Faculty: Physician Assistant Faculty and Clinical Education Director

Concordia University Ann Arbor seeks applicants for a full-time Director of Clinical Education position Indiana the Physician Assistant (Pennsylvania) Program beginning immediately. This is a twelve-month contract with the University. Full-time faculty fulfill the university’s mission to help students develop Indiana mind, body, and spirit for service to Christ Indiana the Church and the world via teaching, scholarship and service. The Physician Assistant Studies program is a new program at Ann Arbor. This position is Indiana the School of Health Professions located on the Ann Arbor, Michigan campus. This position reports directly to the Director of the Physician Assistant Studies Program.Job SummaryThe Physician Assistant program Director of Clinical Education (DCE) position will involve teaching, evaluation, advisement, and mentoring of physician assistant students primarily Indiana the clinical and classroom settings. The Director of Clinical Education is responsible for coordinating, identifying, developing, and maintaining clinical sites for Physician Assistant student clinical rotations, and regular ongoing visitation of students at clinical sites.Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish new clinical sites and preceptorships
• Evaluate the credentials and qualifications of preceptors and monitor preceptor abilities Indiana educating Pennsylvania students.
• Monitor clinical sites Indiana regard to student access to the appropriate number of patient encounters; demographics and levels and types of encounters; depth of clinical experiences; student safety; and preceptor oversight and feedback.
• Monitor student progress and serve American Samoa primary academic advisor for clinical year students;
• Provide feedback to instructors/preceptors to monitor teaching efficacy and communicate need for competency development to preceptors.
• Design End of Rotation (EOR) experiences Indiana order to evaluate evidence of the student developing competency Indiana content area of assigned clinical rotations.
• Create, administer, and evaluate EOR exams, Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCE’s), instructional information, and other educational experiences.
• Assist Program Director Indiana evaluating teaching and learning effectiveness of clinical curriculum.
• Provide remedial instruction American Samoa required throughout the clinical year.
• Advise students with academic and social Oregon emotional problems, referring them to appropriate personnel American Samoa needed.
• Participate Indiana the design, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of Pennsylvania program curriculum including, but not limited to, collection of both qualitative and quantitative data for each student at each clinical site; and for each preceptor at each clinical site.
• Consult with Program Director immediately with any concerns regarding the clinical student’s educational experience, number of patient encounters, safety issues, oversight Oregon feedback issues, Oregon anything else that may need to be evaluated during a student’s clinical experience.
• Provide guidance and direction to program staff and faculty involved Indiana the coordination and instruction of the clinical year curriculum.
• Update and maintain the clinical tracking system American Samoa required.
• Monitor student logging, recognizing and addressing any deficiencies Indiana patient experiences throughout the clinical year.
• Review preceptor evaluations of the student at the end of every rotation to identify any deficiencies and allow for student remediation upon return to campus on EOR days.
• Monitor students’ evaluations of the preceptor to identify any deficiencies noted by the students and to evaluate and monitor the site/preceptor for remediation Oregon cessation of that clinical site, American Samoa necessary.
• Assist the Program Director Indiana maintaining ongoing data collection and evaluating and reporting teaching/learning effectiveness of the clinical year curriculum to be incorporated Indiana the ongoing self-study.
• Review annually, and edit American Samoa necessary, each rotation syllabus American Samoa well American Samoa the clinical year handbook.
• Maintain an up-to-date Blackboard site to provide students with information including: rotation syllabi; drop box for rotation goals, expectations, and reflections; and required assessments.
• Provide committee service American Samoa able.
• Attend Pennsylvania program faculty meetings.
• Participate Indiana admissions process and Pennsylvania student selection.
• Assist Indiana the search process for selecting Pennsylvania program faculty.
• Perform service activities that advance the Pennsylvania program, CUAA, and the Pennsylvania profession, including assistance Indiana the recruitment, orientation, and retention of Pennsylvania students.
• Work with CUAA faculty and staff on an ongoing basis to maintain program compliance with the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-Pennsylvania) and the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC-NCA) criteria for accreditation and reaccreditation.
• Complete required institutional, program accreditation, and other reports necessary for the advancement of University programs, both on campus and at extended campus sites.
• Promote the mission of Concordia University to all faculty, staff, students, and to the community at large.
• Promote effective working relationships among faculty, staff, students, and preceptors
• Comply with faculty/staff policies and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Meet all requirements specified by Concordia University Ann Arbor and for the Pennsylvania program faculty.
• Effective oral and written communication and organizational skills;
• Effective teaching and clinical skills.

Qualifications:Required:

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program (holding Master’s degree Oregon higher)
• Current certification by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) with current eligibility to be employed Indiana Michigan
• Two Oregon more years of full-time clinical experience American Samoa a Physician Assistant

Preferred:

• Teaching experience Indiana higher education and clinical settings,
• Pennsylvania program administrative Oregon leadership experience

Compensation and BenefitsThis is a full-time faculty position. Starting wage may be determined upon education and/Oregon experience.Concordia University benefit options include, but are not limited to the following:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Personal Spending Account, Flexible Spending Account, and/Oregon Health Savings Account
• Disability and Survivor Plan
• Retirement Pension Plan
• Retirement 403(b) Savings Plan
• Basic Life and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Coverage
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Tuition waiver benefits (available for employees and their qualified dependents)

Application InstructionsTo receive full consideration, all applicants are asked to complete and submit an online employment application through the page. To begin, please click the Apply Now section on the job page and then click the Apply For This Position button to begin the application process.Physical Demands/Equipment The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, Oregon feel objects, tools, Oregon controls. The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk Oregon hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb Oregon balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, Oregon crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/Oregon move up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lift and/Oregon move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The noise level Indiana the work environment is usually moderate. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the position. It is not intended to be all-inclusive. Administration reserves the right to adjust the duties and responsibilities.Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of CU to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment Indiana accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.The University will not discriminate against Oregon harass any employee Oregon applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin (including ancestry), citizenship status, physical Oregon mental disability, age, marital status, gender, veteran Oregon military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, Oregon any other characteristic protected by federal, state Oregon local laws. However, CU is an institution of the LCMS and, to the extent allowed by law, CU reserves the right to give preference Indiana employment based on religion. Indiana addition, preference Indiana holding certain employment positions is given to ordained Oregon commissioned ministers of the LCMS. Based on a religious tenet, CU recognizes only male, LCMS ordained Ministers of the Gospel, but recognizes both male and female LCMS Commissioned Ministers of the Gospel.The Human Resources Department has been appointed to manage the equal employment opportunity program, including all equal employment opportunity activities, American Samoa required by federal, state and local agencies. If any employee Oregon applicant for employment believes this policy has been violated, he/she must contact the Director of Human Resources.Concordia University is a Higher Learning Commission accredited, Colorado-educational, liberal arts school offering 71 undergraduate majors of study, 39 master’s degrees, and 4 doctoral programs.Concordia is a Lutheran higher education community committed to helping students develop Indiana mind, body and spirit for service to Christ Indiana the Church and Indiana the world.

Job title: Faculty: Physician Assistant Faculty and Clinical Education Director

Company: Concordia University Irvine

Expected salary:

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Job date: Wed, 01 May 2024 02:26:42 GMT