Clinical Assistant Professor And Director Of Clinical Education

Nazareth University invites applications and nominations for the role of Director of Clinical Education for the new Physician Assistant program in the College of Interprofessional Health & Human Services (CIHHS). The Director of Clinical Education will oversee the the clinical phase of an innovative hybrid program.

Essential functions

• Oversee the ongoing recruitment, support, development, and evaluation of clinical preceptors and rotation sites for supervised clinical practice experiences.

• Supervise the Clinical Education Assistant.

• Ensure ongoing compliance with ARC-PA accreditation standards related to physician assistant clinical education.

• Responsible for the development and oversight of student assessment, to include remediation, for the clinical phase of the program.

• Ensure students have met health screening and immunization requirements of assigned clinical rotation sites.

• Maintains accurate student records and enforcing academic policies consistent with the University, College and Program.

• Ensure students are adequately prepared to achieve programmatic benchmarks for the End of Curriculum and PANCE exams.

• Collaborates with the Director of Didactic Education on ongoing assessment of student performance toward attaining the program's Student Learning Outcomes.

• Conduct and manage site visits to preceptors and students during clinical rotations. These visits will include providing instructional feedback to students on the skills of case presentations, observation of students' interactions with patients at the bedside, feedback on student -patient interaction, review of clinical medicine knowledge, discussion of the student's progress with the preceptor and evaluation of the student assessment of the clinical teaching site.

• Oversee student academic progression, retention and completion strategies.

• Actively engage with programmatic evaluation.

• Develop and deliver online and in-person academic lectures as assigned.

• Participate in the student admissions process.

• Participate in the academic counseling of students as assigned.

• Serve on departmental, college and university committees as assigned.

• Participate in developing, reviewing and revising the mission statement, program goals and program competencies, as necessary.

• Conduct and disseminate scholarship.

• Other duties as assigned.

Nazareth University, an independent, comprehensive institution with 2300 undergraduate and 700 graduate students, prepares its graduates to serve local and global communities through a wide range of liberal arts and professional programs. Nazareth seeks to hire faculty and staff with a demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence, student success, and civic engagement, and an understanding of the educational benefits and importance of diversity, equity and inclusion as articulated in our Diversity Statement. The college is located minutes from downtown Rochester, New York, a city noted for its rich arts and cultural community and its international businesses and industry. Applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.