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Principal Faculty, Assistant​/Associate Professor - PA Program

Job in Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94616, USA
Listing for: Samuel Merritt University
Full Time, Part Time, Seasonal/Temporary position
Listed on 2026-10-11
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    University Professor, Academic
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 110000 - 140000 USD Yearly USD 110000.00 140000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description

Summary:

30% Administrative / 70% Teaching, Scholarship, Service - Under the supervision of the Program Director, the PA Principal Faculty member is responsible for teaching, service, scholarship, and administrative elements within the Physician Assistant Program.

Duties and Responsibilities:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Provide classroom instruction preparing and presenting relevant, current course content as instructor of record and guest lectures in other courses as needed.
  • Developing, reviewing and revising as necessary the mission statement, goals and competencies of the program.
  • Participate in student recruitment, admission, and selection process.
  • Evaluating student performance.
  • Participate in curriculum committee, provide input to facultyin designing, implementing, coordinating and evaluating the curriculum.
  • Performing student advisement and academic counseling.
  • Participate with student remediation activities as required.
  • Support with data collection, analysis, and determination ofactions for evaluation in the Program.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Faculty need to be available on site for students and events as necessary.
  • Post and maintain office hours of 4 hours a week with anaverage of 3 days each week on campus.
  • Compose, edit and continually review information for the PAStudent Handbook.
  • Review educational literature and learning media to keep abreast of new teaching/learning strategies.
  • Help develop, implement and modify as necessary academic calendars for didactic students.
  • Help participate orientation program of incoming class.
  • Help coordinate, prepare, and administer preclinical summativeexamination, final summative examination, and OSCEexaminations.
  • Effective budget management.
  • Help to monitor program academic integrity.
  • Maintain collaborative external relationships to facilitate valuable clinical experiences and community relationships. Provide sat least one introduction to DCE for a new preceptor or site annually.
  • Help with student job placement and alumni relations.
  • Participates in various community and civic activities.
  • Participate in scholarly activity .

The responsibilities are intended to be examples of duties and arenot intended to be all-inclusive. There may be other duties as assigned. Assignments may be adjusted at the discretion of the Program Director and the Dean.

Minimum Qualfications
  • Nationally certified, state licensed physician assistant.
  • Minimum of a Master's degree.
  • 2 years clinical experience or in teaching in an academic setting.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to utilize statistical software and apply analytics.
  • Strong critical thinking, organization, and problem solving skills.
  • Proficient written and verbal language skills.
  • Competent in working with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications
  • 2 years experience in teaching in an academic setting.
  • Actively practices medicine.
  • Expertise in teaching physical diagnosis, varieties of clinical medicine topics, pharmacotherapeutics and/or running labgroups.
  • Doctoral degree in health care related field
Work Environment:

Office

Location:

Oakland Campus – Onsite

  • This is an onsite position based in Oakland, CA, requiringregular in-office presence to support daily operations,collaboration, and student or team engagement.
  • Work is performed primarily on campus in a dynamic academic environment, with direct interaction across multidisciplinary teams.
Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person, video and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Employee Status:

Regular

Exemption Status:

United States of America (Exempt)

Time Type:

Full time

Pay Range:

Up to…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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