Associate ProfessorProgram Director, Physician Assistant Program

Mission Driven Community Focused About Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science ()

Charles R. Drew University is located in the Watts-Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles and was founded in 1966 in the wake of the Watts uprising. CDU was founded to address inadequate medical care in the region and to provide equitable medical education opportunities for under-represented students.

CDU offers the only historically black Doctor of Medicine program west of the Mississippi and is strongly invested in the local and regional community. The university leads multiple partnerships and programs to provide equitable healthcare resources in a variety of south Los Angeles neighborhoods.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Program Director of the Master of Science Physician Assistant (PA) Program provides academic administrative and strategic leadership for the program. Reporting to the Dean of the College of Science and Health the Program Director is responsible for the organization administration fiscal management continuous programmatic review and analysis communication and ongoing adherence to the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) Standards and policies. The Program Director works collaboratively with program faculty and institutional leadership to advance the program mission goals and competencies; ensure the quality and effectiveness of the curriculum; support student achievement; oversee faculty and staff; maintain appropriate academic and clinical resources; and promote continuous program improvement.

The Program Director is assigned to the PA Program on a 12-month 1.0 FTE full-time basis with at least 50% of the position devoted to administrative responsibilities for the program consistent with current ARC-PA requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership for program organization administration planning development implementation and continuous improvement.
• Working with program faculty develop review and revise the program mission statement goals and competencies as necessary.
• Ensure ongoing adherence to ARC-PA Standards and policies and applicable University and College policies and procedures.
• Lead and manage accreditation activities including required applications reports self-studies responses documentation accreditation reviews and site visits.
• Provide fiscal leadership for the program including development monitoring and management of the program budget and resources.
• Lead continuous programmatic review and analysis and ensure assessment data are collected retained analyzed and used to evaluate program effectiveness and guide continuous quality improvement.
• Provide effective communication among program faculty staff students College and University leadership clinical partners preceptors and other stakeholders.
• Design implement coordinate evaluate and continuously improve the didactic and clinical curriculum in collaboration with program faculty.
• Ensure student learning outcomes program competencies instructional methods and assessment processes are current appropriately aligned and regularly evaluated.
• Oversee development review and implementation of PA Program policies procedures student handbooks clinical education materials and preceptor resources.
• Oversee standards and processes for student recruitment admission selection progression retention and graduation; participate in applicant selection.
• Participate in student instruction and evaluation and ensure appropriate academic counseling advising and availability of remedial instruction.
• Ensure appropriate written practical and clinical assessment methods are used to evaluate student performance and readiness for progression and graduation.
• Oversee clinical education to ensure adequate supervised clinical practice experiences clinical sites preceptors monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Supervise all individuals serving in the roles of medical director principal faculty instructional faculty and program staff in activities directly related to the PA Program.
• Participate in the recruitment hiring onboarding development evaluation and retention of faculty and staff; assign responsibilities and monitor workloads in accordance with institutional policy and program needs.
• Promote faculty development effective teaching scholarship service professional growth and engagement in program evaluation and improvement.
• Serve as a faculty member with responsibilities for teaching scholarship service and other academic activities consistent with the faculty appointment.
• Maintain current knowledge of PA education contemporary PA practice accreditation expectations and relevant laws and regulations.
• Develop plans for acquisition of external funds and other resources that support and enhance the program mission when appropriate.
• Perform other duties consistent with the responsibilities of the Program Director and as assigned by the Dean.

SUPERVISORY ACTIONS:

• Supervise faculty and staff assigned to the PA Program including activities directly related to the program performed by the medical director principal faculty instructional faculty and staff.
• Assign and schedule work activities and responsibilities.
• Monitor workloads performance and completion of assigned responsibilities.
• Review and evaluate work and provide performance counseling and coaching.
• Participate in recruitment hiring onboarding retention and development of employees.
• Address performance concerns and disciplinary matters in accordance with University policies.
• Recommend personnel actions including promotion salary actions and other employment actions as appropriate.
• Plan evaluate and document employee performance.

