Adjunct Faculty Clinician

Overview

TITLE: Faculty Clinician (temporary adjunct)
DEPARTMENT: Health Centers
DIVISION: Academic Affairs
STATUS: Exempt
Note: As a member of our exempt work force there could be occasions when a commitment beyond the normal workweek may be required.
Salary information: $55/hr.

Northeast College of Health Sciences is committed to creating a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging with our college campus community. In support of our institutional values, we acknowledge each person’s unique experience, perspective, and ability as contributions that both enrich our community and enhance the professions and people we serve. As such, the College is dedicated to providing equitable opportunities to all future and current employees, including those belonging to groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education.

General Description

Reporting to the Dean of Clinical Education/Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, the Faculty Clinician is responsible to supervise and work with clinical students to provide quality patient care and complete required documentation for both patient care and student education. The position is an appointment requiring service to the College divided among teaching, research and scholarly activity, and citizenship in a manner that promotes continuity and equality among faculty, staff and students.

Organizational Relationships

• Responsible to the Dean of Clinical Education/Assistant Dean of Clinical Education.
• Works closely with health center faculty, staff and students.

General Responsibilities

The faculty consists of all individuals in the employ of Northeast holding academic rank and engaged in instructional, scholarly and professional, or academic service activities for the College. These activities include, but are not limited to: laboratory, classroom, online, and health center instruction; work of professional librarians; course and curriculum development; research; participation in student advising, enrollment management functions, College governance;

and service to one’s profession.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage patient care within the approved policies and procedures of the Northeast health centers.
• Develop and utilize relevant marketing to grow faculty practice expectations per the Faculty Handbook to support student learning.
• Responsible for all patient health care decisions to include evaluation, management and recordkeeping.
• Be a consultation resource for other faculty members.
• Provide hands on mentoring and foster a critical thinking environment for student education.
• Oversee student conduct, proficiency, professionalism and compliance with health center standards.
• Oversee and issue quantitative and qualitative credits and provide feedback to students regularly.
• Assist with clinical education activities (evaluations, orientation, remediations, OSCE, mentor meetings, etc.) as needed.
• Engage students in a variety of clinical activities while ensuring appropriate continuity of patient care.
• Participate in health center meetings as well as mandatory professional development activities.
• Maintain clean and orderly patient treatment areas and report any equipment needing repair.
• Participate on College committees and task forces as assigned.
• Maintain active involvement with professional, national and state organizations important to clinical, educational, and administrative responsibilities.
• Develop a professional development plan in conjunction with the Dean of Clinical Education/Assistant Dean of Clinical Education.
• Other duties as assigned.

Methods of Accountability

• Verbal and written communications with the Dean of Clinical Education/Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, health center faculty, staff and students as well as other College stakeholders.
• Written feedback from students, patients and other College constituents.
• Annual performance evaluations by the Dean of Clinical Education/Assistant Dean of Clinical Education.
• Compliance with College’s policies.

Mental and Physical Requirements

• Effective and professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Professional demeanor.
• Basic proficiency in PC use and Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel,…