Dean of ARCOM
Dean of ARCOM
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Dean of ARCOM
About Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) is a private non-profit graduate-level health sciences institution located on over 500 acres in Fort Smith Arkansas. ACHEs service-driven mission is to educate and train a diverse group of competent and compassionate healthcare professionals; to create health and research support facilities; and to provide healthy living environments to improve the lives of others. Founded in 2014 ACHE has experienced rapid growth and is poised to be a leader in healthcare education for years to come. ACHE is the first and only private institution in Arkansas that is dedicated solely to healthcare and wellness and maintains a strong commitment to the surrounding community.
About Fort Smith and the Arkansas River Valley
Fort Smith is a vibrant community of around 90000 with a low cost of living and ample recreational opportunities. Located in the beautiful Arkansas River Valley at the foothills of the Ozark mountains Fort Smith is nestled between the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests. The region provides hiking mountain biking rock climbing hang gliding whitewater rafting and camping all within a short addition the city supports a variety of cultural attractions including museums theaters an award-winning symphony and two historic entertainment districts.
JOB SUMMARY
The Dean of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine is the chief academic and administrative leader responsible for advancing the mission vision and strategic goals of the COM. They are responsible for cultivating strong relationships across faculty staff and students with decisiveness ethical judgment and consistent communication. This individual provides leadership that fosters a culture of excellence where people are capable of doing their best work.
The Dean of ARCOM is responsible for the outcomes of the COM including the educational outcomes curriculum development recruitment/retention and continued evaluation of all. They are responsible for ensuring that the COM has the resources facilities faculty staff and affiliations required for delivery of the educational service and research missions of the COM.
As Dean of ARCOM he/she has day to day responsibility for academic and operational matters and reports the outcomes of operations and educational efforts to the board through the Provost and President. They represent the COM professionally to public governmental and professional organizations groups andindividuals. They are responsible for advancing the professional and public standing of the COM. They provide leadership serves as chief spokesperson and holds primary responsibility for all personnel financial educational and student matters for the Dean of ARCOM possesses budgetary authority for all procedures processes and functions required to ensure the success of the COM.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for all aspects of any COCA Self-Study all COCA-related reports and all matters aligned with COCA accreditation requirements.
- Management of the development delivery evaluation and revision of the curriculum policies procedures budget faculty and affiliations of the COM to ensure that they meet the educational scholarly activity service and research goals of ACHE advances the mission vision and goals of the COM and meets all accreditation and professional standards for the students.
- Provides budgetary oversight and approves resources provided to students faculty and staff.
- Approves and presents to the Provost or their designee the annual operational plans and budgets for the COM.
- Provide leadership and management for the COM its faculty students and the constituents it serves while working cooperatively and collaboratively with other professionals faculty staff students and the public.
- Responsible for the policies and processes that determine applicant screening interviewing and selection for admission to the ARCOM to advance the mission vision values and goals established and make final decisions on admission of students to the DO MSB and MPH programs.
- Advises the Provost on policy and procedures mission vision and values strategic planning and long-range budgeting for the COM and its interactions with ACHE.
- Collaborates with CoHS Deans to assure that ACHEs educational facilities and resources are equitably available to all ACHE students as their programs and curricular needs necessitate.
- Prepares and submits to the Provost annually or more often if requested a report that details the operations outcomes long and short-range plans and status of the COM in meeting the goals of the COM regarding its functions students and faculty.
- Reviews and approves the expenditure of funds allocated to the COM including oversight of the budget for the COM.
- Develops and oversees policies and procedures that allocate and ensures the effective use of financial resources human resources and physical resources of the COM
- Responsible for the allocation and effective use of all space in the ARCOM Building assigned for medical education clinical service and research.
- Responsible for ensuring that the COM accreditation standards and requirements set by state regional programmatic accrediting bodies and USDE are met.
- Administers student faculty and staff personnel policies and procedures for the COM in accordance with established policy and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
- Responsible for the recruitment and management of all direct reports to include development of job descriptions and securing appropriate approvals of same and verifying that academic requirements are satisfied before submitting to the Provost for approval.
- Selects and recommends for appointment reappointment and promotion to the Provost all members of the Senior Administrative Leadership Team for the COM as well as supervises and evaluates per policy and procedures the Associate/Assistant Deans and Senior Administrative Leadership for the COM.
- Selects and recommends for appointment reappointment and promotion as well as provide supervision for and evaluation of all Biomedical Science and Clinical Science Department Chairs in consultation with the Associate Deans to the Provost per policy and procedures.
- Selects and recommends for appointment reappointment and promotion to the Provost qualified individuals to serve as faculty for the COM oversees the process for their evaluation and remediation consistent with policies and procedures.
- Identifies recruits evaluates and manages or delegates the management of all other academic faculty and related staff within the COM in consultation with their immediate supervisor.
