Group Practice Leader (DDS/DMD)

About the role

The Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine is now hiring Group Practice Leaders to join them as they open both floors of the Oral Health Center. This position is at the rank of assistant or associate professor and involves managing the clinical practice of dental students.

Responsibilities

• Assures 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
• Conducts summative and formative student assessment and leads small group seminars
• Works with the Assistant Group Practice Leader and Group Practice Coordinator 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
• Active license in Missouri or have an active dental license in a US state or Canada and be eligible for licensure in Missouri
• Prior teaching experience and advanced training in general or restorative dentistry preferred
• Demonstrated ability and competence
• A passion for dentistry, an enthusiasm for dental education, and a strong desire to teach students in a demanding, startup academic environment