AssistantAssociate Clinical Professor and Director of Physical Therapy Services
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Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Summary
As a core faculty member in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program this individual will teach in the DPT curriculum and serve as Director of Drexel University Physical Therapy Services. This leadership role includes overseeing and expanding clinical practice opportunities enhancing integrated clinical experiences for DPT students and supporting innovative evidence-based models of care. The position requires a dynamic clinician with interest and expertise in clinical administration DPT and physical therapy residency education and a progressive results-driven approach to physical therapy practice. Responsibilities include participating in admissions interviews advising and supporting DPT students maintaining a scholarly agenda that meets accreditation requirements contributing to curriculum review and providing service to the department college and university. Opportunities for teaching in other college or university programs as well as clinical practice with Drexel University Physical Therapy Services are available. Faculty responsibilities are governed by Drexel Universitys non-tenure track faculty policy and the workload policies of the College of Nursing & Health Professions. All faculty are expected to maintain active physical therapy licensure in Pennsylvania and membership in the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Essential Functions
- As a core faculty member in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program this individual will teach in the DPT curriculum and serve as Director of Drexel University Physical Therapy Services. This leadership role includes overseeing and expanding clinical practice opportunities enhancing integrated clinical experiences for DPT students and supporting innovative evidence-based models of care.
- Responsibilities include participating in admissions interviews advising and supporting DPT students maintaining a scholarly agenda that meets accreditation requirements contributing to curriculum review and providing service to the department college and university.
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of a PhD or Doctorate in Physical Therapy Rehab Sciences.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in physical therapy clinical practice or education.
- Physical therapy direct access licensure in the State of Pennsylvania or eligibility
- Commitment to excellence in physical therapy teaching and education
- Evidence of leadership teamwork and innovative thinking.
- Experience or interest in managing and growing physical therapy practice.
- An entrepreneurial results-driven business mindset.
- An evidence-informed focus and growth mindset
- Strong communication skills and evidence of productivity working with teams of people
- Commitment to the mission vision values and direction of the PTRS department College of Nursing & Health Professions and Drexel University
- APTA membership or willingness to become a member of the APTA on hire
Preferred Qualifications
- Teaching experience in a Doctor of Physical Therapy program
- An understanding of insurance and credentialling procedures.
- Expertise that complements the PTRS faculty and faculty in the CNHP/Drexel University
- Post-professional degree or interest in obtaining one (i.e. PhD EdD DHSc DSc ScD) and/or board certification in a physical therapy specialty
- Content expertise in orthopedics sports medicine anatomy diagnostic imaging exercise science and population health.
- Board certification in a physical therapy specialty
- Engaged or interested in becoming actively engaged in the APTA and its academies
Physical Demands
- Typically sitting at a desk/table
- Typically standing walking
- Typically bending crouching stooping
- Typically running climbing
- Lifting demands 25lbs
- Lifting demands >50lbs
- Lifting demands 50bs
Location
- University City - Philadelphia PA
Additional Information
This is a Full-Time Faculty position classified as Exempt. The offered salary is based on thesuccessful candidates qualifications and experience department budget and an internal equity information about benefits please review Drexels Full-Time Faculty Benefit Fact Sheet or Part-TimeFaculty Benefit Fact Sheet.
Special Instructions to the Applicant
Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.
A review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Patient Care
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Physiology Knowledge
- Medical office experience
- Office Experience
- Patient Assessment
- Pediatrics Experience
- Home Care
- Front Desk
- Teaching
- Heavy Lifting
- Patient Service Experience
About Company
Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA is an academically comprehensive and globally engaged urban research university, dedicated to advancing knowledge and society and to providing every student with a valuable, rigorous, experiential, technology-infused education, enriched by the nat ... View more