- Assures that all college health care professional faculty physicians-in-training and other faculty members are appropriately licensed credentialed and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations both nationally and within the state of Arkansas.
- Serves as the primary liaison between the COM and the medical profession medical associations medical professionals licensing boards the board of health other governmental agencies the legislature and its divisions in the state of Arkansas nationally and internationally.
- Serves as the institutions official representative to the AACOMs Council of Deans and represents the COM in relationships liaisons with other professional organizations national and state governmental bodies.
- Ensures that the COM commitments to academic freedom diversity integrity ethics nondiscrimination as well as its commitment to excellence and integration of Osteopathic philosophy and principles in all its teaching research and service programs are complied with by the COM its faculty staff and administration.
- Provides leadership for the administration faculty and students during the development and updating of the COMs mission vision and goals its strategic plan assessment of the outcomes of the COM and how they affect the COM the quality assessment and quality improvement functions of the COM to ensure continuing high standards of performance in education research and service and advancement of the mission vision and values of the COM.
- Oversee the development and availability of processes for individual professional growth faculty development and advancement for the staff faculty and members of the administration.
- Provide direction and oversight for the development assessment and implementation of the affiliation agreements with healthcare facilities hospitals clinics and other health related organizations required to meet the requirements of the curriculum and advance the COMs mission and vision and values.
- Assures the efficient use of resources and maintenance of high standards for all medical academic research and clinical programs.
- Responsible for seeing that the policies procedures mission vision and values of the COM are consistent with those of ACHE and advance the mission vision and goals of ACHE.
- The Dean of ARCOM. shall be a full-time employee of Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine a division of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education and shall dedicate themselves wholly to the functions of the job and shall have no outside employment.
- Other duties as assigned by the President or Provost or their designee.
QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualifications:
- D.O. degree from an accredited College of Osteopathic Medicine. Board Certification from of the American Osteopathic Association
- Experience in academic medicine as a Dean Assistant or Associate Dean Full time Chair of a Clinical Department at a College of Osteopathic Medicine Director of Medical Education/Program Director
Preferred Qualifications:
- At least 5 years experience as a Dean Assistant or Associate Dean Full time Chair of a Clinical Department at a College of Osteopathic Medicine Director of Medical Education/Program Director.
- Clinical academic business operations and legal experience and expertise suitable to allow him/her to provide mentorship and leadership for students and faculty.
- Professional involvement and positions of leadership within the Osteopathic profession its associations and organizations.
- Experience with scholarly activities publishing scientific research writing evaluation and management of grants.
Required knowledge skills and abilities
- Demonstrate knowledge and skill in the delivery of medical education in the classroom laboratory simulation and standardized laboratory settings and in clinical settings for students and residents.
- Demonstrate knowledge of varied curriculum templates and educational formats.
- Demonstrate ability to mentor and motivate students and peers.
- Demonstrate a depth of knowledge in one or more of the medical psychological or social disciplines required for the education of medical students the practice of medicine the advancement of medical knowledge and research.
- Demonstrate leadership skills organizational skills delegation skills and time management skills.
- Requires a minimum of 20% travel or time away from campus; and up to 50%.
- Demonstrate proficiency in computer skills i.e. Microsoft Office.
- Display professionalism for the college in all communication and interaction.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and privacy.
- Ability to prioritize and organize numerous and varied assignments.
ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB
Communication and Comprehension
ACHE is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodations when necessary. The following are essential abilities and physical requirements for all positions at the college.
- Ability to orally communicate effectively with others with strong interpersonal skills and customer service orientation.
- Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues and supervisory staff at all levels.
- Ability to understand oral and written information using the English language and organize thoughts and ideas into effective forms of communication.
- Ability to make decisions which range from moderate to a significant impact on the immediate work environment as well as outside contributors.
- Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of ACHE to a variety of business and community customers and associates.
- Strong organizational skills.
Problem Solving
- Intuitively able to reason analyze information and events and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.
- Expertise in negotiation.
Physical and Sensory Abilities
- May be exposed to short intermittent and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
- May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies to include but not limited to pens pencils calculators computer keyboards telephone etc.
- May be required to transport oneself to other campus offices conference rooms and on occasion to off-campus sites to attend meetings conferences workshops seminars etc.
- May require significant travel or work away from campus.
- Requires attendance at events representing ACHE both within as well as outside of the college setting.
- Frequently required to work at a desk conference table or in meetings of various configurations.
- Frequently required to see for purposes of reading matter.
- Frequently required to hear and understand speech at normal levels.
- Occasionally required to lift items in a normal office environment.
- Frequently required to operate office and presentation equipment.
If you need assistance in the application process because of a disability or any other reason please contact Vicki Broadaway Vice President of Human Resources at 479.308.2287 or
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education is an equal opportunity employer.
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