Details - Faculty - Physician Assistant Program
Summary
Collaborates with the program director, faculty and staff to ensure that the
educational environment demonstrates qualities needed to provide medical
education in accordance with the physician assistant program's mission, goals
and accreditation standards for physician assistant education.
Essential Job Functions
Prepares and delivers relevant and current curriculum using a variety of
teaching methods and standardized tools that accurately reflect
effectiveness of course content including instructional objectives,
expected competencies, entrustable professional activities (EPA),
content outlines, lecture notes, instructional methods/activities,
handouts, and evaluation tools that are distributed to teaching faculty
and/or students
Measures student understanding of course content in an objective fashion
Maintains accurate records of student attendance, academic achievement,
and performance in accordance with university policies, procedures and
accreditation requirements
Distributes to each student, in each course, a university approved
syllabus that includes course objectives, texts, attendance policy and
materials required for course and evaluation criteria
Posts and maintains regular office hours for student consultation per
guidelines set forth in the faculty manual
Refers students to appropriate university resources for information,
financial assistance, career development, or other guidance
Monitors and communicates consistently with any student in danger of
failure or in need of individual counseling
Assists with updating program handbooks and other programmatic manuals
Participates in student advising and remedial instruction
Attends scheduled faculty meetings, department meetings, faculty
orientation, training programs, and committee meetings of which they are
members
Serves as a committee member as assigned by the dean, department chair,
program director, or elected by the faculty members at large
Participates in student orientation, admissions events, open houses,
Family Weekend, competitions, professional conferences, and other events
as directed by the department chair or director
Supports extracurricular activities which advance the PA Program and/or PA
profession by attendance and/or service as an advisor
Selects applicants for admission to the program
Designs, implements, coordinates, and evaluates curriculum in accordance
with accreditation and university requirements
Performs in accordance with university and program policies and procedures
including maintaining familiarity with Accreditation Review Commission on
Education for the Physician Assistant Inc. (ARC-PA) standards
Performs other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
Master's degree in physician assistant studies, medical science or
pharmaceutical degree from an accredited program
Clinical experience working as a physician assistant, physician or
pharmacist
Current NCCPA Certification, board certification (MD or DO) or
pharmacist certification
Valid physician assistant, physician or pharmacist license for the State
of Rhode Island or eligibility to obtain such licensure
Valid U.S. driver's license
Please Note:
Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting
distance of the Providence Campus location upon hire.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.
Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university
does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial
status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service,
national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.
