Research Dental Hygienist

0.5 FTE/Monday - Friday; 8:00AM - 12:00PM

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is a world-renowned center and a global leader in precision nutrition research. Our on-site facilities include multiple wet labs and clinical facilities as well as a vivarium and a metabolic chamber. Approximately two hours from UNC-Chapel Hill, the NRI is located on the beautiful North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis, NC, a mid-size city with a small-town feel. The institute is within walking distance of the city center which includes shops, restaurants, a minor-league ballpark, theater, and music hall of fame. We are also a short drive to Charlotte and Winston-Salem/Greensboro. The NRI offers programs that support a healthy work/life balance. We also offer professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development, and lifelong learning.

Learning how people can eat uniquely!

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute ( NRI) is an internationally recognized center conducting innovative basic and translational science to establish how individual differences in nutrient requirements and responses to diet affect our nutritional needs. Our research contributes to the prevention and mitigation of chronic disease across the lifespan from periconception through aging.

Our Mission is to lead precision nutrition research through understanding how genetics and environment affect an individual's requirements for and responses to nutrients.

NRI principal investigators hold faculty appointments in the departments of Nutrition and Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill. Their research interrogates nutrient roles in disease prevention, disease risk factors, and the impact of gene-environment and gene-nutrient interactions.

The NRI promotes excellence in nutrition knowledge, teaching, and research. We seek and encourage a diversity of experiences and ideas and provide the tools and flexibility for all employees to achieve success and excellence within their chosen occupations and aspirations.

We are committed to open dialogue, careful listening, becoming educated about the systems that hinder or prevent success, and taking action to ensure that all are equally acknowledged for their contributions and equally reap the benefits of being part of our community.

Our Vision is to use scientific discovery to ensure optimal health through individualized nutrition.

Everyone who works at the NRI supports this hopeful vision. Working at the NRI means doing good for the world. Join us!

The NRI and this position are in Kannapolis, NC, in the Charlotte region.

Position Title: Research Dental Hygienist

NOTE: This position is located in Kannapolis, NC, appx. 2 hours from UNC's main campus.

A Research Dental Hygienist position is available immediately in the NRI Clinical Research Core. This position will assist with development and execution of clinical research, including but not limited to: recruitment, screening, enrolling, randomizing, and oral and periodontal examinations. The position will provide dental care and treatment and collection, processing, and organization of biological samples and clinical data.

Additional tasks include assisting principal investigators, clinicians, and trainees in the preparation for and execution of clinical research subjects; study coordination and execution; and collaborating with sponsors, funding agencies, and other universities, as well as faculty, staff, and trainees at NRI.

Licensed to practice as a Dental Hygienist in the State of North Carolina.

- Licensed to practice as a Dental Hygienist in the State of North Carolina.
- Knowledge and appreciation for dental clinical research.
- In-depth clinical dental hygiene knowledge, including working with healthy and diseased patients.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to work with and exercise tact and diplomacy with a wide variety of individuals.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience working in teams.

Full-time clinical experience and working knowledge of dental hygiene treatment for patients.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (919) 843-2300 or send an email to employment@unc.edu

Please note: The Office of Human Resources will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.