Adjunct Professor - Expanded Duty Dental Assisting

Doc PersonalBeratung GmbH; West Columbia (SC); On-site; Part time

Job summary

Midlands Technical College seeks adjunct faculty to teach Expanded Duty Dental Assisting (EDDA) content at the Midlands Technical College Airport Campus. Instructors will cover clinical procedures, didactics, ethics and professionalism, and dental materials while guiding students in infection control and operatory skills.

Qualifications include an associate’s degree or higher, DANB certification, and CPR credentials, with option for bachelor’s degrees and related dental experience.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or higher and DANB certification.
• CPR credentials and general dentistry experience.
• Experience relevant to dental assisting instruction.

Responsibilities

• Teach clinical/lab EDDA sessions to students on operatory procedures.
• Deliver didactic lectures in clinical procedures, ethics and pharmacology.
• Cover infection control, instrument passing, and patient care basics.
• Instruct office rotations, morphology, pathology and dental materials.

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

DANB Certified Dental Assistant

General Dentistry experience

Current CPR credentials

Job description

Teaches Clinical/ Lab sessions for Expanded Duty Dental Assisting (EDDA) Program. Works with students teaching the basic operatory procedures for dental patient care, including infection control procedures, identifying dental instruments for operative procedures, passing instruments, isolation of dentition and assisting the dentist. Teaches Didactic (Lecture) Course Sections: Clinical Procedures, Office Rotations, Dental Morphology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Medical Emergencies, Dental Health Education, Ethics and Professionalism, Dental Materials. Faculty providing didactic instruction must have earned at least a baccalaureate degree within three years of the date of initial hire as a didactic faculty. Positions are open to Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists with current CDA credentials and appropriate experience and knowledge in assigned course content.

This position will be located on the Midlands Technical College Airport Campus

• Associate's degree, DANB Certified Dental Assistant, General Dentistry experience and current CPR credentials.
• Bachelor's degree, Chairside General Dentistry and Dental Specialties experience.

Adjunct faculty are compensated in accordance with Midlands Technical College's established pay schedule. The standard adjunct pay rate is $67 per three-credit-hour course. Final compensation may vary depending on academic credentials and total course credit hours.

Special Note for Applicants Residing Outside of South Carolina:

If you are selected for a remote adjunct position with Midlands Technical College and do not reside in the State of South Carolina, your employment will be through KellyOCG, our employer of record partner supporting all remote out-of-state workforce requirements.