Assistant Group Practice Leader (DDS/DMD)

About the role

Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine invites applications for full-time Assistant Group Practice Leaders (AGPLs) in the KCU Oral Health Center. The College serves patients across the lifespan in a four-state region, expanding access to dental care in underserved rural areas.

Responsibilities

• Assists in providing guidance, mentorship, and direct clinical supervision to assigned students and promote comprehensive patient care
• Assists the Group Practice Leader (GPL) in the implementation of clinic policies for the clinical management of patients and maintenance of the electronic health record
• Affords assistance to the GPLs in implementing performance measures and maintaining patient documentation and quality control measures
• Provides didactic and clinical education in the classroom, simulation lab, and/or the Oral Health Center
• Ensures the safe and effective delivery of patient care by the dental students
• Provides didactic and clinical education to students whether assisting or providing direct care in the classroom, simulation lab, and/or the Oral Health Center
• Conducts summative and formative student assessment and leading small group seminars
• Works with the Group Practice Leaders and Group Practice Coordinators to provide patient assignments to pre-doctoral students to ensure a well-rounded experience within the Oral Health Center
• Comprehends advanced technologies, digital workflow, and/or dental implants to support expansion of the advanced technology curricula
• Participates in the calibration of the group practice faculty
• Works collaboratively with the pre-doctoral specialty faculty members and adjunct faculty when they are teaching in the pre-doctoral group practices
• Maintains students' compliance with CDM's infection control & clinical guidelines
• Supervises, educates, and coaches students in the provision of patient care
• Serves on standing and ad hoc CDM committees

Qualifications

• D.D.S./D.M.D. degree
• Current Missouri dental license or have an active dental license in a US state or Canada and be eligible for licensure in Missouri
• Demonstrate a passion for dentistry, an enthusiasm for dental education, and a strong desire to teach students in a demanding, startup academic environment