Faculty Responsibilities:

• Maintains teaching load as assigned.
• Participates in scholarship and professional development.
• Serves on university committees as assigned.

Maintains Faculty Responsibilities:

• Participates in research and scholarly writing.
• Member of the Nursing Program and College Committees as assigned.
• Mentors junior-level faculty as assigned.
• Consults with the curriculum committee on curriculum development and modifications.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate degree from an institutionally accredited institution required; earned doctoral degree preferred.
• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant/Associate educational program.
• Must be a Physician Assistant/Associate who holds current or emeritus National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification status.
• Current California Physician Assistant licensure or eligibility for California licensure when required for assigned clinical responsibilities.
• Eligibility for an academic appointment and privileges comparable to other faculty with similar academic responsibilities within the University.

EXPERIENCE:

• At least three (3) years of full-time higher education experience at the time of appointment is required.
• Demonstrated leadership and administrative experience in higher education preferably in PA or health professions education.
• Experience in curriculum development student assessment program evaluation and continuous quality improvement.
• Experience with accreditation and regulatory compliance; direct experience with ARC-PA accreditation processes strongly preferred.
• Experience supervising faculty and/or professional staff preferred.
• Demonstrated clinical experience as a practicing PA; recent clinical practice experience preferred.
• Previous service as a PA Program Director Associate Program Director Academic Director Clinical Director or comparable PA education leadership role preferred.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITY/SKILLS:

• Comprehensive knowledge of PA education program planning curriculum development administration assessment and fiscal management.
• Knowledge of current ARC-PA Standards policies accreditation processes and expectations for continuous compliance.
• Knowledge of programmatic assessment data analysis student outcomes assessment and continuous quality improvement.
• Knowledge of contemporary PA practice professional standards applicable PA practice laws and regulations and health professions education.
• Demonstrated leadership management supervisory organizational analytical planning and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written verbal interpersonal and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with diverse internal and external constituencies.
• Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities meet deadlines maintain accurate records and lead complex accreditation and academic processes.
• Demonstrated instructional effectiveness and ability to support faculty development and student learning.
• Ability to foster a collaborative respectful student-centered academic environment and work effectively with a diverse community.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Physical demands are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.
• Work may require sitting standing walking reaching speaking hearing seeing near and far and use of a computer and other standard office equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Position is on-site unless specific authorization from themanager
• Work is performed in academic office laboratory simulation and clinical education environments as applicable to assigned responsibilities.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

• The position requires sustained concentration reasoning judgment analytical ability problem-solving decision-making and the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and deadlines.
• The Program Director must be able to respond effectively to complex academic personnel accreditation student and operational matters.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work effectively with a diverse University community students faculty staff clinical partners and external stakeholders.
• Flexibility to work evenings weekends and additional hours as required by program operations accreditation activities and University responsibilities.
• Ability to travel locally and when required nationally for clinical site oversight accreditation professional meetings recruitment and other program-related activities.

Excellent benefits: Medical dental vision retirement plan vacation accrues on first day of employment wellness programs 17 paid holidays per year up to 16 hours of paid time off to participate in community service and much more.

Compensation:

• $180000 - $220000 annually

Position Status:

• Full-Time Exempt

Salary range: $180000 - $220000 $ for administrative role

EEO Statement: Charles R. Drew University is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Applicants will be considered without regard to gender race age color religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information marital status disability or covered veteran status.

Fair Chance Statement: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science will consider qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with state and local Fair Chance laws.

As a health professions institution of higher education Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science seeks to protect the health and safety of the University community. As a condition of enrollment and employment students faculty and staff must comply with the current CDU Covid-19 requirements as described on the CDU Covid-19 webpage. Please visit the CDU Return to Campus website or email the Campus Nursing Office at .

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