Program Director, Physician Assistant Program & Assistant / Associate / Full Clinical Professor

Program Director, Physician Assistant Program & Assistant / Associate / Full Clinical Professor

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Work type : Full-Time

Location : University City - Philadelphia, PA

Categories : College of Nursing and Health Professions

Job Summary

Essential Functions

• Serves as the academic leader of the PA program
• Promotes excellence in teaching, research, and service personally and within the PA faculty
• Remains active in teaching, scholarship, and service
• Manages the PA program budget, purchasing, and enrollment in collaboration with division and college leaders to maintain program and institutional strength and stability
• Creates a vision for the PA program in collaboration with the program’s faculty that is aligned with the visions and strategic plans of the division of health sciences, college, and University
• Performs strategic planning for the PA program in collaboration with the faculty and institutional leaders
• Works collaboratively with program faculty and institutional leaders to maintain and grow the PA program’s reputation as an academic leader in the PA profession
• Manages the recruitment, selection, and professional development of program faculty and professional staff
• Recruits, manages, and develops adjunct faculty that assist the program in achieving its mission
• Supervises all program faculty and support staff, including the medical director
• Manages faculty annual reviews, workload, and career development
• Creates and advances a culture of equity and inclusion within the program
• Oversees PA student advisement and remediation
• Performs continuous program self-study and assessment of the program’s curriculum and instruction to ensure it is current, innovative, and on the leading edge in the profession
• Works collaboratively with the program’s director of clinical education and the college’s director of strategic partnerships to secure and maintain clinical placements / partnerships
• Monitors PA student progress and outcomes throughout the program and on board examination(s)
• Engages and delivers ongoing value to alumni and other stakeholders; works to develop giving, scholarships, and other types of departmental support in collaboration with Drexel Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations
• Plans annual new PA student orientation days in collaboration with program faculty and professional staff
• Plans annual white coat ceremony, senior celebration, Pi Alpha and Alpha Eta certificates as well as specific awards for preceptors, faculty, students in collaboration with program faculty
• Develops, organizes, and conducts program team meetings
• Actively coordinates, plans and prepares the physician assistant program’s self-study reports for on-going program accreditation; revises self-study and annual reports per revisions in standards
• Serves on appropriate departmental, division, college, and university committees
• Attends meetings for academic leaders in the health sciences division or college
• Attends, participates, and officially represents Drexel University at the PAEA, AAPA, and regional and state professional meetings relevant to physician assistant education and practice
• Approve verifications for state and health system licensing for alumni

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands

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Additional Information

This is a Full-Time Faculty position classified as Exempt. The offered salary is based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience, department budget, and an internal equity review. For information about benefits, please review Drexel’s or

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your CV / resume and cover letter when submitting your application.

A review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.

Advertised : Sep 22 Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close : Dec 22 Eastern Standard Time