Sr. Academic Program Director - Physical 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.

As a member at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences academic leadership team, you help create energy and excitement about the entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy programs. “Clinical Excellence” is our focus, and every day is an opportunity for you to live the mission of developing professional health care practitioners through innovative, individualized and quality teaching methods. Together with the support of fellow faculty and clinical partners, USAHS is dedicated to delivering excellence and innovation in education for our students.

Our organization is committed to growth and fosters career development and opportunity.

The Senior Academic Program Director is a full-time academic core faculty who reports to the Associate Dean for Physical Therapy, and works closely with academic administrators, administrative staff, and both full-time and part-time contributing faculty. The Senior Program Director will provide leadership and management to the program in collaboration with Associate Dean and faculty and is responsible for oversight of the DPT program on multiple campuses to include their DPT ‘home campus’ program and at least one DPT expansion program.

The Senior Program Director assures delivery of the curriculum in a manner that meets program goals, educational effectiveness, consistency, and institutional expectations. This Senior Program Director works closely with the Associate Dean, Product Manager, and other Academic Program Directors and/or faculty on revisions of program policies, admissions, academic progress, and graduation competencies. The Senior Academic Program Director is accountable for implementing the strategic plan initiatives concerning the DPT programs within their specified area, as the director serves as an important conduit connecting the program with other University departments, communicating information, and contributing to the growth and improvement of the institution.

Additionally, the Senior Program Director integrates with other departments and programs to resolve student and faculty issues as they arise. The Senior Program Director will be instrumental in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders to develop the program (s) into a sustainable and scalable model offering a competitive and quality curriculum. Additional knowledge and expertise in business partnerships and industry networking will be a benefit.

Strategic Planning

• Provides leadership, vision, organization, processes and infrastructure for a respective program, and in concert with the University's strategic and quality improvement plan; develops and implements overall department's strategic plan (for main program and expansion (s)); identifies new opportunities.
• Using the program's assessment plan, collects, analyzes, and develops improvement plans based on program metrics such as student learning outcomes, faculty workload and scholarly productivity, student satisfaction, graduation rates, licensure passing rates, employability, enrollments, etc. to assure program goals are being met; reports on outcome data as needed to various University constituents.
• Builds a culture of innovation and selects those strategies that best achieve the mission of the program and its long-range plans.
• Leads curriculum development and improvement efforts in concert with other disciplines as needed.

Local Program Operations

• 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.
• Communicates effectively and fosters collaborative relationships among all campus and programmatic constituencies including students, faculty, and staff; advises students, assisting with problem…