Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor

Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor

To be considered for appointment as a Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor, your application must be complete and submitted through the online jobs portal. Uploaded applications must include:

• Cover Letter stating your qualifications and your interest in the position
• Updated Resume

Primary responsibilities of the dental hygiene clinical instructor are:

• Interact with the students and patients for the benefit of the patient's oral health care.
• Provide written and oral feedback to students, evaluating their clinical performance in an objective and positive manner.
• Assist students in supervising clinic check in and check out procedures in a timely manner.
• Model professionalism in all manners of conduct and presentation.
• Follow the same requirements for dress code, piercings, hair, shoes, PPE, etc. as the students in the course they are instructing.
• Be familiar with clinic course syllabi, particularly with regards to clinic requirements by accepting enrollment and reviewing documents in appropriate CANVAS courses.
• Use CANVAS learning management system for student assessment and grading. Utilize iPad and or laptop computers for clinical and laboratory assessment and grading.
• Be knowledgeable of the content in the Clinic Policies and Procedures Manual, providing suggestions for future editions of the manual.
• Be prompt in attending assigned clinical sessions.
• Be responsible for planning and implementing assigned stations for clinic workshops.
• Attend regularly scheduled faculty in-service meetings.
• Regularly receive training in educational methodologies.

This is an in-person position at our downtown Spokane campus.

Salary Information - $35/hour with bachelors in Dental Hygiene and registered hygienist in WA $40/hour with bachelors in Dental Hygiene and a masters in related field and registered hygienist in WA May become eligible for benefits after 6 months.

About Eastern Washington University
- Eastern Washington University, a regional, comprehensive public university with an enrollment of over 10,000 students, is one of six state-funded four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, each governed by its own board of trustees. As the region's polytechnic, we are recognized for our distinctive approach to hands-on learning that leads to in-demand careers. EWU's 300-acre main campus is located in Cheney, a community of 12,000 residents 16 miles southwest of Washington's second largest city, Spokane.

Eastern also offers programs in downtown Spokane at the innovative, energy-efficient Catalyst building, the SIERR building which is a hub for research, development and advancement of health sciences, and at Riverpoint, a campus shared with Washington State University. In addition, EWU programs can be found at select locations throughout the state, aligned with the needs of the community. Eastern contributes to the vitality of the region and the state through its wide array of bachelor's and master's degrees in over 100 fields of study, as well as applied doctorates in physical therapy and educational leadership, offering accessible pathways to career success and personal development to students of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Statement - EWU does not discriminate in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, age, marital status, families with children, protected veteran or military status, HIV or hepatitis C, status as a mother breastfeeding her child, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, as provided for and to the extent required by state and federal laws.

Conditions of Employment
- Appointment as a Part-time Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor does not confer any right to subsequent appointment. This position, during the course of university employment will be involved in the receipt of, or accountability for, university funds or other items of value; as well as the unsupervised access with the developmentally disabled, vulnerable adults or children under the age of 16.

The offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion and passing of a background check prior to beginning employment. All new employees must comply with EWU immunization Policy 602-02 and provide proof of immunity or vaccination to MMR before beginning work vers for the immunization requirements are available for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Sponsorship not available for this position at this time.