Position DetailsPosition Information
Position Type Faculty
Faculty Track Clinical
Position Title Group Practice Leader and Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor General Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine
Employment Status Full Time
Months 12
Campus Portland, ME
Description The University of New England College of Dental Medicine (UNE CDM) invites applications for Group Practice Leader in the Department of Clinical Comprehensive Care. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) 12-month non-tenure clinical track faculty appointment at the Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Clinical Professor, or Clinical Professor rank with an administrative appointment as a Group Practice Leader.
Academic rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interviews of qualified candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Responsibilities The experiential curriculum in the University of New England College of Dental Medicine's (UNE CDM) predoctoral program utilizes a group practice model. Each group practice in the comprehensive patient care clinic is managed by a Group Practice Leader (GPL). Core responsibilities of the GPL include:
- Provide leadership and direction for the predoctoral group practice clinics
- Serve as a role model and leader in the CDM community
- Ensure the safe and effective delivery of evidence-based patient care
- Supervise, educate, and mentor students
- Continually monitor student professionalism, patient management, core experiences, completion of clinical skills assessments, and readiness for externship rotations
- Work with Patient Care Coordinators to ensure timeliness of care for patients within the group practice
- Assign patients to predoctoral students to ensure a well-rounded experience within the Oral Health Center
- Guide students in the development of evidence-based treatment plans
- Oversee student progress and progression toward on-time graduation
- Collaborate with the Department Chair on continuous quality improvement in the Oral Health Center
- Monitor patient care outcomes within the group practice
- Co-direct Patient Care courses for second-, third- and fourth-year students
- Contribute to calibration of faculty teaching in the predoctoral group practices
- Assist with the coordination of licensure examination efforts
- Participate in service to the college and university
- Lead small group seminars for third- and fourth-year students
- Conduct summative and formative student assessment
- Provide evidence-based didactic and clinical education
- Provide advanced inter- and intra-professional curriculum initiatives
- Support and advance the mission of the College
- Participate in College activities and events
- Promote and foster an environment of community and belonging
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications Qualified candidates must possess a D.D.S./D.M.D. degree, or international equivalent and have successfully completed the NBDE Parts I & II or the INBDE and a regional licensure examination (e.g. ADEX). By the position start date, the candidate must have active Maine Board of Dental Practice licensure (full/faculty).
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number 2022F0265P
Open Date 01/23/2026
Close DateOpen Until Filled Yes
