Community Faculty Liaison

Office Location
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Drive
Human Resources
MASS Building 2nd Floor
Edinburg, TX 78539

Edinburg:
Brownsville:
Office hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00a.m.

- 5:00p.m.

Faculty Recruitment:
College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs

Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

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Posting Number SRGV
9143

Working Title COMMUNITY FACULTY LIAISON

Number of Vacancies 1

Department Faculty Affairs SOM

FTE 1.0

FLSA Exempt

To serve as a key representative of the School of Medicine, strengthening relationships between the school of medicine and its community physician faculty. The position develops and maintains a structured community faculty engagement program that ensures community physician faculty are recognized, supported and engaged as essential members of the School of Medicine advancing the school’s academic mission.

• Serves as a liaison between community physician faculty and the School of Medicine, facilitating communication, collaboration, engagement with the Graduate Medical Education/Designated Institution Official, Office of Educational Affairs, Office of Faculty Affairs, Office of Student Affairs, Dean’s Office, and ISU /Department Chairs.
• Develops and implements an organized outreach plan for community faculty, including regular visits, follow-up communications, feedback collection, and escalation of issues or opportunities to appropriate school leadership.
• Fosters a culture where community faculty feel recognized, respected, and included as an important component of the School of Medicine.
• Keeps community faculty informed about new developments, priorities, programs, educational initiatives, and opportunities within the medical school.
• In collaboration with Departments, coordinates and supports community faculty lifecycle activities, including onboarding, appointment, renewal, orientation, specialized training, and maintenance of accurate engagement and compliance records.
• Regularly reports on the status of community faculty appointments, assigned teaching activities (clerkships, electives, resident education, and mentorship), faculty development participation, outreach and site visits, areas of interest, feedback and concerns, recognition activities, and community faculty engagement metrics.
• Collects and reports community faculty activity at least annually to support appointment renewal decisions, faculty sufficiency monitoring, accreditation readiness, and strategic planning.
• Collaborates with Department Chairs, Educational Affairs, Student Affairs, GME and other stakeholders to identify clinical education needs, faculty strengths, specialty-specific opportunities, and potential areas for growth.
• Ensures community faculty meet institutional policies and accreditation standards, applicable to the assigned school.
• Coordinates with GME and Educational Affairs to identify community faculty who may be able to support residency programs, serve as teaching faculty, assist with educational initiatives, or contribute to future GME development.
• Identifies community faculty who may be well suited to serve
  -as mentor for students or residents, participate in clerkships, support GME programs, or contribute to medical school initiatives.
• Develops and coordinates recognition initiatives that showcase community faculty contributions in teaching, mentorship, clinical service, leadership, and commitment to learners.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, higher education administration, public health, or a related field from an accredited university.

Master’s degree health…