Northern California HERC

The School of Dental Medicine is composed of ten administrative offices and four academic departments. The Administrative units include the Offices of the Dean, Vice Dean, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Associate Dean for Research, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Associate Dean for Extramural Clinical Practices, Assistant Dean for Dental Education and Informatics, Assistant Dean for Educational Support and Faculty Development, Assistant Dean for Academic Success and the Assistant Dean for Business Operations and Financial Affairs. The four academic departments are Surgical Sciences, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, General Dentistry, and Foundational Sciences.

Included in the mission of the School of Dental Medicine is to educate dental care providers (both dental students and dental residents) and to address the oral health care needs of the underserved population of North Carolina. The School of Dental Medicine meets these missions by operating dental clinics that provide both educational experiences for the dental students and residents and provide dental care to the residents of North Carolina. These clinics occur in both Ross Hall in Greenville, North Carolina, as well as Community Service-Learning Centers located throughout North Carolina. In order to operate these clinics, appropriate dental auxiliaries and clinical staff are needed.

The Director of Community Dental Practices works within the School of Dental Medicines (SoDM) Office of Extramural Clinical Practices and reports to its Associate Dean for Extramural Clinical Practices in collaboration with offices of Clinical Affairs, the Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs, Dental Education and Informatics, Student Affairs, Research, Student Success, the Department Chairs of General Dentistry, Foundational Sciences, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and Surgical Sciences and the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Residency Program to support the School of Dental Medicines mission, vision, programs and initiatives.

The Director of Community Dental Practices provides leadership and direct oversight in the management of operations at multiple clinics of the SoDMs Community Service Learning Centers (CSLCs). The Director of Community Dental Practices, in association with the Associate Dean for Extramural Clinical Practices, is responsible for creating and evaluating processes that assure required educational and financial sustainability while ensuring continual improvement of the CSLCs processes for providing exceptional care and service to its patients. Additionally, the Director of Community Dental Practices coordinates the CSLCs human, financial, and material resources in order to anticipate and meet the educational needs of its students and those of the CSLCs patients and community partners. The Director of Community Practices, in support of the educational needs of the SoDMs residents and students, will be licensed and available to provide a full range of comprehensive general dentistry services and will ensure the highest standards for graduating exceptionally skilled, community-minded general dentists.

Specific duties include:

Employment in this position provides eligibility to participate in the UNC Optional Retirement Program (ORP), which offers matching employer contributions and employee control of investment choices, along with eligibility to participate in various Voluntary Supplemental Retirement Plans (401k, 403b, 457). This position is not eligible to participate in the NC Teachers and State Employees Retirement System (TSERS). Additionally, this position offers multiple voluntary options for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance as well as various supplemental plans including Critical Illness, Flexible Spending Accounts, Cancer, and Disability.

While this position is not automatically eligible for the NC Teachers and State Employees Retirement System (TSERS), new hires transferring from another North Carolina state agency and current ECU employees transferring internally who had been enrolled in TSERS in their previous employment will continue participation in TSERS. These individuals may be able to elect to participate in ORP if they had not been offered that option at the time of their initial enrollment into TSERS.

Contingent upon available funding.

East Carolina University requires applicants to submit a candidate profile online in order to be considered for the position. In addition to submitting a candidate profile online, please submit online the required applicant documents:

Curriculum Vitae
Letter of Interest
List of Three References (noting contact information)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Two to three original letters of recommendation are required for employment. Please be aware that if selected as a candidate of choice, an automatic e-mail will be sent to the individuals entered by the applicant in the References section of the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system. Letters of recommendation submitted via the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system will be verified and considered towards meeting this requirement. For letters of recommendation not submitted via the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system, please have the original signed letters mailed to:

Nancy Blackmon (PN000712)
Employee Support Services
ECU School of Dental Medicine
1851 MacGregor Downs Road
Greenville, NC 27834