Dean, Physical Therapy

The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.

The Dean, Physical Therapy provides academic leadership and administrative oversight of all Physical Therapy (PT) programs, resident, and flex, as well as all entry-level program directors on all USAHS campuses. Through use of programmatic data internally and externally, the Dean promotes academic excellence and growth of the PT programs, for the benefit of students and employees. The individual in this position coordinates communication and programmatic consistency across campuses and delivery methods for all PT programs.

The individual will assist program directors by coordinating program outcome assessment, accreditation reporting, faculty performance evaluation and development, curricular improvement, and (re) accreditation, etc.

Strategic Planning and Change Management

• With the Chief Academic Officer develops a strategic plan for all PT programs to focus on growth and quality improvement goals and initiatives that align with the goals of the Program, College, and University
• Participates in the development, implementation, and assessment of the program and University’s strategic plan
• Serves as spokesperson in determining how PT programs are innovative to position USAHS as a leader in PT education
• Works closely with marketing, university representatives, and admissions personnel to assure enrollment projects and goals are being met; provides feedback on student recruiting methodology

Leadership Development

• Leads intra- and inter-campus PT faculty meetings and retreats; assists program directors with faculty development needs; student academic/professional misconduct issues
• Leads recruitment and training efforts for new PT program directors; performs evaluations of the program directors; is responsible for leadership development
• Provides oversight to faculty performance evaluation process, assuring consistency; works with program directors to develop and reinforce faculty development and retention plans; assures alignment of faculty development goals to program strategic goals; assists directors with faculty recruitment, as needed; recommends faculty hiring to chief academic officer
• Monitors equity in faculty and program director workload
• Supervises orientation and development of new PT program directors and assistant directors

Fiscal and Resource Management

• Examines resource use; works with program directors for allocation and sharing of resources
• Works between program directors and the Chief Academic Officer for the coordination of policy revision/development
• Works with Chief Academic Officer to assure the clinical services office is meeting program needs
• Works between program directors and the Chief Academic Officer for the coordination of resource procurement and management

• Develops annual budget and expenses for area(s) of responsibility and guides subordinate managerial personnel in the development of their budgets; administers or delegates the administration of budgets, approving expenditures and reviewing reports

Quality Improvement and Accreditation

• Stays up-to-date with CAPTE standards, policies, procedures, and changes; assures accreditation reports from each campus are completed
• Coordinates programmatic (re) accreditation for new programs/locations
• Works with Accreditation, Compliance and Regulatory units to assure adherence to all standards and regulatory requirements
• Leads local participation in the programmatic accreditation process; assures full compliance with federal, state and accrediting body standards and regulations
• Oversees programmatic outcome analysis; develops improvement plans; implements curricular and teaching effectiveness to support program, student, and faculty success; leads PT program review
• Assures that all student academic and behavioral performances are evaluated and treated with consistency and follow University, College, and Program policies and procedures
• Assures the curriculum is contemporary, well-delivered, and in compliance with accreditation standards across all campuses; promotes course coordination in PT courses and works closely with director(s) in other disciplines to promote coordination of HSC courses; reviews Course Coordinator reports; assists with curriculum revisions
• Encourages, supports, and develops inter-campus and interprofessional educational and research endeavors
• Works with Admissions to review admissions standards and procedures for PT programs

• Promotes University’s core values
• Supports and demonstrates a student-centered philosophy
• Attends and participate in Academic Leadership, Program Director Council, and Student-Director Meetings where appropriate;
• Maintains superior customer service to internal and external customers
• Fosters a success-oriented, accountable environment within the University
• Upholds…