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Title: Regional Clinical Trainer Practice: Oral Surgery Partners Position Purpose: The Regional Clinical Trainer is responsible for strengthening the skills, consistency, and performance of surgical assistants and back-office clinical teams across the region. This role provides hands-on instruction, structured new-hire onboarding, ongoing employee development, competency assessment, and clinical coaching to promote safe, efficient, and consistent clinical practices.
This is a 100% travel-based position with no designated home office or primary practice location. The Regional Clinical Trainer will travel to assigned practices based on training and operational needs and may provide temporary clinical support during staffing shortages, leaves of absence, new provider ramp-ups, or other circumstances that could impact patient care or provider schedules. Essential Functions: Clinical Training & Development Provide hands-on training and coaching to new and existing surgical assistants throughout the region.
Train team members on oral surgery clinical workflows, surgical assisting techniques, room setup and breakdown, patient preparation, and postoperative processes. Provide training related to general anesthesia workflows, patient monitoring, emergency preparedness, and clinical safety within the employee's permitted scope of practice. Reinforce proper infection control, sterilization, clinical documentation, and safety protocols.
Identify individual training gaps and provide focused coaching and development to address identified needs. Evaluate employee progress, document completion of established clinical competencies, and provide ongoing feedback to support independent performance. Reinforce consistent clinical expectations and best practices across practices within the region. New-Hire Training & Onboarding Partner with the Regional Director of Operations and local practice leadership to develop and maintain a standardized surgical assistant onboarding program.
Establish clear training expectations and competencies for each stage of a new surgical assistant's development. Provide dedicated hands-on training to new employees to support a consistent and effective onboarding experience. Regularly evaluate new-hire progress and communicate training status, strengths, concerns, and additional development needs to appropriate leadership. Support new employees in becoming prepared, confident, and independently competent in their responsibilities.
Identify and address training or support concerns early to improve new-hire retention and reduce time to independent clinical competency. Regional Clinical Support Serve as a regional clinical resource for surgical assistants, managers, and practice leadership. Travel to practices requiring additional training, employee development, or operational support. Provide temporary surgical assistant coverage, when training responsibilities allow, for PTO, leaves of absence, vacancies, unexpected staffing shortages, and other operational needs.
Provide clinical support during new surgeon onboarding and provider ramp-ups. Help protect provider schedules and patient capacity by supporting practices when clinical staffing needs could impact operations. Assist practices with improving back-office workflows, clinical efficiency, organization, and consistency. Training Program Development & Standardization Assist in developing and maintaining standardized surgical assistant training materials, competency checklists, and onboarding expectations.
Identify differences in clinical processes between practices and partner with regional and local leadership to improve consistency where appropriate. Evaluate training needs throughout the region and recommend opportunities for additional education or process improvement. Help establish sustainable training processes that support continued hiring, practice growth, and new provider onboarding. Maintain appropriate documentation of employee tra