Master of Health Administration Affiliate Instructor

By applying to this posting, qualified applicants will be placed into a department pool and considered for part-time departmental needs. The number of these temporary, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach.

Position Summary

The Department of Health Professions at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty teaching positions. The successful applicant will teach courses at the graduate level in areas such as:
Health Care Systems and Organization Structures;
Health Care Administration;
Health Care Legal Principals, Compliance, and Ethics;
Population and Community Health;
Financial Analysis in Health Care;
Human Resource Management in Health Care;
Health Care Information Systems;
Marketing and Strategy in Health Industry;
Health Care Research Methods and Statistical Analysis;
Health Care Operations, Risk Management and Quality Assessment; and Health Care Economics.

For more information about the Department of Health Professions in our College of Health and Human Sciences, please visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

MSU Denver enrolls over 17,000 students, where nearly 60% are first generation and over 55% are students of color. Located in downtown Denver, we are a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), an INSIGHT into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner for 10 consecutive years, and the only Seal of Excelencia certified institution in Colorado. As the third largest institution of higher education in Colorado and the only institution with an open access mission, MSU Denver is a model university for today's college students.

The University serves the most diverse undergraduate student population in the state, as well as the most first-generation students and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students. MSU Denver is particularly interested in applicants who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for under-represented and historically minoritized groups.

Responsibilities

An affiliate faculty member's duties include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, advising, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment;

providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if required, with department course coordination policies; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies. Applicants may be asked to teach in-person, online, or in hybrid capacities dependent upon course needs. The ability to adapt and learn new modes of instruction is highly encouraged.

Occasional meetings with faculty teaching in the same content area may be required before, during, and after semesters. The instructor is required to provide feedback on student's writing and critical thinking abilities on a timely basis. Candidates need to be sensitive to the educational needs of a diverse student population.

Required Qualifications

• Terminal degree in health care management or a field related to the specific course(s) taught (e.g., public health or law)
• Two years of relevant health administration management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of relevant post health administration experience, preferably in a senior management position in a health care organization
• Previous relevant teaching experience at the graduate level in a AUPHA certified or CAHME accredited program
• Previous experience teaching in the classroom,…