Adjunct Instructor - Bachelor's of Science in Health Services Program

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Mission or Goal of Unit

Virginia Commonwealth University seeks to create a work environment and organizational culture that reflects the society and community in which it is located and a climate for the success of every employee by appreciating the uniqueness that each one brings to the workplace.

The B.S. in Health Services program is designed to prepare students to work as medical and health services providers charged with planning directing and coordinating medical and health services. Graduates of the BS program will be prepared to work in diverse healthcare settings such as hospitals specific clinical areas or departments within those facilities health management organizations or in medical practice groups.

Position Description

The College of Health Professions is seeking adjunct professors to teach a class (classes) in the undergraduate minor in research ecosystems developed by the Student Pathways Collaborative (SP) (representatives from VCU Human Resources OVPRI School of Medicine Massey Comprehensive Cancer Human Resources) with the CHP and Wright Center (WC).

The research ecosystem minor is an interprofessional undergraduate curriculum that develops foundational skills across research ecosystems in various research domains. The minor is built on the premise that all research domains are increasing their research endeavors including art engineering health and education and require trained and qualified professionals with expertise in both the research ecosystem and the content of their chosen domain. The minors courses focus on the competencies in job descriptions for various research ecosystem positions and the necessary skills to ensure the successful management and administration of research. Successful completion of the minor contributes to the building of professional staff infrastructure supporting research teams as they create impactful research. In addition to didactic and skillsbuilding courses students complete the minor with an internship focused on a research ecosystem position of their choice and within their research domain. This is a careerfocused minor with the primary outcome being employed as a member of the research team.

Topic areas include: research ethics across research domains (education social work business engineering health etc) in the Fall semester. Courses in site operations team science project management in the Spring semester.

The primary objective of this position is to provide education and instructional support to the Minor in Research Ecosystem. Up to four instructors will be hired for this role (one for Fall 2025 and 23 for Spring 2026). Opportunities for team teaching are possible.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate courses in the research ecosystem minor based on course needs.
• Develop and organize course syllabi assignments exams and course content as needed.
• Provide engaging and effective instruction to undergraduate students in a synchronous online format.
• Assess and evaluate student performance through grading of assignments exams and projects.
• Hold office hours to meet with students and provide academic support.
• Participate in research ecosystem collaborative meetings BSHS instructional meetings and maintain communication with faculty and staff as necessary.
• Stay current with developments in the discipline and incorporate them into course materials and teaching methods.
• Follow university policies and procedures in teaching grading and conducting academic responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• Masters degree or higher in any discipline.
• Experience being in a research field with expertise in one of the list topic areas: ethics site operations and management team science and project management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to engage and inspire students in a diverse academic environment
• Ability to work independently and in a teamoriented environment.
• Experience working in the research field.
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of professionalism respect and civility with a population of faculty staff and students from various backgrounds and experiences or a commitment to do so as an adjunct faculty member at VCU.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
• Experience teaching online.
• Familiarity with Canvas (preferred).

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not to be used as part of the application submission or process.

Laurie Cathers

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