Adjunct - Dental Hygiene Clinical & Lab Instructor

The primary responsibility of an Adjunct Faculty is to create a learning environment that is engaging, inspiring and supports students in achieving their highest academic potential.

A faculty member’s responsibilities fall into eight basic areas:

These competencies, as identified by the University’s academic community encompass the knowledge, skills, and behaviors essential to a faculty member’s success in the classroom and provide the basis for the faculty hiring, evaluation and development process.

Herzing University is committed to providing a diverse environment and is dedicated to fostering a culture and atmosphere of mutual respect. It provides an inclusive and collegial community where individuals are valued, heard and empowered to contribute to the effectiveness of the institution.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time while delivering instruction, grading, or preparing instructional materials.
• Must be able to frequently move around clinical, internship, lab, simulation, and classroom settings, including hospital, healthcare, or professional facility environments, to engage with students, patients, and colleagues.
• Constantly operates office and/or teaching equipment, which may include computers, copiers, medical simulators, patient care equipment, and audio/visual devices.
• Frequently uses voice, vision, and hearing to communicate with students, colleagues, and healthcare professionals in person, over the telephone, or through electronic means.
• Visually or otherwise identify, observe, and assess students’ clinical or professional skills, patient/client conditions, and instructional materials.
• Occasionally moves, carries, or lifts up to 25 pounds, which may include instructional materials, equipment, or patient/client-related items.
• Occasionally positions self to assist with patient/client care demonstrations, which may involve bending, stooping, kneeling, lifting or crouching.
• Behavioral Health, Healthcare, and Nursing Programs: Must be able to work in environments, which may expose individuals to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, and other occupational hazards requiring the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

It is the university’s practice to recruit and hire without discrimination because of skin color, gender, religion, LGBTQi2 status, disability status, age, national origin, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. https://www.herzing.edu/about/diversity (https://www.herzing.edu/about/diversity)

Herzing University prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at https://www.herzing.edu/title-ix (https://www.herzing.edu/title-ix).