Territory Manager of Hygiene Support

Aspen Dental; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Dental is seeking a travel-based Hygiene Training Specialist to support regional hygienists across Kansas and Missouri. Based in the St.

Louis, MO region, the role requires frequent travel between offices to deliver training, ensure quality care, and promote patient satisfaction while helping drive revenue. The position emphasizes non-clinical support, recruitment and onboarding of hygienists, and collaboration with territory teams and vendor partners to optimize product utilization and

Qualifications

• Active licensed or registered dental hygienist in the state of residence.
• Ability to obtain licenses in supported states within a year; expenses covered.
• Associate’s degree in Dental Hygiene; advanced degree preferred.
• Travel up to 75% overnight; ability to travel to offices and meetings.
• Fine motor skills to manipulate small instruments with precision.

Responsibilities

• Deliver regional training to promote quality care and patient satisfaction.
• Assist with recruitment, hiring and onboarding of new hygienists.
• Coordinate with practices and vendor partners to increase product utilization.
• Serve as liaison to territory hygiene team; respond to inquiries.
• Help prepare hygiene budgets and determine territory needs.
• Coach under-performing offices and support training initiatives.

Skills

Travel readiness

Communication

Training support

Education

Associate’s degree in Dental Hygiene

Active dental hygiene license

Job description

This is a travel based position with travel throughout the states of Kansas and Missouri. Candidates should be based within St. Louis, MO region as frequent travel between offices is required - please inquire to discuss in further detail! Delivering regional training designed to promote quality care, patient satisfaction and increase revenue. Assists with recruitment, hiring and onboarding of new hygienists at Aspen Dental practices. Works with vendor partners to arrange field meetings and increase product utilization. Assists with training initiatives on new patient care products and processes. Functions as a liaison to ADMI’s territory hygiene team, responding to daily phone and email inquiries regarding policies, reports, product features, incentives, ordering, support materials, etc. Partners with practice owners and ADMI field management teams to assist in the preparation of hygiene budgets and determine hygiene needs for the territory, floats, additional hygiene days. Coach under-performing offices. Additional developmental duties as directed or requested by practice owners of supported offices. As an employee of ADMI, this is a non-clinical support role that will be providing advice to hygienists practicing with and employed by Aspen Dental-branded practices.

Salary - $80,000-$85,000

To be viewed as a qualified candidate for this position you should possess the following:

• Active Licensed and/or Registered Dental Hygienist in the state of residence
• Ability to obtain hygiene licenses in the states you will be supporting within a year of hire; expenses will be covered as part of employment
• Associate’s degree in Dental Hygiene (advanced degree in related field preferred)
• Ability to travel to assigned offices and organizational meetings (up to 75% overnight travel)
• Ability to manipulate small instruments, supplies, and equipment with efficiency, dexterity, and exceptional hand-eye coordination
• Ability to perform clinical duties to facilitate training and support the patient experience

Additional Requirements and Preferred Qualifications:

• Physical requirements include mostly sitting, standing, and/or bending for extended periods of time
• Preferred prior dental administrative/leadership experience, adjunct or full-time dental hygiene faculty experience, and/or dental hygiene consulting experience with a proven track record