Clinical Director of Implants

Aspen Dental; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Dental seeks a skilled dental professional to mentor and train doctors in surgical and implant procedures. The role involves working with clinical teams to enhance patient care and ensure practice productivity. Candidates must possess a DMD or DDS, have significant clinical experience, and demonstrate strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years clinical experience required.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills necessary.
• Successful completion of dental training.

Responsibilities

• Educates, trains, and mentors doctors on surgical and implant procedures.
• Serves as the primary clinical contact for internal and external implant partners.
• Develops and implements programs for superior patient care and practice productivity.

Skills

Coaching

Relationship Building

Mentoring

Communication

Education

DMD or DDS degree from an accredited Dental School

Relevant advanced education for specialty areas

Job description

Core Competencies

• Building Effective Teams—Creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; fosters open dialogue; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

• Customer Focus—Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.

• Drive for Results—Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

• Ethics and Values—Adheres to an appropriate and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values.
• Managing Vision and Purpose—Is optimistic; can inspire and motivate vision and sense of core purpose.

PSC Competencies

• Building Organizational Talent – Establishing systems and processes to attract, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals; creating a work environment where people can realize their full potential, thus allowing the organization to meet current and future business challenges.
• Compelling Communication – Clearly and succinctly conveying information and ideas to individuals and groups; communicating in a focused and compelling way that captures and holds others’ attention.
• Emotional Intelligence – Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting one’s own and others’ emotions and behavior in the context of the political environment; leveraging insights to effectively manage one’s own responses and reactions.
• Innovation – Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
• Leadership Disposition – Attends to the needs and feelings of others to develop effective working relationships; takes a structured approach to managing self and others; exhibits leadership qualities that elicit the trust of others; rapidly learns and applies new job-related information; demonstrates a continuous learning orientation.

Essential Responsibilities

• Educates, trains, and mentors doctors with hands on surgical and implant restorative procedures both in office and through learning and development programs.
• Serves as the primary clinical contact for division internal and external implant partners and successfully builds, develops and maintains essential partnerships. Actively reviews evidence-based practice standards, dental care advances and recommends incorporating such standards and advances into the dental practice.
• Advices dentists and clinical team members on appropriate implant treatment plan recommendations based on patient unique needs.
• Provides in-office and in-region support to Doctors and Practice teams, emphasizing the highest standard of patient care and practice productivity.
• Develops and implements implant related programs that help Aspen Professionals provide superior patient care, exceptional practice productivity and outstanding business results.
• Assists with implant continuing education program development and presentation both at the regional and national level, including; active participation in regional market development meetings.
• Participates in Doctor programs.
• Supports the evaluation, recommendation, and implementation of new patient care implant technologies.
• Partners with Field Leadership, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and Practice Ownership to establish and monitor and evaluate successful Doctor retention strategies.
• Monitors revenues and expenditures for assigned Practices to assure budgeted profit targets related to implant procedures are met or exceeded.
• Identifies underperforming Practices; partners with Doctors to implement and monitor plans to achieve and exceed operational success

Requirements & Qualifications

• Successful completion of dental training at a four (4) year, accredited Dental School and received an DMD or DDS degree.
• Experience with implants, orthodontics / clear aligners, and all restorative procedures.
• Relevant advanced education for specialty areas.
• Minimum of 3+ years clinical experience.
• Ability to travel at least 70%.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively coach, mentor, and train others.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.