Job Description
Assistant Group Practice Leader (DDS/DMD)
R-0002143
Joplin Campus
Job Type:
Faculty
Job Description:
Now hiring Assistant Group Practice Leaders to begin summer of 2024!
Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine invites applications for full time, Assistant Group Practice Leaders (AGPLs) in the KCU Oral Health Center at the rank of assistant or associate professor. The College of Dental Medicine serves patients across the lifespan in the four-state region, expanding access to dental care in this underserved rural area. Faculty must be motivated and engaged clinicians who are excited ensure an innovative and dynamic academic and clinical dental medicine program, educating the next generation of dentists while providing comprehensive care to a rural and diverse group of patients. Assistant Group Practice Leaders work with the Group Practice Leaders (GPLs) and Group Practice Coordinators (GPCs) to oversee the students, patients and staff assigned to their groups and assist in the management of all patient care delivered within the groups. AGPLs play a key role in predoctoral education and clinical operations and student's achievement of clinical competencies.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists in providing guidance, mentorship and direct clinical supervision to assigned students and promote comprehensive patient care
- Assists the GPL in the implementation of clinic policies for the clinical management of patients and maintenance of the electronic health record
- Assist the GPLs with 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
- 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 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-doctorial 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
- Monitors students' compliance with CDM's infection control & clinical guidelines
- Supervises, educates and coaches students in the provision of patient care
- Works with clinical examination boards to prepare dental students for the examinations
- 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
- Candidates must demonstrate a passion for dentistry, an enthusiasm for dental education, and a strong desire to teach students in a demanding, startup academic environment
Join us in changing healthcare for good! Contact HR Recruiter, Tosha, at tcunningham@kansascity.edu or 417.208.0757.
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Thank you for your interest in a career at KCU!
To apply, visit https://kansascity.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobs/job/Joplin-Campus/Assistant-Group-Practice-Leader--DDS-DMD-_R-0002143
About Kansas City University
Founded in 1916, Kansas City University (KCU) is a fully accredited, private not-for-private health sciences university with Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Biosciences and Dental Medicine, and campuses in Kansas City and Joplin, Mo. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is the fourth-largest medical school in the U.S. and the leading producer of physicians in Missouri. It ranks #1 for producing physicians who practice in primary care, rural areas and underserved regions in the state. KCU's Center for Population Health and Equity addresses the variables that affect a population’s health and contribute to health disparities, while better preparing students for professional practice. KCU offers doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, dental medicine and clinical psychology and a master’s degree in biomedical sciences. Dual degree offerings include master’s degrees in business administration in health care leadership, public health, and bioethics. A new Master of Health Sciences - Anesthesiologist Assistant program is scheduled to launch in January 2026.
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