Assistant/Associate Professor, Orthodontics - School of Dentistry **Location:** Houston, Texas **Category:** Faculty UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry Requisition #: 2400025X UTHealth Houston School of Dentistryinvites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), non-tenure clinical educator position in theDepartment of Orthodontics. The selected candidate will contribute to the department’s mission to educate highly skilled health care professionals and model the best practices in clinical care and public health through research, teaching, clinical service, administrative activities, and other services. **Position Key Accountabilities:** Responsibilities will include supervision of students and residents in both clinic and classroom settings. Participation in the Department’s intramural practice and pursuit of scholarly activities is strongly encouraged. + Developing and sustaining an environment in the patient care clinic that support excellence and innovation in clinical practice and patient care through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the program and standards that support positive patient care outcomes to include excellent risk-adjusted outcomes. + Providing coaching, mentoring, support, and consultation to residents, colleagues, and clinical staff. + Serving as role model in professional behavior and leadership skills, problem-solving ability, and interpersonal skills + Delegating authority and accountability to clinical staff for clinical practice and patient care decisions that are consistent with professional standards, regulatory agencies, and organizational policies and procedures. + Identifying patient and family needs of the populations served; recommending and/or developing new programs and services to meet those needs; assuring that age-specific equipment, supplies, and educational resources are available for assigned clinic. + Maintaining an ongoing departmental Quality Improvement Plan and process consistent with the organizational Quality Management Plan; developing and implementing unit-specific standards, policies, and procedures that guide and support the provision of care and services; continuously assessing and improving assigned departments' performance while enhancing service. + Participating in and/or chairing committees, work groups, and meetings as appropriate. + Assuring interdisciplinary performance improvement programs are active, maintained, and ongoing. Following up to ensure that complaints have been satisfactorily handled. Collaborating to maintain a focus on providing excellent clinical services. + Maintaining professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, in-services, current literature, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of the latest trends in fields of expertise, supporting and promoting education and research. **Qualifications:** The selected candidate must have a dental degree recognized by the Commission on Dental Education of the American Dental Association, or equivalent, and must have completed advanced training in Orthodontics at an accredited institution. A current license to practice dentistry or the opportunity to secure a Texas faculty license for dentistry before employment will be required. Board certification or Board eligibility in Orthodontics is also required. Academic rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience. Experience in Orthodontics, is highly desirable Please submit letters of application, curriculum vitae, and three references to UTHealth Houston's online job application site. _This is a security-sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education Code # 51.215. A background check will be required for the final candidate._ **The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)** Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. **UTHealth Benefits** UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits Website. https://www.uth.edu/benefits/ **Equal Employment Opportunity Statement** UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law or university policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. The University maintains affirmative action programs with respect to women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and eligible veterans in accordance with applicable law. UTHealth Houston has adopted a policy consistent with CMS regulations to protect our patients and university community from exposure to COVID-19. This policy affects all employees, residents, fellows, students, contractors, new hires, visiting scholars program participants, adjunct faculty, and volunteers who work, train, or collaborate at the John S. Dunn Behavioral Science Center. In addition, all UTHealth Houston ​​​​​​​employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth’s Houston rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations, including COVID-19 vaccination and safety requirements. Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.