Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program; Associate​/Full Professor); Career Track

Position Highlights

The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health invites applicants for this 12-month, full-time career-track faculty position that serves as the Medical Director and a Principal Faculty member for the Physician Assistant Program and reports to the Program Director. As Medical Director, the individual provides clinical and medical leadership to ensure that the curriculum, supervised clinical practice experiences, and program-defined competencies reflect current practice standards for the PA role in patient care.

As Principal Faculty, the individual contributes to teaching, student assessment and advisement, curriculum and program evaluation, accreditation, scholarship, service, and assigned Program leadership responsibilities.

• This position requires regular on-campus presence and occasional evening and weekend availability for admissions interviews, recruitment and outreach activities, advisory board meetings, accreditation activities, and Program events.
• Occasional local, regional, or national travel may be required for clinical site engagement, professional meetings, outreach, and accreditation-related activities.
• The work schedule may vary based on teaching assignments and Program needs.
• Specific service and Program leadership assignments may change based on Program priorities and at the direction of the Program Director.
• The employee must maintain all credentials and documentation required for the Medical Director and Principal Faculty roles.
• If clinical practice is included in the position, the employee must obtain and maintain appropriate Arizona PA licensure and any additional required clinical credentials.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

Medical Director:

• Serve as an advocate for the PA Program through active participation in Program leadership, faculty activities, and institutional and professional relationships.
• Provide clinical and medical leadership to support the development, review, and revision of the curriculum and program-defined competencies and ensure alignment with current practice standards for the PA role in patient care.
• Provide guidance regarding clinical content, supervised clinical practice experiences, patient safety, professional expectations, and emerging changes in healthcare practice.
• Collaborate with the Program Director and faculty and participate in accreditation documentation and activities that demonstrate the Medical Director's ongoing engagement with the Program.

Teaching:

• Develop, review, and revise curriculum consistent with the Program's mission, goals, learning outcomes, and program-defined competencies.
• Design, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate assigned courses, learning activities, and assessments across the didactic and clinical phases.
• Evaluate student performance, provide academic counseling and advisement, and participate in student progress, remediation, and competency-assessment processes.
• Contribute to the ongoing evaluation and improvement of teaching, learning, and curriculum.

Service and Program Leadership:

• Provide leadership on Program committees and initiatives as appointed by the Program Director.
• Responsibilities may include admissions, assessment and evaluation, continuous quality improvement, accreditation, curriculum review, student progress, faculty development, recruitment and outreach, and other Program priorities.
• Collaborate with Program leadership, faculty, and staff to collect and analyze programmatic data, identify strengths and areas for improvement, develop appropriate action plans, and monitor the effectiveness of approved changes.
• Participate in Program, School, University, professional, and community service activities as assigned or appropriate.

Scholarship:

• Engage in scholarly and creative activities consistent with the faculty member's track and rank. Activities may include educational research, curricular innovation, quality-improvement initiatives, professional presentations, publications, or other forms of scholarly dissemination.
• Maintain professional development relevant to PA education, clinical practice, accreditation, assessment, and assigned areas of responsibility.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Comprehensive knowledge of PA education, the…