VCU School of Pharmacy - Director of Experiential Education

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The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy invites youto apply to our Director of Experiential Education position.

Reporting to the Associate Dean for Academic & Faculty Affairs,the Director of Experiential Education is responsible for the planning and oversight of the School's experiential education programs.

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VCU is a top 50 public research university with a genuine commitment to student success and community service. One of just ahandful of universities to receive both a "Very High Research Activity" status and a "Community Engaged" designation from the Carnegie Foundation, VCU also hosts the region's top-rated medical center. The medical campus is home to top-ranked programs in Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Public Health, and Health Professions, as well as the Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care, the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Pauley Heart Center, the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, among many other institutes and centers.

The School of Pharmacy (SOP) has a 127-year tradition beginning with the Medical College of Virginia and continuing to the present.

Ranked in the Top 20 of Schools of Pharmacy nationwide, the SOP is dedicated to graduating outstanding future scientists and pharmacists who will develop new medicines and therapies, improve human health, foster exemplary research, and provide sustaining contributions to interprofessional patient care.

The objective of the Office of Experiential Education is to ensurea quality program for each School of Pharmacy student’s fulfillment of all experiential education curricular requirements throughout the four-year program.

The Director of Experiential Education provides overall administrative leadership and strategicoversight for the School’s experiential education programs,ensuring alignment with ACPE standards, School educational outcomes, and PharmD program requirements. This includes implementing current program objectives, policies, procedures, and operations as well as long-range planning and budgeting. The Director oversees experiential education course coordination including student scheduling and assignments, communication of expectations to students, and managing affiliation agreements withsites.

This role represents experiential education within School committees and institutional activities including serving on the Executive Committee, PharmD Curriculum Committee, Academic Performance Committee, Outcomes & Assessment Committee, and the Student Executive Council.

The Director of Experiential Education oversees the quality assurance processes for experiential education to ensure compliance with established policies, procedures,accreditation standards, affiliation agreements, and expectations for practice sites and preceptors. This includes conducting routine site visits; evaluating preceptor, student, and experiential site experiences; monitoring program outcomes and feedback; and identifying opportunities to improve and streamline processes while maintaining or enhancing program quality. The role also engages arepresentative preceptor advisory group to provide ongoing input regarding practice environments, program support, and emerging needs.

The Director of Experiential Education maintains strong, collaborative relationships with experiential sites and preceptors across Virginia and the District of Columbia to support high-quality and sustainable experiential education opportunities. Responsibilities include identifying and recruiting new sites and preceptors; overseeing the onboarding, training, and development of preceptors and maintaining regular communication regarding program goals, objectives, expectations, and changes affecting experiential education. The Director provides individualized consultation to preceptors regarding challenging student situations, facilitates resolution of concerns, conducts site visits, provides feedback and recognition, and identifies opportunities to strengthen preceptor knowledge, skills, and engagement.

The Director of Experiential Education oversees the Office of Experiential Education through the directand indirect supervision of two support…