Occupational Therapy Assistant Program DirectorOpen-Rank Faculty Position
Occupational Therapy Assistant Program DirectorOpen-Rank Faculty Position
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The Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions is one of seven academic Departments located in the School of Health Professions. The Department offers a full career ladder of graduate and undergraduate degrees including a B.S. Degree Occupational Therapy Assistant Program. The Program is accredited by ACOTE Additional information about the School of Health Professions is available at The Program Director of the Occupational Therapy Assistant OTA Program manages and administers all aspects of the Bachelor of Science OTA Program including planning budgeting evaluation selection of faculty and staff maintenance of accreditation and commitment to strategies for professional development. The Program Director is a faculty member who teaches within the OTA Program participates in scholarship and provides service and leadership within the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions and the School of Health Professions at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. This is an open rank 12month faculty position. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Ensure continued accreditation of the OTA Program by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education ACOTE . Deliver evaluate and update the OTA curriculum to prepare students for certification and practice ensuring congruence with the mission of the School of Health Professions and Rutgers University. Select hire collaborate with and mentor OTA faculty as they develop course materials teach evaluate and advise students. Create a learning environment that facilitates the development of OTA professionals who are prepared to enter the workforce offering ethical and culturally sensitive services. Design use and evaluate course materials and methodology to ensure graduates achieve program outcomes. Manage and update a budget to maintain the objectives of the OTA program and meet the needs of matriculated and entering students. Evaluate analyze and report the extent to which the OTA program meets its goals and objectives on an annual basis. Evaluate and update the information and materials that are distributed to applicants fieldwork sites and other community partners through the programs web site and brochures. Collaborate with School and University administrative offices and relevant personnel to ensure the programs compliance with policies pertaining to admissions enrollment registration Reporting of grades satisfactory academic progress and graduation. Teach courses in the OTA program related to areas of clinical expertise. Advise students and mentor faculty in their student advisement responsibilities. Participate in scholarship related to OT/ OTA education. Participate in continuing education to support ongoing development as an effective Program Director. Serve on Department and/or School committees to promote excellence in education interprofessional collaboration and community service.
Overview
New Jerseys premier academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences RBHS takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers health researchers and providers and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty staff and learners. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
The Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions is one of seven academic Departments located in the School of Health Professions. The Department offers a full career ladder of graduate and undergraduate degrees including a B.S. Degree Occupational Therapy Assistant Program. The Program is accredited by ACOTE Additional information about the School of Health Professions is available at The Program Director of the Occupational Therapy Assistant OTA Program manages and administers all aspects of the Bachelor of Science OTA Program including planning budgeting evaluation selection of faculty and staff maintenance of accreditation and commitment to strategies for professional development. The Program Director is a faculty member who teaches within the OTA Program participates in scholarship and provides service and leadership within the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions and the School of Health Professions at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. This is an open rank 12month faculty position. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Ensure continued accreditation of the OTA Program by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education ACOTE . Deliver evaluate and update the OTA curriculum to prepare students for certification and practice ensuring congruence with the mission of the School of Health Professions and Rutgers University. Select hire collaborate with and mentor OTA faculty as they develop course materials teach evaluate and advise students. Create a learning environment that facilitates the development of OTA professionals who are prepared to enter the workforce offering ethical and culturally sensitive services. Design use and evaluate course materials and methodology to ensure graduates achieve program outcomes. Manage and update a budget to maintain the objectives of the OTA program and meet the needs of matriculated and entering students. Evaluate analyze and report the extent to which the OTA program meets its goals and objectives on an annual basis. Evaluate and update the information and materials that are distributed to applicants fieldwork sites and other community partners through the programs web site and brochures. Collaborate with School and University administrative offices and relevant personnel to ensure the programs compliance with policies pertaining to admissions enrollment registration Reporting of grades satisfactory academic progress and graduation. Teach courses in the OTA program related to areas of clinical expertise. Advise students and mentor faculty in their student advisement responsibilities. Participate in scholarship related to OT/ OTA education. Participate in continuing education to support ongoing development as an effective Program Director. Serve on Department and/or School committees to promote excellence in education interprofessional collaboration and community service.
Overview
New Jerseys premier academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences RBHS takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers health researchers and providers and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty staff and learners. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
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