Academic Program Director, Occupational 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.

In collaboration with Associate Dean and faculty, the Program Director assures delivery of the local campus curriculum in a manner that meets program goals, learning outcomes, consistency, and institutional expectations. The Program Director leads local campus programmatic accreditation to assure all standards are met and reports are appropriately filed. Works closely with the Dean and other Program Directors and/or faculty on revisions of program policies, admissions, academic progress and graduation competencies.

The Director is accountable for strategic plan initiatives concerning the program, as well integrating with other departments and programs to resolve student and faculty issues and promote assessment of educational effectiveness. Program directors serve as an important conduit connecting the program with other University departments, communicating information and contributing to the growth and improvement of the institution.

• Provides leadership, strategy, vision, organization, processes and infrastructure for a respective program, and in concert with the University’s strategic and quality improvement plan;
• Assesses and reports on program metrics, such as faculty workload and scholarly productivity, student satisfaction, graduation rates, enrollments, etc. to assure program goals are being met;

• Responsible for the development and maintenance of effective department operations including efficient workflow, achieving student learning outcomes; ensuring appropriate faculty numbers; assuring quality curriculum;
• Works effectively with other departments across the University to coordinate activities and promote change;
• Promotes a campus culture in alignment with the University’s core values that focuses on the academic achievement and personal development of all students;
• Reports to the Management Committee to support educational effectiveness;
• Communicates effectively and fosters collaborative relationships among all campus constituencies including students, faculty, and staff; advises students, assisting with problem solving and complaint resolution;
• Collaborate with Clinical Education department to assure quality clinical experiences for students;
• Conducts student recruiting information sessions;
• Ensures faculty support the attainment of departmental and institutional outcomes as laid out in the Institutional Effectiveness plan;

• Hires, develops, and evaluates faculty (core and adjunct). Assists them in planning staffing patterns for their area(s) of responsibility. Utilizing standards for effective job performance evaluates faculty effectiveness;
• Mentors and develops employees to maximize individual performance, build future organizational leadership, enhance teamwork and strengthen support of the organization’s core values;

• Stays abreast of educational best practices, policy changes and developments that may impact the program through attendance, and developing professional relationships at professional conferences, seminars and local, state and national organizations;
• Meets scholarly goals, as identified in annual performance evaluation;
• Maintains visibility in respective professional organizations;
• Uses research and practice, and theory and experience to foster professional development and student learning;

• Promotes University’s core values;
• Develops and implements Department’s strategic plan;
• Identifies new opportunities;
• Maintains superior customer service to internal and external customers;
• Fosters a success-oriented, accountable environment within the University;
• Develops annual budget and expenses for area(s) of responsibility and guides subordinate managerial personnel in the development of their budgets as necessary. Administers or delegates the administration of budgets, approving…