Open Rank Clinical Professor and Director of Didactic Education - Department of Medical Sciences

About the Opportunity The Department of Medical Sciences is recruiting a Director of Didactic Education (DDE) and Open Rank Clinical Professor in the Physician Assistant Program on our Seattle campus. The DDE serves as the academic leader of the didactic curriculum and is responsible for ensuring the quality, integration, assessment, and continuous improvement of all didactic educational experiences within the program.

The Open Rank Clinical Professor is responsible for teaching in the didactic component of the Physician Assistant Program curriculum, ensuring the high educational and medical quality of the curriculum, program organization and administration, and student education and mentoring. The position also carries expectations for scholarship, including contributions to the advancement of PA education and clinical practice, as well as service to the program, university, and broader professional community.

The Open Rank Clinical Professor will assist in maintaining accreditation standards and participating in any activities necessary to maintain Northeastern at the forefront of PA education. The position is a 52-week, 1.0 FTE, non-tenure track faculty position.

• Minimum of a Master's degree in a field related to physician assistant practice or the education of physician assistant students; doctorate preferred
• Currently certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Washington
• A minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience as a practicing clinician
• Experience in PA education (e.g., lecturer, preceptor, or core PA faculty member)
• Working knowledge of PA program accreditation and regulatory requirements, including familiarity with ARC-PA standards
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency with standard computer applications (e.g., word processing, email, spreadsheets, databases)
• Knowledge of legislative, regulatory, legal, and practice issues affecting PA education, students, and the PA profession

• Develop, review, and revise the program's mission statement, goals, and competencies
• Serve on the admissions committee, including selecting applicants for admission
• Coordinate, teach, and instruct courses based on areas of content and clinical expertise
• Provide continuous development, maintenance, and evaluation of both didactic courses and clinical rotation sites
• Facilitate small group discussion sessions; participate in simulation, and physical diagnosis and skills labs
• Monitor, evaluate, and document student performance to ensure that they successfully achieve the criteria for successful completion of courses
• Assist in the development and implementation of remediation plans for students in the didactic and clinical years, as needed
• Advise and mentor students; participate in all aspects of retention and academic progression
• Design, implement, coordinate, and evaluate the curriculum
• Participate in clinical site development
• Participate in clinical site monitoring, including performing site visits during clinical rotations
• Participate in all aspects of continuous quality improvement activities and using programmatic data to support ongoing program enhancement
• Participate in all aspects of Program administration
• Perform additional assignments at the direction of the Program Director

• Provide leadership for the design, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of the didactic curriculum
• Serve as the primary steward of the didactic curriculum, ensuring alignment with the program mission, competencies, graduate outcomes, and ARC-PA accreditation standards
• Develop, maintain, and continuously update the program's curriculum map to ensure appropriate sequencing, integration, progression, and documentation of curricular content and competencies
• Monitor the depth, breadth, sequencing, integration, and currency of the curriculum through ongoing review of course content, instructional methods, student outcomes, and programmatic assessment data; identify curricular gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement
• Chair the Academic Program Curriculum Committee and facilitate systematic curriculum review, documentation, and implementation of approved curricular changes
• Recruit, orient, support, and collaborate with course directors and instructional faculty to promote excellence and consistency in teaching, assessment, and course design
• Coordinate and oversee the didactic instructional schedule, including courses, laboratories, simulation activities, assessments, and other educational experiences
• Ensure intentional integration of simulation-based education, procedural skills instruction, standardized patient experiences, and interprofessional education throughout the didactic curriculum in collaboration with faculty responsible for these…