Job Description

Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor

About Eastern Washington University:

Eastern Washington University, a regional, comprehensive public university with an enrollment of over 10,000 students, is one of six state-funded four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, each governed by its own board of trustees. As the region’s polytechnic, we are recognized for our distinctive approach to hands-on learning that leads to in-demand careers. EWU’s 300-acre main campus is located in Cheney, a community of 12,000 residents 16 miles southwest of Washington’s second largest city, Spokane. Eastern also offers programs in downtown Spokane at the innovative, energy-efficient Catalyst building, the SIERR building which is a hub for research, development and advancement of health sciences, and at Riverpoint, a campus shared with Washington State University. In addition, EWU programs can be found at select locations throughout the state, aligned with the needs of the community. Eastern contributes to the vitality of the region and the state through its wide array of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in over 100 fields of study, as well as applied doctorates in physical therapy and educational leadership, offering accessible pathways to career success and personal development to students of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

Eastern Washington University has been recognized for its commitment to helping undergraduate students learn, grow and succeed by Colleges of Distinction , a nationally trusted resource guide for college-bound students. The honor recognizes Eastern as a ’24-’25 College of Distinction (CoD).

Money magazine recently named EWU as one of its Best Colleges in America 2024 .

Tribal Land Acknowledgement
At Eastern Washington University, we are proud to recognize the land of the Spokane Tribe and other tribes that shared the land for fishing and trading. The Spokane Tribe, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Kalispel Tribe, and the Nez Perce Tribe are integral to the cultural heritage and traditional ethnological knowledge of the land.

Native American heritage is woven into the fabric of our institution, enriching our community through tribal culture, historical teachings, and tribal language, and is embraced daily by students, staff, faculty, and the Eastern Washington community.

At EWU , we are committed to reflecting on and acknowledging the historical injustices of genocide and the forced removal of tribal peoples and all our relatives. EWU recognizes and honors tribal sovereignty and government to government relationships with tribes.

From here forward, EWU will remain committed to supporting, honoring, and recognizing the Native American community and the dynamic contributions that are shared with our university.

Job Summary:

Primary responsibilities of the dental hygiene clinical instructor are:
-Interact with the students and patients for the benefit of the patient’s oral health care.
-Provide written and oral feedback to students, evaluating their clinical performance in an objective and positive manner.
-Assist students in supervising clinic check in and check out procedures in a timely manner.

-Model professionalism in all manners of conduct and presentation.
-Follow the same requirements for dress code, piercings, hair, shoes, PPE , etc. as the students in the course they are instructing.
-Be familiar with clinic course syllabi, particularly with regards to clinic requirements by accepting enrollment and reviewing documents in appropriate CANVAS courses.
-Use CANVAS learning management system for student assessment and grading.
Utilize iPad and or laptop computers for clinical and laboratory assessment and grading.
-Be knowledgeable of the content in the Clinic Policies and Procedures Manual, providing suggestions for future editions of the manual.
-Be prompt in attending assigned clinical sessions.
-Be responsible for planning and implementing assigned stations for clinic workshops.
-Attend regularly scheduled faculty in-service meetings.
-Regularly receive training in educational methodologies.

This is an in-person position at our downtown Spokane campus.

Required Qualifications:

-Meet annual continuing education requirements for re-licensure (i.e. 15 hours continuing education/year). Provide instruction utilizing current scientific methods and principles.
-Maintain current certification in Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (at least every two years), providing the operations manager with a copy of the certification.
-Maintain current Washington State Dental Hygiene license, providing the operations manager with a copy of the license.
-Document compliance with hepatitis B vaccination or sign a declination form.
-Document yearly tuberculosis skin testing or sign a declination form.
-Minimum BA in Dental Hygiene.

Preferred Qualifications:

-Maintain current membership in one’s professional association (i.e. American -Dental Hygienists’ Association, American Dental Association)

Other Skills and Abilities:

Ability to work independently

Ability to work collaboratively

Job Duties:

Conditions of Employment:

Appointment as a Part-time Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructor does not confer any right to subsequent appointment.

This position, during the course of university employment will be involved in the receipt of, or accountability for, university funds or other items of value; as well as the unsupervised access with the developmentally disabled, vulnerable adults or children under the age of 16. The offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion and passing of a background check prior to beginning employment.

All new employees must comply with EWU immunization Policy 602-02 and provide proof of immunity or vaccination to MMR before beginning work at EWU . Waivers for the immunization requirements are available for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Sponsorship not available for this position at this time.

Salary Information:

$35/hour with bachelors in Dental Hygiene and registered hygienist in WA
$40/hour with bachelors in Dental Hygiene and a masters in related field and registered hygienist in WA

May become eligible for benefits after 6 months.

Posting Date: 09/30/2025
Open Until Further Notice: Yes
Closing Date:
Screening to Begin: Immediately

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Submit your application materials through our online applications portal provided below. If you are unable to submit through the applicant portal, please contact Human Resources Services at (509) 359-2381.

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Job Tags

Part time, Immediate start,

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