Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Type: Full-Time
Salary: Negotiable

Job Summary:

The Drury University PA Program welcomes applications for a 12-month, full-time faculty position at the rank of clinical assistant professor. Principal faculty will report directly to the Program Director of the PA program and must be team-oriented along with possessing excellent communication and problem-solving skills. The program seeks a PA, MD, or DO, pharmacologist, or pathophysiologist with at least 3 years of recent full-time clinical practice experience (or teaching if a pharmacologist or pathophysiologist) to join our team of collegial PA educators who have a track record of robust clinical experience, teaching, scholarship, and service both at the local, regional, and national level. A clinical or research day is provided to support the ongoing activities of our faculty, along with scheduling flexibility. The Drury University PA program is a developing program and provisionally accredited by ARC-PA. Our second cohort of 40 students begins in August. Drury is a 150-year-old institution, financially secure, and the PA program features newly constructed facilities, a small cohort of dedicated students with a low student-to-faculty ratio, a cadaver lab with a 5:1 student-to-donor ratio, and a very supportive administration.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Participates in the implementation and instruction of didactic year courses.
• Serve as course director for assigned courses of the didactic year.
• Provide evaluation and remediation/reassessment efforts.
• Participates in laboratory and small group interactive sessions.
• Participates in review of program mission statement and conveying the mission and vision of the program.
• Participates in the organization, administration, continuous review, and analysis in the accreditation process of the physician assistant program for the ARC-PA.
• Participates in evaluating the program’s curriculum and administrative processes on a continuous basis.
• Participates in the admissions process which consists of evaluation of applications, interviewing, and selection of students for incoming cohort.
• Advises student academic and professional development.
• Serves on committees such as the Student Progress Committee and Principal Faculty Committee.
• Assume any other related duties necessary to develop and maintain an effective program
• Maintain all licenses and certificates necessary for employment eligibility.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree at minimum in PA, MD or DO, pharmacology, or pathophysiology is required.
• Current NCCPA Certification or certified by an ABMS or AOA approved specialty board.
• Eligible for Missouri state licensure as a PA
• 3 - 5 years clinical experience (required) if PA, MD, or DO, teaching experience required if pharmacologist or pathophysiologist.
• Instructional and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Additional requirements include

• Excellent teaching skills or potential to develop skills
• Strong ability to organize, plan and multi-task
• Above average initiative and team skills
• Strong work ethic
• Maintains an active physician assistant license

Clinical practice time and/or scholarly activity is encouraged.

How to apply: applicants should submit via email a letter of interest, statement of teaching philosophy, and current curriculum vitae, and a list of five references. Please forward all information to [email protected].

For information about the PA program, please visit our website at -of-science-in-physician-assistant-studies/.

About the Community

Drury University is located in vibrant downtown Springfield with an extensive selection of eclectic restaurants and exciting arts and culture. Springfield entices visitors with a relaxing small-town feeling with our local airport only 15 minutes away and literally 10 minutes from parking to departure gates, providing big-town access to vacation destinations and major hubs. These include direct flights to Orlando, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver, and others. For professional sports fans, Springfield has access to major cities with Kansas City 2 ½ hours away and St. Louis 3 hours away. Springfield is a wonderful area to raise a family with a low cost of living, highly rated public schools, multiple universities, and extensive outdoor activities brimming with awe-inspiring beauty. These include nearly 100 parks, hiking, fishing, boating, mountain biking, camping, golf, hunting, horseback riding, wineries, and one of the highest-rated theme parks and water parks in the country. Springfield is on the western side of the Ozarks plateau, providing easy access to the Ozark Mountains in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. We have two level-one trauma centers and many surrounding community-based healthcare institutions supporting our residents and the PA program.

Drury University is fully committed to upholding and advancing the creation of a diverse and inclusive environment where every member of our community will treat each other with dignity and respect. We recognize that diverse experiences enrich our institution and all who pass through it. We honor, welcome and respect all identities and perspectives.

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