support the department’s commitment to improving access to care, advancing inclusive and neuro-affirming clinical practices, and preparing students to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to diverse patient populations.
- Supervise and mentor predoctoral dental students in Pediatric Dentistry clinical settings.
- Provide instruction in diagnosis, treatment planning, and delivery of comprehensive oral healthcare for infants, children, adolescents, and patients with special healthcare needs.
- Provide clinical instruction in behavior guidance, preventive dentistry, restorative dentistry, trauma management, sedation, hospital dentistry, and comprehensive oral healthcare for children and adolescents.
- Promote patient-centered, family-centered, and neuro-affirming approaches to care for children with developmental, behavioral, medical, intellectual, and physical disabilities.
- Model and promote evidence-based clinical decision-making, professionalism, patient safety, and quality improvement principles.
- Support clinical operations while fostering student growth in efficiency, communication, critical thinking, and clinical judgment.
- Assisting students in developing competencies is necessary to care for medically complex and special healthcare needs populations across a variety of healthcare settings.
- Participate in patient care and educational activities within affiliated community clinics, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, operating rooms, and outreach programs assigned.
- Collaborate with faculty, staff, and interdisciplinary healthcare providers to ensure high quality…
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